Executive Order 7770—Establishing Hazen Bay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

ALASKA

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, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that Nunivakchak and Krigegak Islands, lying in Hazen Bay, north of Nelson Island near the north entrance to Baird Inlet, off the west coast of Alaska (the approximate geographic position of which islands is in latitude 60°51' N., and longitude 164°42' W., from Greenwich), be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart, subject to valid existing rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.

This refuge shall be known as the Hazen Bay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
December 14, 1937.