Executive Order 1041

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Executive Order 1041 (1909)
by President of the United States

Establishing Yukon Delta Reservation, Alaska, as Preserve and Breeding Ground for Native Birds641419

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Revoked by Executive Order 3642, February 27, 1922. Also see Public Law 96-487 (Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act), December 2, 1980, which created the even larger Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.

Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt Saturday, February 27, 1909

641419Executive Order 1041 — Establishing Yukon Delta Reservation, Alaska, as Preserve and Breeding Ground for Native Birds6414191909President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that the treeless tundra of the delta of the Yukon River, Alaska, situated west of longitude one hundred and sixty-two degrees and twenty minutes west of Greenwich and south of the Yukon River, as segregated by the broken line shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order, be and the same is hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits of this reservation, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by law. This bird refuge to be known as Yukon Delta Reservation.