Cluff Ranch was acquired by Arizona Game and Fish Department in 1949 through a property transfer with the General Services Administration, but its conservation history goes back to 1880. Throughout the years, the Cluff Ranch has been a small community with a school, Soil Conservation Service plant material center, and the Safford National Wildlife Refuge. Today it is the Cluff Ranch Wildlife Area, offering opportunities for wildlife viewing, camping, boating, fishing, hiking, and hunting.  The Wildlife Area sits at an elevation of 3500 feet on the north aspect of the Pinaleno Mountains in southeastern Arizona, 7 miles south of Pima, at 2002 South Cluff Ranch Road.  Vegetation includes riparian and mesquite bosque.