Executive Order 5759—Transfer of Lands from the Madison, Missoula, and Helena to the Deerlodge National Forest, and Elimination of Lands Therefrom, Montana

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands now parts of the Madison National Forest as defined by proclamation of September 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 1763-1764), and the Missoula National Forest as defined by proclamation of January 31, 1929 (45 Stat. 2989), and the Helena National Forest as defined by proclamation of January 31, 1929 (45 Stat. 2989), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Deerlodge National Forest:

From the Madison National Forest

All lands thereof lying to the north and west of a line beginning at a point on the east line of unsurveyed sec. 10, T. 3 S., R. 5 W., where the hydrographic divide between Bear Gulch and Goodrich Gulch intersects said line; thence in an easterly direction along said divide to an intersection with the crest of Tobacco Root Mountains at Apa Mountain; thence southeasterly along the crest of said Tobacco Root Mountains to Granite Peak; thence in a northeasterly direction along the hydrographic divide between South Boulder River drainage on the west and North Willow Creek drainage on the east, passing over Potosi Peak and Hollow Top Mountain, to an intersection with the east line of sec. 9, T. 2 S., R. 3 W.—all Montana meridian.

From the Missoula National Forest

All lands thereof lying south and east of the following-described line:

Beginning on the east line of sec. 18, T. 9 N., R. 14 W., Montana meridian, where the hydrographic divide between West Fork of Lower Willow Creek on the north and Cottonwood Creek on the south intersects said line; thence running southwesterly and northwesterly along Pete Ridge, which is on said hydrographic divide; thence continuing along the hydrographic divide between Upper Willow Creek on the west and Harvey Creek and North Fork Creek on the north and east; thence southwesterly along the hydrographic divide between Upper Willow Creek on the east and Ranch Creek and Hogback Creek on the west to an intersection with the north line of sec. 5, T. 7 N., R. 16 W., Montana meridian; thence west to the northwest corner said section; thence south approximately 2½ miles to the hydrographic divide directly north of Shively Gulch; thence in a southwesterly direction on the hydrographic divide between Shively Gulch and Williams Gulch to an intersection with the main hydrographic divide between the Rock Creek drainage on the east and the Bitterroot River drainage on the west, which is approximately at Dome Shaped Mountain, said lands being in surveyed and unsurveyed Tps. 6, 7, 8, and 9 N., R. 12 W.; Tps. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 N., R. 13 W.; Tps. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 N., R. 14 W.; Tps. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 N., R. 15 W.; Tps. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 N., R. 16 W.; Tps. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 N., R. 17 W.; Tps. 3, 4, 5, and 6 N., R. 18 W.—all Montana meridian.

From the Helena National Forest

All lands thereof lying in T. 6 N., R. 2 W., and Tps. 6 and 7 N., R. 3 W., Montana meridian, lying south and west of a line described as follows:

Beginning at approximately the northeast corner of sec. 33, T. 7 N., R. 3 W., Montana meridian, where the hydrographic divide between the drainage of Prickly Pear Creek and Musk Rat Creek intersects said forest boundary; thence in an easterly direction along said divide to the head of Musk Rat Creek; thence southeasterly along the hydrographic divide between the drainage of Crow Creek on the northeast and the drainage of Elkhorn and Dry Creeks on the southwest to an intersection with the north and south section line between secs. 15 and 16, T. 6 N., R. 2 W., Montana meridian; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of sec. 33, said township.

It is further ordered that the following-described lands now a part of the Deerlodge National Forest be eliminated from said forest:

Montana Meridian

T. 3 N., R. 10 W., secs. 4 to 9, and 14 to 24, inclusive.

T. 2 N., R. 11 W., sec. 2, N. ½, SW. ¼;

secs. 3 to 6 inclusive;

sec. 7, N. ½ N. ½, SE ¼ NW. ¼, S. ½ NE ¼, E. ½ SE. ¼, NW. ¼ SE ½;

secs. 8 to 11 inclusive;

sec. 14, N. ½

sec. 15, N. ½

sec. 16, all;

sec. 17, NE. ¼, NE. ¼ NW. ¼.

T. 3 N., R. 11 W., secs 1 to 24 inclusive;

sec. 26, W. ½ W. ½;

secs. 27 to 34 inclusive;

sec. 35, W. ½.

T. 4 N., R. 11 W., sec. 7, all;

sec. 8, SE. ¼, W. ½

secs. 15 to 22 inclusive;

secs. 27 to 34 inclusive.

T. 3 N., R. 12 W., secs. 1, 2, 11 to 14 inclusive;

secs. 23 and 24.

T. 4 N., R. 12 W.

T. 5 N., R. 12 W., secs. 26 to 35 inclusive.

T. 4 N., R. 13 W., secs. 1, 2, 11 to 14 inclusive.

T. 5 N., R. 13 W., sec. 36.

The transfers and elimination effected by this order and the new boundaries of the Deerlodge National Forest are more clearly shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof. It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a national-forest status which have hitherto not had such status, nor to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status except the lands above described which are eliminated from the Deerlodge National Forest.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
December 16, 1931.