Executive Order 7693—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Use of the Department of Agriculture

WASHINGTON

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me 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, it is ordered as follows:

Section 1. Executive Order No. 6964, of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing certain lands for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked so far as it affects any public lands within the following-described area in Washington:

WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN

T. 33 N., R. 39 E.,
     Sec. 1, E½;
     Sec. 12, E½;
     Sec. 13, E½NE¼.

T. 33 N., R. 40 E.,
     Sec. 1, N½, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 2, E½NE¼, NE¼SE¼, N½NW¼, SW¼NW¼ and SW¼;
     Secs. 3 to 5, inclusive;
     Sec. 6, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 7 to 10, inclusive;
     Sec. 11, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, W½, N½ SE¼, and SW¼SE¼;
     Secs. 15 and 16;
     Sec. 17, N½, N½S½, S½SE¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 18, E½, and NW¼;
     Sec. 19, all;
     Sec. 20, and W½ NW¼;
     Sec. 21, all;
     Sec. 22, N½N½, SW¼NE¼, and NW¼ SW¼;
     Sec. 30, W½E½, and N½NW¼.

T. 34 N., R. 40 E.,
     Sec. 1, all;
     Sec. 2, E½, E½NW¼, and SW¼,
     Sec. 3, S½NE¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 5, W½SE¼, E½SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 8, all;
     Sec. 9, S½NE¼, NW¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 10, S½N½, S½, andNE¼NW¼;
     Sec. 11, NW¼SW¼;
     Secs. 15 to 17, inclusive;
     Sec. 18, E½E½;
     Sec. 19, SE¼;
     Secs. 20 and 21;
     Sec. 22, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 23 to 28, inclusive;
     Sec. 29, N½, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 30, NE¼SE¼;
     Sec. 31, SE¼NE¼, SE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 32, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 35 N., R. 40 E.,
     Sec. 2, NW¼NW¼;
     Sec. 3, NE¼NE¼;
     Sec. 36, S½SE¼.

T. 36 N., R. 40 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 7, inclusive;
     Sec. 8, N½, and E½SE¼;
     Secs. 9 to 15, inclusive;
     Sec. 16, N½, and E½SE¼;
     Sec. 17, S½NE¼, and N½SE¼;
     Sec. 21, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 22 to 28, and secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 37 N., R. 40 E.,
     Secs. 1 and 2;
     Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 and 16, SE¼, E½SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 4, lots 1 to 15, inclusive, NW¼SE¼, S½SE¼, and SW¼;
     Secs. 5 to 36, inclusive.

T. 31 N., R. 41 E.,
     Sec. 12, SE¼.

T. 32 N., R. 41 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 4, and secs. 9 to 17, inclusive;
     Sec. 18, E½E½;
     Secs. 22 to 27, and secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.

T. 38 N., R. 41 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive;
     Sec. 6, NE¼, E½SE¼, SW¼SE¼, and SE¼ SW¼;
     Sec. 7, NE¼, E½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 8 to 16, inclusive;
     Sec. 17, N½SW¼, and N½SE¼;
     Sec. 18, NE¼, SE¼NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 19, N½, N½SE¼, E½SW¼, and W½ W½SW¼;
     Sec. 20, NW¼NW¼;
     Sec. 21, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, and S½NW¼;
     Sec. 22, SE¼NE¼;
     Sec. 23, N½, SE¼, N½SW¼, and SE¼SW¼;
     Secs. 24 to 26, inclusive;
     Sec. 27, NE¼, E½NW¼, SW¼NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 28, S½N½, and S½;
     Sec. 29, all;
     Sec. 30, E½;
     Sec. 31, N½NE¼,SE¼NE¼, and SE¼;
     Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive.

T. 34 N., R. 41 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive;
     Sec. 6, N½, SW¼, and NE¼SE¼;
     Sec. 7, NW¼SW¼, SE¼SW¼, SE¼NE¼, and SE¼;
     Secs. 8 to 36, inclusive.

T. 35 N., R. 41 E.,
     Sec. 1, all;
     Sec. 2, lots 1 to 12, inclusive, SE¼, N½ SW¼, and SE¼SW¼;
     Sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9;
     Sec. 4, lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12, N½SW¼;
     Sec. 5, lots 1 to 12, inclusive, N½S½, SE¼ SW¼, and SW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 6, all;
     Sec. 7, NE¼NW¼;
     Sec. 11, NW¼NE¼;
     Sec. 12, N½ and SE¼;
     Sec. 13, N½, SE¼, N½SW¼, and SE¼ SW¼;
     Sec. 14, NE¼NE¼;
     Sec. 22, NE¼, and N½NW¼;
     Sec. 23, all;
     Sec. 24, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 25 and 26;
     Sec. 27, E½NE¼, NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 28, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, N½SE¼, and W½SW¼;
     Sec. 29, S½SE¼;
     Sec. 31, NE¼ and S½;
     Sec. 32, NE¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Sec. 33, S½N½, and S½;
     Sec. 34 to 36, inclusive.

T. 36 N., R. 41 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 32, inclusive;
     Sec. 33, N½, SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼ SE¼;
     Sec. 34, N½, SE¼, and NW¼SW¼;
     Secs. 35 and 36.

T. 37 N., R. 41 E., all.

T. 38 N., R. 41 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 3, inclusive;
     Sec. 4, SW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 9, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, E½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 10 to 16, secs. 21 to 28, and secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 31 N., R. 42 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive;
     Sec. 7, NE¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 8 to 27, inclusive;
     Sec. 28, N½;
     Secs. 29 and 30;
     Sec. 31, N½;
     Sec. 33, N½, and SE¼;
     Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.

Tps. 32 to 36 N., R. 42 E., all.

T. 37 N., R. 42 E.,
     Sec. 1, NE¼NE¼, N½NW¼, and SW¼ NW¼;
     Secs. 2 to 11, inclusive;
     Sec. 12, E½NW¼, SW¼, and SW¼SE¼;
     Sec. 13, NW¼NE¼, and W½;
     Secs. 14 to 23, inclusive;
     Sec. 24, S½;
     Secs. 25 to 36, inclusive.

T. 38 N., R. 42 E.,
     Sec. 1, lots 10 to 16, inclusive, and S½;
     Sec. 2, lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 16, and S½;
     Secs. 3 to 11, inclusive;
     Sec. 12, NW¼, S½, and NW¼NE¼;
     Secs. 13 to 36, inclusive.

T. 39 N., R. 42 E., all.

T. 40 N., R. 42 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 3, secs. 10 to 15, and secs. 19 to 36, inclusive.

T. 31 N., R. 43 E.,
     Secs. 4 to 9, secs. 16 to 21, and secs. 28 to 32, inclusive;
     Sec. 33, N½, SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼ SE¼.

T. 32 N., R. 43 E.,
     Sec. 6, W½;
     Secs. 6 and 7;
     Sec. 8, N½N½, and S½;
     Secs. 17 to 20, inclusive;
     Sec. 21, SW¼;
     Sec. 28, SW¼, and S½SE¼;
     Secs. 29 to 33, inclusive.

T. 33 N., R. 43 E.,
     Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;
     Sec. 10, NW¼SW¼;
     Secs. 16 to 21, inclusive;
     Sec. 29, N½, SW¼, NE¼SE¼, and SW¼ SE¼;
     Secs. 30 and 31;
     Sec. 32, W½NE¼, and W½.

T. 34 N., R. 43 E.,
     Sec. 1, N½, N½S½, and SW¼SW¼;
     Secs. 2 to 11, and secs. 15 to 22, inclusive;
     Sec. 27, N½NW¼;
     Secs. 28 to 34, inclusive.

T. 35 N., R. 43 E.,
     Sec. 2, lot 7;
     Secs. 3 to 10, inclusive;
     Sec. 11, lots 3 and 4, SW¼NW¼, and SW¼;
     Sec. 14, N½, SW¼, and N½SE¼;
     Secs. 15 to 22, inclusive;
     Sec. 23, N½, SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼ SE¼;
     Secs. 25 to 36, inclusive.

T. 36 N., R. 43 E.,
     Secs. 5 to 8, secs. 17 to 20, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive;
     Sec. 34, lot 4, SE¼NW¼, SW¼NE¼, SW¼, and E½SE¼.

T. 37 N., R. 43 E.,
     Sec. 31, all.

T. 38 N., R. 43 E.,
     Sec. 6, lots 6 and 7;
     Sec. 7, lots 2, 3, and 4, E½SW¼, W½SE¼, S½NE¼, and SE¼NW¼;
     Sec. 19,W½SW¼.

T. 39 N., R. 43 E.,
     Sec. 3, lots 1 and 2;
     Sec. 4, N½, SE¼, N½SW¼, and SW¼ SW¼;
     Secs. 5 to 8, and secs. 17 to 20, inclusive;
     Sec. 30, N½N½;
     Sec. 31, NW¼NW¼.

T. 40 N., R. 43 E.,
     Sec. 3, lots 2, 4 and 7, E½SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec.4, lots 2, 3, 4, and S½;
     Secs. 5 to 9, inclusive;
     Sec. 10, lots 2, 8, 4, and 5, SW¼NE¼, NW¼SE¼, and W½;
     Secs. 15 to 21, inclusive;
     Sec. 22, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 27 to 33, inclusive;
     Sec. 34, NW¼, and S½.

Section 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, all vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands within the above-described area are hereby temporarily withdrawn, from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart for use and development by the Department of Agriculture for reforestation, forestation, soil erosion control and other land utilization activities in connection with the Northeast Washington Project, LA-WA 2: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall restrict prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of the lands under the applicable laws.

Section 3. This order shall be applicable to all lands within the area described in Section 1 hereof upon the cancellation, termination, or release of prior entries, selections, rights, appropriations, or claims, or upon the revocation of prior withdrawals, unless expressly otherwise provided in the order of revocation.

Section 4. The reservation made by Section 2 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 19, 1937.