Executive Order 8644—Establishing the Evanston National Wildlife Refuge

WYOMING

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that all lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 360 acres, more or less, in Uinta County, Wyoming, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid rights, for the use of the Department of the Interior as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife:

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 15 N., R. 120 W., sec. 9, S½; sec. 10, NW¼SW¼.

It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of the refuge, or to enter thereon, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.

This reservation shall be known as the Evanston National Wildlife Refuge.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 21, 1941.