Proclamation 3138—Revising the Boundaries of Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Whereas the Great Sand Dunes National Monument in the State of Colorado was established by Proclamation No. 1994 of March 17, 1932 (47 Stat. 2506), as modified by Proclamation No. 2681 of March 12, 1946,1 for the preservation of the great sand dunes and additional features of scenic, scientific, and educational interests; and
Whereas it appears that retention of certain lands within the monument is no longer necessary for such purpose; and
Whereas it appears that it would be in the public interest to exclude such lands from the monument; and
Whereas certain lands now a part of the Rio Grande National Forest are better suited for national-monument purposes than for national-forest purposes and should be excluded from such forest, and these lands and certain other land adjoining the monument are required for the proper care, management, and protection of the objects of scenic, scientific, and educational interest situated on lands within the monument; and
Whereas it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands as an addition to the monument:
Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), and the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 473), do proclaim as follows:
1. The following-described lands in the State of Colorado are hereby excluded from the Great Sand Dunes National Monument:
NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
T. 41 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 22, SW 1/4;
Sec. 28, all;
Sec. 27, all;
Sec. 34, all;
Sec. 35, all.
T. 40 N., R. 12 E.,
Sec. 2, all;
Sec. 11, NE 1/4;
Sec. 12, SW I/4;
Sec. 13, W 1/2;
Sec. 24, all;
Sec. 25, all.
Fractional T. 40 N., R. 13 E.,
Sec. 19, all;
Sec. 30, all;
Sec. 31, all.
SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
T. 27 S., R. 73 W.,
Sec. 15, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4;
Sec. 19, all;
Sec. 20, all;
Sec. 21, all;
Sec. 22, all.
The public lands hereby excluded from the monument shall not be subject to application, location, settlement, entry, or other forms of appropriation under the public-land laws until further order of an authorized officer of the Department of the Interior.
2. Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described lands in the State of Colorado are hereby reserved as and made a part of the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, and so much thereof as is now within the Rio Grande National Forest is hereby excluded therefrom and the boundaries of the said National Forest are modified accordingly:
SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
T. 26 S., R. 73 W.,
Sec. 2, all.
T. 27 S., R. 73 W.,
Sec. 2, W1/2.
Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this seventh day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eightieth.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
By the President:
JOHN FOSTER DULLES,
Secretary of State
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Proclamation 3138—Revising the Boundaries of Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/307404