Executive Order 8039—Establishing the Kofa Game Range

ARIZONA

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, it is ordered as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid rights, the following-described lands, in so far as title thereto is in the United States, are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart for the conservation and development of natural wildlife resources, and for the protection and improvement of public grazing lands and natural forage resources: 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of the lands under the applicable laws: Provided further, That any lands within the described area that are otherwise withdrawn or reserved will be affected hereby only in so far as may be consistent with the uses and purposes for which such prior withdrawal or reservation was made: And provided further, That upon termination of any private right to, or appropriation of, any public lands within the exterior limits of the area included in this order, or upon the revocation of prior withdrawals unless expressly otherwise provided in the order of revocation, the lands involved shall become a part of the preserve:

GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN

Tps. 1 and 2 N., R. 15 W., all;

Tps. 1 and 2 N., Rs. 16 and 17 W. (unsurveyed), all;

Tps. 1 and 2 N., R. 18 W., all;

Tps. 1, 2, and 3 S., R. 15 W. (unsurveyed), all;

T. 4 S., R. 15 W., all;

Tps. 1, 2, and 3 S., R. 16 W. (unsurveyed), all;

T. 4 S., R. 16 W., all;

Tps. 1 to 5 S., inclusive, R. 17 W. (unsurveyed) , all;

Tps. 1 to 5 S., inclusive, R 18 W. (unsurveyed), all;

T. 2 S., R. 19 W. (unsurveyed), secs. 1, 2, and 3; secs. 10 to 15, inclusive; secs. 22 to 28, inclusive; and secs. 32 to 36, inclusive;

T. 3 S., R. 19 W. (unsurveyed), secs. 1 to 5, inclusive; secs. 8 to 17, inclusive; secs. 20 to 28, inclusive; and secs. 33 to 36, inclusive;

T. 4 S., R. 19 W. (unsurveyed), secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; secs. 9 to 16, inclusive; secs. 21 to 28, inclusive; and secs. 33 to 36, inclusive;

T. 5 S., R. 19 W. (unsurveyed), secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; secs. 9 to 16, inclusive; secs. 21 to 28, inclusive; and secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

Section 2. This range or preserve, so far as it relates to conservation and development of wildlife, shall be under the joint jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, and they shall have power jointly to make such rules and regulations for its protection, administration, regulation, and improvement, and for the removal and disposition of surplus game animals, as they may deem necessary to accomplish its purposes and not inconsistent with State law, and the range or preserve, being within a grazing district duly established pursuant to the provisions of the act of June 28, 1934, ch. 865, 48 Stat. 1269, as amended by the act of June 26, 1936, 49 Stat. 1976, shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior so far as it relates to the public grazing lands and natural forage resources thereof: Provided, however, That all the forage resources in excess of that required to maintain a balanced wildlife population within this range or preserve shall be available for domestic livestock under rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of the aforesaid act of June 28, 1934, as amended; And provided further, That land within the exterior limits of the area herein described, hereafter acquired by the United States for the use of the Department of Agriculture for conservation of migratory birds in accordance with the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929, 45 Stat. 1222, as amended by the Act of June 15, 1935, 49 Stat. 381, shall be, and remain under the exclusive administration of the Secretary of Agriculture and may be utilized for public grazing purposes only to such extent as may be determined by the said Secretary to be compatible with the utilization of said lands for the purposes for which they were acquired as aforesaid under regulations prescribed by him.

Section 3. This preserve shall be known as the Kofa Game Range.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 25, 1939.