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Executive Order 10992—Redefining the Boundaries of the Caribbean National Forest—Puerto Rico

February 09, 1962

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 24 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1103; 16 U.S.C. 471), 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 hereby ordered as follows:

The exterior boundaries of the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico, established as the Luquillo Forest Reserve by Proclamation Number 41 of January 17, 1903 (32 Stat. 2029), and renamed the Caribbean National Forest by Executive Order Number 7059-A of June 4, 1935, are hereby relocated and redefined as follows:

Beginning at the point where the parallel of 18°21' north latitude intersects the meridian of 65°45' west longitude; thence east to latitude 18°21', longitude 65°44'; thence south to latitude 18°20', longitude 66°44' thence east to latitude 18°20', longitude 65°42'; thence south to latitude 18°17', longitude 65°42'; thence west to latitude 18°17', longitude 65°43', thence south to latitude 18°15', longitude 65°43', thence west to latitude 18°15', longitude 65°45'; thence south to latitude 18°14', longitude 65°45'; thence west to latitude 18°14', longitude 65°50' thence north to latitude 18°15', longitude 65°50', thence west to latitude 18°15' longitude 65°55'; thence north to latitude 18°17', longitude 65°55'; thence east to latitude 18°17', longitude 65°53'; thence north to latitude 18°20', longitude 65°53', thence east to latitude 18°20', longitude 65°51', thence north to latitude 18°21', longitude 65°51'; thence east to latitude 18°21', longitude 65°45', the point of beginning.

All lands of the United States within those exterior boundaries are hereby reserved as parts of the Caribbean National Forest.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 9, 1962

John F. Kennedy, Executive Order 10992—Redefining the Boundaries of the Caribbean National Forest—Puerto Rico Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/235903

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