Executive Order 8646—Establishing the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge

NEW MEXICO By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands, comprising 57,215.48 acres, more or less, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of the Interior for the conservation and development of natural wildlife resources: New Mexico Principal Meridian T. 17 8., R. 3 E., sec. 13, S½; sec. 14, S½; sec. 15, SE¼; sec. 22, E½; secs. 23 to 26. inclusive; sec. 27, E½; sec. 34, E½; secs. 35 and 36; T. 18 S., R. 3 E., sec. 1; sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, and E½SE¼; sec. 12, NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 13, NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼; sec. 24, NE¼, E½NW¼, and E½SE¼; sec. 25, E½E½; sec. 36, E½NE¼; T. 17 S., R. 4 E., sec. 15, S½; sec. 17, S½; sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, E½SW¼ and SE¼; secs. 19 to 22, inclusive; secs. 27 to 31, inclusive: secs. 33 and 34; T. 18 S., R. 4 E., secs. 3 to 10, inclusive; sec. 15; sec. 17, N½, N½SW¼, and S½SE¼; secs. 18 to 21, inclusive; sec. 22, N½, W½SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 27, N½, SW¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼; secs. 28, 29, and 30; sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, NE¼, E½NW¼, and E½SE¼; secs. 32, 33, and 34; T. 19 S., R. 4 E., sec. 1; secs. 3 and 4; sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½N½, and SE¼; sec. 6, lot 1; sec. 8, E½; secs. 9 to 15, inclusive; sec. 16, W½; sec. 17, E½; sec. 20, E½; secs. 21 to 26, inclusive; sec. 27, NE'/4, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, SW¼SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 28, N½NE¼, W½, and SE¼; sec. 29, N½NE%, SE¼NE¼, and E½SE¼; sec. 32, E½E½; secs. 33, 34, and 35; T. 20 S., R. 4 E., sec. 1; secs. 3 and 4; sec. 5, lot 1 and SE¼NE¼; sec. 9, NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼; secs. 10 and 11; sec. 12, NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and S½; secs. 13, 14, and 15; sec. 16, NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼; sec. 21, N½ and N½S½; sec. 22, N½ and N½S½; secs. 23 to 26, inclusive; T. 20 S., R. 5 E., sec. 7, lots 3 and 4, E½SW¼, and SE¼; secs. 18 and 19; sec. 30, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, NE¼, E½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and NW¼SE¼. It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of this refuge, or to enter thereon except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Section 2. Such of the above-described lands as are located within the Jornada Experimental Range, established by Executive Orders No. 1526 of May 3, 1912, No. 2368 of April 24, 1916, and No. 4266 of July 10, 1925, shall remain subject to the unhampered use of the Department of Agriculture for range research purposes, and nothing in this order shall be construed as affecting or restricting the authority over such lands for purposes of range research now vested in the Secretary of Agriculture. The administration, use, occupancy, and protection of the said lands within the Jornada Experimental Range for the conservation and development of natural wildlife resources shall be in accordance with such general plans as may be approved jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior. Section 3. The reservation of that part of the above-described lands lying within New Mexico Grazing District No. 4, duly established pursuant to the provisions of the act of June 28, 1934, 48 Stat. 1269, as amended by the act of June 26, 1936, 49 Stat. 1976, shall be subject to the terms and provisions of the said act of June 28, 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Section 4. This reservation shall be known as the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 22, 1941.