Executive Order 8685—Establishing the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge

ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and 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 that all lands owned by the United States within the following-described areas, comprising 51,090 acres, more or less, in Yuma County, Arizona, and Imperial County, California, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid rights, for the use of the Department of the Interior as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife; and all lands hereafter acquired by the United States within such areas shall upon acquisition thereof become and be reserved as a part of the said refuge: ARIZONA GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN T. 5 S., R 21 W. sec. 7, all; secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, all; secs. 29, 30, and 31, all; T. 6 S., R. 21 W., secs. 6, 7, and 8, all (unsurveyed); secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, all (unsurveyed); secs. 29 and 30, all (unsurveyed); T. 4 S., R. 22 W., secs 31 to 35, inclusive, all; T. 5 S.. R. 22 W., secs. 1, 2 and 3, all; secs. 11 to 14, inclusive, all; secs. 23 and 24, all; T. 6 8., R 22 W., secs. 1 and 2, all (unsurveyed); secs 11, 12, and 13, all (unsurveyed); sec. 25, all (unsurveyed); sec. 36, all (unsurveyed); T. 3 S.. R. 23 W., secs. 6 and 7, all; secs. 18 and 19, all; sec. 30, all; T. 4 S.. R. 23 W., secs. 18 to 21, inclusive, all; secs. 26 and 27, all (unsurveyed); secs. 28 to 36, inclusive, all; T. 5 S., R. 23 W., secs. 1 and 2, all (unsurveyed); T. 3 8, R. 24 W., secs. 24 and 25, all; secs. 35 and 36, all; T. 4 S., R. 24 W., secs, 1 and 2, all; secs. 11, 12, and 13, all; sec. 24, all. CALIFORNIA SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T. 12 S., R. 21 E.. sec. 13. S½; sec. 24, all; sec. 25, all; sec. 36. lots 2, 3. 4. and 5, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, and E½W½; T. 11 S., R. 22 E., sec. 29, all; sec. 32, lots 1 to 4, inclusive; T. 12 S., R. 22 E., secs. 5 to 8, inclusive, all; secs. 18 and 19, all; sec. 31, all; T. 13 8., R. 22 E., secs. 5 and 6, all; secs. 8 and 9. all; secs. 14 to 17, inclusive, all; secs. 21 to 24, inclusive, all; T. 13 S., R. 23 E., secs. 19 to 26, inclusive, all; sec. 29, all (unsurveyed); sec. 30, E (unsurveyed); sec. 36, all; T. 14 S., R. 23 E., sec. 1, all; sec. 12, all; T. 13 8., R. 24 E., secs. 30 and 31, all (unsurveyed); T. 14 S., R. 24 E., secs. 6 to 9, inclusive, all; secs. 16 and 17, all; secs. 19 and 20, all; secs. 29 and 30, all; secs. 32 and 33, all; T. 15 S., R. 24 E., secs. 4 and 5. all; secs. 8 and 9, all. As the lands herein described have been withdrawn or acquired, or are to be acquired, for purposes in connection with the Imperial Reservoir of the Colorado River Storage Project, their reservation as the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge is subject to their use for the purposes of the Colorado River Storage Project. 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 the refuge, or to enter thereon, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. This reservation shall be known as the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, February 14, 1941.