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Executive Order 5296—Partial Revocation of Withdrawals of Public Lands for Classification

March 08, 1930

Wyoming

Executive Orders Nos. 2905 and 3394, dated July 8, 1918, and January 28, 1921, respectively, withdrawing certain lands in Wyoming in aid of legislation to extend the boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park, are hereby revoked as to the tract of land in the Targhee National Forest lying within the following described boundaries:

Beginning at a point on the present south boundary of the Yellowstone National Park where it is intersected by the Idaho-Wyoming State line; thence south along the Idaho-Wyoming State line to its intersection with the hydrographic divide between Conant Creek and North Fork Pierre River; thence easterly along the said hydrographic divide and now between Conant and Birch Creeks to the main hydrographic divide formed by the Teton Mountains, and between the headwaters of Berry and Conant Creeks; thence northeasterly along said main hydrographic divide to its intersection with the south boundary of the Yellowstone National Park at a point near park boundary Monument 5 east; thence westerly along the south boundary of said national park to the place of beginning.

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
March 8, 1930.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5296—Partial Revocation of Withdrawals of Public Lands for Classification Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372930

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