Executive Order 8166—Establishing Shell Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

NORTH DAKOTA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that all lands and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 1,678 acres, more or less, in Mountrail County, North Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 154 N., R. 89 W.,
     sec. 3, all;
     sec. 4, E½SW¼ and SE¼;
     sec. 9, lots 1 and 2;
     sec. 10, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½SW¼, and NW¼SE½;
          and lands and lands under water within the meander line of the lake in secs. 3, 9, and 10;

T. 155 N.,  89 W.,
     sec. 34, lots 2, 3, and lands and lands under water within the meander line of the lake;
     sec. 35, N½NW¼ and SW¼SW¼.

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 the refuge, or to enter thereon, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

This reservation shall be known as the Shell Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 12, 1939.