Proclamation 3888—Enlarging the Capitol Reef National Monument, Utah

Whereas, the Capitol Reef National Monument in Utah was established by Proclamation No. 2246 of August 2, 1937, and enlarged by Proclamation No. 3249 of July 2, 1958, to set aside and reserve certain areas possessing significant features and objects of geological and scientific interest; and

Whereas, it would be in the public interest to add to the Capitol Reef National Monument certain adjoining lands which encompass the outstanding geological feature known as Waterpocket Fold and other complementing geological features, which constitute objects of scientific interest, such as Cathedral Valley; and

Whereas, under section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), the President is authorized "to declare by public proclamation * * * objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected:"

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, (1) the lands owned or controlled by the United States within the exterior boundaries of the following described area are hereby added to and made a part of the Capitol Reef National Monument, and (2) the State-owned and privately owned lands within those boundaries shall become and be reserved as parts of that monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States:

SALT LAKE MERIDIAN, UTAH

T. 26 S., R. 5 E.,

     sec.. 25 to 29, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 32 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 27 S., R. 5 E.,

     sec.. 1 to 4, inclusive; secs. 9 to 16, inclusive; secs. 21 to 28, inclusive; secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 28 S., R. 5 E.,

     sec.. 1 to 3, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; secs. 10 to 15, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 22 to 27, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 26 S., R. 6 E.,

     sec.. 27 to 34, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 27 S., R. 6 E.,

     sec.. 3 to 5, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; secs. 8 to 10, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 15 to 17, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; secs. 20 to 22, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 27 to 29, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 32 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 28 S., R. 6 E., that portion not previously included in the monument, partly unsurveyed.

T. 29 S., R. 6 E.,

     sec.. 7, 8 and 17, those portions not previously included in the monument;

     sec. 18, NE %4, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 20 and 21, partly unsurveyed;

     sec. 27, unsurveyed, those portions not previously included in the monument;

     sec.. 28, 29 and 34, partly unsurveyed;

     sec. 35, those portions not previously included in the monument.

T. 30 S., R. 6 E.,

     sec.. 2 and 11;

     sec. 12, W%;

     sec. 13.

T. 27 S., R. 7 E.,

     sec.. 31 and 32, partly unsurveyed.

T. 28 S., R. 7 E.,

     sec.. 2 to 11, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; secs. 14 to 23, inclusive, partly unsurveyed; secs. 26 to 35, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 29 S., R. 7 E.,

     sec.. 1 to 4, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec., 9 to 12, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 13 and 14, that portion north of State of Utah Route 24, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 15, 16, 21 and 22, partly unsurveyed;

     sec. 24, that portion north of State of Utah Route 24, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 27, 28, 33 and 34, unsurveyed.

T. 30 S., R. 7 E.,

     sec.. 3 and 10, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 18, 19, 20 and 29, those portions not previously included in the monument;

     sec.. 30, 31 and 32. T. 31 S., R. 7 E.,

     sec.. 3 to 11, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 14 to 23, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 27 to 33, inclusive;

     sec. 34, W

T. 32 S., R. 7 E.,

     sec.. 1 to 18, inclusive;

     sec.. 22 to 27, inclusive;

     sec.. 35 and 36.

T. 33 S., R. 7 E., secs. 1 and 2;

     sec.. 11, 12, 13, 24 and 25, unsurveyed.

T. 32 S., R. 8 E.,

     sec.. 6, 7, 18 and 19;

     sec.. 29 to 32, inclusive.

T. 33 S., R. 8 E.,

     sec.. 5 to 8, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 16 to 21, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 28 to 34, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 34 S., R. 8 E.,

     sec.. 3 to 11, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 13 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 35., R. 8 E.,

     sec.. 1 to 5, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 8 to 16, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 22 to 26, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec. 36.

T. 34 S., R. 9 E.,

     sec. 19, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 30 to 32, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 35 S., R. 9 E.,

     sec.. 5 to 8, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 16 to 21, inclusive, partly unsurveyed;

     sec.. 28 to 33, inclusive, partly unsurveyed.

T. 36 S., R. 9 E.,

     sec.. 4 to 9, inclusive, unsurveyed;

     sec.. 16, 17, and 21, partly unsurveyed.

containing 215,056 acres, more or less.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.

Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.

Nothing herein shall prevent the movement of livestock across the lands included in this monument under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior and upon driveways to be specifically designated by said Secretary.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine and of the Independence of

LYNDON B. JOHNSONthe United States of America the one hundred and ninety-third.