Executive Order 7172—Enlarging Red Rock Lakes Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Montana

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, consisting of 37,000 acres, more or less, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Beaverhead County, Montana, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as an addition to the Red Rock Lakes Migratory Waterfowl Refuge established by Executive Order No. 7023, of April 22, 1935: Provided, That any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge upon the acquisition of title or lease thereto by the United States:

Montana Meridian

T. 13 S., R. 1 E., sec. 31, all.

T. 14 S., R. 1 E., secs. 6, 7, 18, 19, and 30.

T. 13 S., R. 1 W., sec. 16, all;

sec. 17, S ½;

sec. 20, all;

secs. 25 to 36, inclusive.

T. 14 S., R. 1 W., secs. 1 to 30, inclusive.

T. 13 S., R. 2 W., sec. 17, W ½;

sec. 19, all;

sec. 20, NW ¼ and S ½;

sec. 21, S ½;

secs. 25 to 36, inclusive.

T. 14 S., R. 2 W., secs. 1 to 17, inclusive;

secs. 20 to 25, inclusive.

T. 13 S., R. 3 W., sec. 36, E ½;

T. 14 S., R. 3 W., sec. 1, lots 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7, SE ¼ NE ¼, and S ½ SE ¼;

sec. 12, E ½.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 4, 1935.