Executive Order 8331—Enlarging the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge

MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge Act (43 Stat. 650), it is ordered that the following-described tracts of land and land under water, acquired by the United States in connection with the improvement of navigation in the Mississippi River, and determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be suitable for the use of the Department of the Interior as a breeding place for migratory and other wild birds, game and fur-bearing animals, and fishes and other aquatic animal life, and for the conservation of wild flowers and aquatic plants, be, and they are hereby, subject to valid rights, added to and reserved as a part of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge, established under the above-mentioned Act:

Lock and Dam No. 4:
      Buffalo County, Wisconsin
           Tract B-248, aggregating 1.72 acres, more or less.

Lock and Dam No. 5:
      Wabasha County, Minnesota
           Tracts Wa-l05, 106, 107A, 121B, 135, and 147, aggregating 138.30 acres, more or less.
      Buffalo County, Wisconsin
           Tracts B-306A & B, 306C, 307A, 307B, 312, 313, 316, and 318, aggregating 63.87 acres, more or less.

Lock and Dam No. 5A:
      Winona County, Minnesota
           Tracts Wi—42, 43, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 114, 120, 125, 127, 132, 133,134, 139, 140, 141,142, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158A, 161B, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167A, 167B, 168, 170, 171, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179A, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 196, 197, 198, and 206, aggregating 2,757.45 acres, more or less.
      Buffalo County, Wisconsin
           Tracts B—7, 20, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 41B, 46A, 46B, 47A, 47B, 49A, 49B, 49C, 49D, 54, 72A, 72B, 82, and 83, aggregating 445.65 acres, more or less.

Lock and Dam No. 6:
      Winona County, Minnesota
           Tracts Wi—A, 2, 3, 6, 7A, and 9A, aggregating 103.38 acres, more or less.
      Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
           Tracts T—C2, part B, and Cl; and 18A, aggregating 40.01 acres, more or less.

Lock and Dam No. 7:
      LaCrosse County, Wisconsin
           Tracts LA—5-1, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 21A, 22A, 22B, 22C, 23, 24A, 26, 27A, 27B, 28, 29A, 29B, 30B, 39, 40A, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47A, 47B, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55A, 55B, 55C, 55D, 55E, 59B, 60, 62, 63, 64, 064, 65, 66, 67A & B, 67C, 68, 69A, 69B, 69C, 69D, 69E, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78B, 79, 80, 81, 82A, 82B, 83, 87A, 87B, 87C, 87D, 87E, 87F, 87G, 87H, 871, 87J, 87K, 87L, 87M, 87N, 87-0, 87P, 87Q, 87R, 87S, 88A, 88B, 088B, 89, 089, 90, 090, 91, 091, 92, 93, 98, 098, 99, 099,  100A,  100B,  100C, 100D,  100E,  100F,  100G,  100H, 100-I,  100J,  100K,  100L,  100M, I00N,  100-0,  100P,  100Q,  100R, 100S, 100T, 100U, 100V, 101B, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110A, HOB-1, 110C, 110D, HOE, HOG, 110H, 110-1, 110J-1, 110J-2, 110K, HOL, HOM, HON, 110-0, HOP, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 124, 0124, 125, 126, 127, 130A, 131, 132, 133, 134A, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 149, 150, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 197A & B, 198A & B, 199, 200, 201A, 201B, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210A & B, 212, 213B, 224, 225, 226A, 227A, 236, 237A, 238A & C, 240, 241, 245B, 248, 250, 254B, 255, 256, 257, 259, 260A, 260B, 261A, 261C, 261D, 263, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 280, 282, 283, 284A, 291A, 291B, 293, 294A & B, 301B, 301C, 302A, B, & C, 305, 307, 308A, 309, 311, 358, 382B, 383B, 386, 400, 405, 420, 427B, 427C, 428, 429A and 429B, together with all streets and alleys in Outers' Camp in the S½NE¼NE¼, sec. 1, T. 16 N., R. 8 W., 4th P. M., and in J. C. Perkin's Addition to the Town of Campbell, in the SE¼NE¼, sec. 1, T. 16 N., R. 8 W., 4th P. M., aggregating 4,982.02 acres, more or less.
      Trempealeau County, Wisconsin Tracts T—1A & B, 2, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8B, 14, 15, 16, and 17, aggregating 242.90 acres, more or less.

Lock and Dam No. 8:
      Houston County, Minnesota
           Tracts H—116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124,125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130A, 130B, 131A, 131B, 132A, 132B, 133, 134, 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147A, 147B, 157, 159, 160, 165, 166, 175, 177, 185, 186, 187, 188A & B, 196, 197, 198A, 198B, 199A, 199B, 200, 209A, 209B, 210, 213, 230, 256, 257B, 261, 265B, 266, 267, 281, 282, 283, 293, 302A, 302B, and 311, aggregating 1,370.74 acres, more or less.
      LaCrosse County, Wisconsin
           Tracts La—4B, 5, 6A, 6B, 7, 8, 9A, 9B, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49B & 73B, 49C, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58A, 58B, 63, 65,66, 67, 68, 69, 71B, 71C, 72A, 76A & 90B, 78A, 78B, 79,80,86A, 86B, 87, 88A, 88B, 94, 96, 97, 100B, 102, 105, 106, 0106, 108, 11 IB, 113, 125, 138B, 139A, 140A, and 140B, aggregating 2,214.47 acres, more or less.
      Vernon County, Wisconsin
           Tracts V—10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 24A, 24B, 28, 30, 39, 40, 41B, 55A, 56A, 73B, 75A, 75B, 76, 90B, 90C, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 097, 98, 99, 105, 108, 109, 111, H3A, H3C, H4B, 115, 116, 117, 123, 124, 125, 126A, 126B, 127B, 127C, 128A, 128C-1, 132C, 133A, 133B, 134B, 136, 137A, 140, 148A, 148B, 149A, 149B, 150, 151, 0151, 152A, 153A, 153B, 154, 156, 166, 169, 0171, 173, 177, 184, 188, 189, 191, 192, 195, 205, 206, 208B, 209, 211, 223, 227, 229, 231, 241, 244, 245, 250, 256, 257, 258, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 269, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 288, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 305, 306, 307, 315, 316, 317, 319A, 327A, 328, 329A, 329B, and 334, aggregating 3,463.40 acres, more or less.

The above-described lands are under the primary jurisdiction of the War Department, and their reservation for the purposes set forth in this order shall be subject at all times to use by the War Department in connection with the improvement of the Mississippi River for navigation and the uses thereof, and the enforcement of laws and regulations thereon by the Department of the Interior shall be without interference with any existing or future uses or regulations of the War Department.

It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of this refuge, or to enter thereon except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 24, 1940.