Executive Order 8509—Establishing the Missouri Wildlife Management Area

MISSOURI

Whereas certain lands in the State of Missouri, together with the improvements thereon, have been acquired under the authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115); and

Whereas by Executive Order No. 7908 of June 9, 1938, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in such lands were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition In accordance with the provisions of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), and the related provisions of Title IV thereof; and

Whereas the Secretary of Agriculture has recommended that the reservation of such lands as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife would be in the public interest:

Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 32, Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the lands, together with the improvements thereon, acquired by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 2,250 acres, more or less, in Boone County, Missouri, be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Department of the Interior, and the area is reserved as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife and for research related thereto, under such conditions of use and administration as will best carry out the purposes of the land-conservation and land-utilization program for which such lands were acquired: Provided, however, That such lands shall remain available to the Curators of the University of Missouri, a corporation of the State of Missouri, for use and management through any of the colleges or departments of the University of Missouri, under the custody of the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, for so long as there remains in force and effect a cooperative and license agreement between the United States of America and the Curators of the University of Missouri providing for such use and management:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 46 N., R. 11 W.,
     sec. 17, NE¼, all that part of the NW¼ bounded by the following-described lines:
          Beginning at the center one-quarter corner of sec. 17;
          Thence westerly with the center line of said section to the one-quarter corner common to secs. 17 and 18;
          Thence with the line common to said sections,
               Northerly 906 feet;
          Thence in the NW¼, sec. 17,
               Easterly 420 feet;
               Northerly 414 feet;
               Easterly 1,824 feet;
               Northerly 550 feet;
               Easterly 396 feet to a point in the center line of sec. 17;
          Thence with the center line of said section,
               Southerly 1,870 feet to the place of beginning;
     and SW¼, N½NE¼SE¼, N½NW¼SE¼, and all that part of the S½NW¼SE¼ and SW¼SE¼ lying west of Conner Creek;
     sec. 18, lot 1, all that part of the NE¼SE¼ bounded by the following-described lines:
          Beginning at the one-quarter corner common to secs. 17 and 18;
          Thence with the line common to said sections,
               Southerly 1,345 feet;
          Thence S. 89°00' W., 350 feet;
          Thence in the NE¼SE¼, sec. 18, N. 0°25' W., 1,344 feet; N. 89°35' E., 350 feet to the place of beginning;
          and W½SE¼. and SE¼SE¼;
          sec. 19, lot 1, NE¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
          sec. 20, W½NE¼, except that part bounded by the following-described lines:
               Beginning at the center east one-sixteenth corner of sec. 20;
               Thence with the center line of said section,
                    Westerly 483 feet;
               Thence northeasterly to a point in the east one-sixteenth line, 724 feet northerly of the center east one-sixteenth corner;
               Thence southerly 724 feet to the place of beginning;
          and W½;
          sec. 29, all that part of the W½NE¼ lying south and west of the public road, NW¼, and all that part of the NW¼SW¼ lying west of Cedar Creek;
          sec. 30, lots 1 and 2 of the NW¼, lot 1, and the N½ and E½S½ of lot 2 of the SW¼, NE¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼.

This reservation shall be known as the Missouri Wildlife Management Area.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 8, 1940.