Executive Order 7801—Establishing Black Coulee Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Montana

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 all the lands now or hereafter owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 1,160 acres in Blaine County, Montana, be, and they are hereby, 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: Provided, That any private lands within the area described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title thereto or control thereof by the United States:

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 34 N., R. 25 E.,
      Sec. 23, all;
      Sec. 24, N½ and NW¼SW¼;
      Sec. 26, N½N½.

This reservation shall be known as the Black Coulee Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 28, 1938.