Executive Order 7160—Establishing Lacreek Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

SOUTH DAKOTA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the following-described lands, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Bennett County, South Dakota, consisting of 9,362 acres, more or less, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided, that any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title or lease thereto by the United States:

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 36 N., R. 36 W., secs. 2 and 3;
                                sec. 4, lots 3 and 4, and SE¼;
                                sec. 9, E½;
                                secs. 10 and 11;
                                sec. 14, N½ and W½SW¼;
                                secs. 15, 16, and 17;
                                sec. 18, E½;
                                sec. 19, E½;
                                sec. 20, all;
                                sec. 21, N½;
                                sec. 22, N½½.

T. 37 N., R. 36 W., secs. 25, 26, 35, and 36.

This refuge shall be known as the Lacreek Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 26, 1935.