Executive Order 7680—Enlarging the Elk Refuge

WYOMING

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States and by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered that all lands owned or controlled by the United States in the following-described areas, comprising 19,939.78 acres in Teton County, Wyoming, be, and they are hereby, subject to valid existing rights, included in and reserved as a part of the Elk Refuge, established by Executive Order No. 2177 of April 21, 1915: Provided,, that any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge upon the acquisition of title thereto or lease thereof by the United States:

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 41 N., R. 115 W.,
     Sec. 4, lot 4 and. SW¼NW¼;
     Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½NE¼, N½SW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 6, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, S½NE¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
     Sec. 7, lots 1, 2, and 3; N½NE¼, SW¼ NE¼, E½NW¼, E½SW¼, and NW¼ SE¼;
     Sec. 17, NW¼NW¼, S½NW¼, N½SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 18, lots 2, 3, and 4, NE¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 19, lot 1, N½NE¼, and NE¼NW¼.

T. 42 N., R. 115 W.,
     Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½N½, SW¼, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 7, lot 3, and NE¼SE¼:
     Sec. 8, SW¼NW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼ SE¼;
     Sec. 9, N½NE¼, NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
     Secs. 10 and 11;
     Sec. 12, W½SW¼;
     Sec. 13, SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 14, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, and S½;
     Sec. 15, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, S½SW¼, NW¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
     Sec. 16, all;
     Sec. 17, NE¼, NW¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 18, lots 8 and 4, NE¼, E½SW¼, NE¼ SE¼, and S½SE¼;
     Sec. 19, lot 4, NE¼, E½NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 20, NE¼NE¼, SW¼NE¼, NW¼, W½SW¼, and N½SE¼;
     Sec. 21, NE¼, E½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 22, N½, SW¼, and N½SE¼;
     Sec. 23, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 25, NW¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and NW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 26, S½NE¼, W½, and N½SE¼;
     Sec. 27, SE¼NE¼, N½NW¼, SW¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, S½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 28, NE¼, SW¼, NW¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
     Sec. 29, S½NE¼, NW¼NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, NE¼NW¼, and SE¼;
     Secs. 31 and 32;
     Sec. 33, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, W½NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 34, all;
     Sec. 35, SW¼NW¼.

T. 41 N., R. 116 W.,
     Sec. 1, lots 2, 3, and 4, S½N½, and S½;
     Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 11, W½NE¼, E½NW¼, SW¼, NW¼ SE¼, and S½SE¼;
     Sec. 12, E½NE¼, NW¼NW¼, S½SW¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
     Sec. 18, N½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, and N½NW¼;
     Sec. 14, N½NE¼, NW¼, N½SW¼, SE¼ SW¼, and N½SE¼;
     Sec. 15, E½NE¼ and SE¼;
     Sec. 22, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼, S½NW¼, SW¼, W½SE¼;
     Sec. 24, N½NE¼ and NE¼NW¼;
     Sec. 27, W½NE¼ and N½NW¼.

T. 42 N., R. 116 W.,
     Sec. 12, S½SW¼ and SW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 13, NE¼NE¼, NW¼, and N½SW¼;
     Sec. 14, E½SE¼;
     Sec. 24, lot 2;
     Sec. 25, lots 1, 5, and 6, SE¼NE¼; SE¼ SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 26, lot 4;
     Sec. 35, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼ and SE¼;
     Sec. 36, all, aggregating 19,939.78 acres.

The Elk Refuge as enlarged by this order consists of all lands owned or controlled by the United States in the following-described areas, comprising 27,624 acres:

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 41 N., R. 115 W.,
     Secs. 4 to 8, inclusive;
     Sec. 9, N½N½ and SW¼NW¼;
     Sec. 17, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, NW¼, SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 18, all;
     Sec. 19, lot 1, N½NE¼, and NE¼NW¼.

T. 42 N., R. 115 W.,
     Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½N½, SW¼, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 7, lot 8 and NE¼SE¼;
     Sec. 8, SW¼NW¼ and SE¼;
     Secs. 9, 10, and 11;
     Sec. 12, W½W½;
     Sec. 13, SW¼SW¼;
     Secs. 14 to 17, inclusive;
     Sec. 18, lots 3 and 4, NE¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Secs. 19 to 22, inclusive;
     Sec. 23, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 25, NW¼NW¼, S½NW½, and NW¼ SW¼;
     Sec. 26, S½NE¼, W½, and N½SE¼;
     Secs. 27 to 34, inclusive;
     Sec. 35, SW¼NW¼.

T. 41 N., R. 116 W.,
     Sec. 1, all;
     Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 11, NE¼, E½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 12, 13, and 14;
     Sec. 15, E½NE¼ and SE¼;
     Sec. 22, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 23, all;
     Sec. 24, N½NE¼, NW¼, N½SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 26, W½NE¼ and W½;
     Sec. 27, N½, N½SW¼, and SE¼.

T. 42 N., R. 116 W.,
     Sec. 12, S½SW¼ and SW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 13, NE¼NE¼, NW¼ and N½SW¼;
     Sec. 14, E½SE¼;
     Sec. 24, lots 2 and 5;
     Sec. 25, lots 1, 4, 5, and 6, SE¼NE¼, SE¼ SW¼,and SE¼;
     Sec. 26, lot 4;
     Sec. 35, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 36, all.

The reservation made by this order supersedes as to any of the lands affected thereby the temporary withdrawals for classification made by Executive Orders No. 4631 of April 15, 1927, No. 4685 of July 7, 1927, and No. 4857 of April 16, 1928.

Since the lands comprising the Flat Creek Reservation are reserved by this order as a part of the Elk Refuge, Executive Order No. 3741 of September 29, 1922, which established that Reservation, is hereby revoked.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 30, 1937.