Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8645—Establishing the Kit Carson National Wildlife Refuge

January 22, 1941

COLORADO

By virtue of and pursuant to 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 721.04 acres, more or less, in Cheyenne County, Colorado, 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. 13 S., R. 47 W.,
      sec. 20, lots 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 16;
      sec. 21, S½NE¼, W½, and N½SE¼.

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 Kit Carson National Wildlife Refuge.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 22, 1941.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8645—Establishing the Kit Carson National Wildlife Refuge Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/368218

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