Executive Order 8763—Establishing the Necedah Wildlife Management Area

WISCONSIN Whereas certain hereinafter-described lands in the State of Wisconsin, together with the improvements thereon, have been, or are in process of being, acquired by the United States in connection with the Necedah Land Utilization Project under the authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525); and Whereas by Executive Order No. 7908 of June 9, 1938, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in such lands as were acquired, or are in process of acquisition, under Title II of the said National Industrial Recovery Act and the said Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and the related provisions of Title IV thereof; and immediately upon acquisition of legal title to those lands now in process of acquisition under the said acts, the said Executive order, under the terms thereof, will become applicable to all the additional right, title, and interest thereby acquired by the United States; and Whereas the Secretary of Agriculture has recommended that jurisdiction over such lands be transferred to the Department of the Interior, and that such lands, together with certain intermingled public lands, be reserved as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife, under the conditions hereinafter stated: Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 32, Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 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, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the lands, together with the improvements thereon, acquired, or in process of acquisition, by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 114,964 acres, more or less, in Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, and Wood Counties, Wisconsin, be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Department of the Interior, together with such equipment in use in connection with such lands as may be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture; and the lands hereby transferred, together with all of the intermingled public lands, comprising 100 acres, more or less, within such area, are hereby reserved as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife and for research relating to wildlife and associated forest resources, under such conditions of use and administration as will best carry out the purposes of the land-conservation and land-utilization program for which such lands have been, or are being, acquired: Provided, however , (1) that such lands shall remain available to the State of Wisconsin for use and management by its Conservation Commission, under the custody of the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, so long as there remains in force and effect a cooperative and license agreement between the United States and the State of Wisconsin providing for such use and management; and (2) that the. Secretary of Agriculture shall retain such jurisdiction over the lands now in process of acquisition by the United States as may be necessary to enable him to complete their acquisition: FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 19 N., R. I E., secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; sec. 5, fractional NE¼, S½NW¼, N½SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 6, SE¼NE¼ and NE¼SE¼; sec. 8, NEI¼; secs. 9 to 16, inclusive; sec. 17, N½NE¼, and SE¼NE¼; sec. 19, SE¼NE¼; sec. 20, S¼,N½ and S½; secs. 21 to 28, inclusive; sec. 29, E½; sec. 32, E½; secs. 33 to 36, inclusive; T. 20 N., R. 1 E., secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; sec. 7, fractional SW¼SW¼; secs. 10, 11, and 12; T. 21 N., R. 1 8., all; T. 18 N., R. 2 E., secs. 1 and 2; sec. 3, E½; sec. 6, NW¼NE¼, N½NW¼, and SW¼NW¼; secs. 10 to 15, inclusive; T. 19 N., R. 2 E., secs. 3, 4, and 5; sec. 6, fractional E½NE¼ and SE¼; secs. 7 to 10, inclusive; secs. 15 to 22, inclusive; secs. 27 to 35, inclusive; T. 20 N., R. 2 E., sec. 1, lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, and 14, and that part of the SW¼ lying north and west of road; secs. 2 to 10, inclusive; sec. 11, that part of the NE¼ lying north and west of road, W½, and that part of the SE¼ lying north and west of road; sec. 12, that part of the W½NW¼ lying north and west of road; sec. 14, W½; secs. 15 to 22, inclusive; sec. 23, W½; secs. 27, 28, and 29; sec. 30, N½, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼ ; sec. 31, E½NE¼ and E½SE¼; secs. 32, 33, and 34; T. 21 N., R. 2 E., all; T. 22 N., H. 2 E., sec. 25, SE¼NE¼ and N½ NW¼; sec. 26, N½NE¼; sec. 36, N½NE¼ and SE¼ NE¼; T. 18 N., R. 3 B., secs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 15, those parts lying south and west of road; secs. 16, 17, and 18; T. 21 N., R. 3 E., sec. 16, W½NE¼ and NW¼: sec. 17, NE¼, E½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and NW¼4SE¼; sec. 28, N½NW¼, SW¼NW¼, and NW¼SW¼; secs. 29, 30, and 31; sec. 32, N½NE¼ and NW¼; sec. 33, W½NW¼ and SE¼NW¼. Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, withdrawing for classification and other purposes all vacant, unreserved, and unappropriated public lands in the State of Wisconsin and certain other States, is hereby amended to exclude from its provisions the public lands in the above-described area. This reservation shall be known as the Necedah Wildlife Management Area. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, May 28, 1941.