LAKE MALHEUR RESER\ATION 



For Protection of Native Birds 

 OREGON 



Embracing dll least subdivisions touching the shore lines 

 of Lakes Malheur and Harney and their connecting waters 

 in Tps. 25 S. R^s. 32. 32i and 33. Tps 26 S. R^s 29. 30,31.32 

 anal 33., and Tps. 27 S. R§5. 29, 29i 30 and 32 all east of 

 Willamette Meridian, Oregon segregated by broken line 

 and designated ''Lake Malheur Reservation" 



DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIOR 



GENERAL LAND OFFICE 



Fred Dennett, Commissioner 



lEiccutive ©r^cr 



It is hereby ordered that all smallest legal subdivisions which touch the shore- 

 line of Lakes Malheur and Harne}- and the streams and waters connecting these 

 lakes in township twenty-five south, ranges thirty-two, thirty-two and one-half 

 and thirty-three; township twenty-six south, ranges twenty -nine, thirt}-, thirt\- 

 one, thirty-two and thirty-three; township twenty-seven south, ranges twenty- 

 nine, twenty-nine and one-half, thirty and thirt\-two, all east of the Willamette 

 JVIeridian, Oregon, together with all islands and unsurveyed lands situated within 

 the meander lines of said lakes and connecting waters, as segregated by the 

 broken line shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this 

 Order, are hereby reserved, subject to vahd existing rights, and set aside for 

 the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding-ground for 

 native birds. The taking or destruction of birds' eggs and nests, and the taking 

 or killing of any species of native bird for any purpose whatsoever, except under 

 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 is prohibited, and warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit within 

 the reserved territory any of the acts hereby enjoined. This reserve to be known 

 as Lake Malheur Reservation. 



[No. 929] THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 



The White House, August 18, 1908. 



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