Executive Order 11220—Transferring Lands in the State of Washington From the Okanogan National Forest to the Wenatchee National Forest

WHEREAS a part of the Okanogan National Forest in Washington is so situated that its transfer to the Wenatchee National Forest in Washington would facilitate protection and administration of national forest land and would be in the public interest:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34, 36; 16 U.S.C. 473), and Section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 521), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows:

All that part of the Okanogan National Forest, formerly known as the Chelan National Forest, established by Executive Order No. 823 of June 18, 1908, as amended and supplemented, which is situated in Chelan County, Washington, comprising a gross area of approximately 531,472 acres, of which about 521,944 acres consist of certain lands withdrawn from the public domain and others acquired by exchange (16 U.S.C. 485, 486) and donation (16 U.S.C. 569), is hereby transferred to and made a part of the Wenatchee National Forest, effective July 1, 1965, and the boundaries common to the two national forests are adjusted accordingly.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House,

May 6, 1965.