Executive Order 5296

by President of the United States

Executive Orders Nos. 2905 and 3394, dated July 8, 1918, and January 28, 1921, respectively, withdrawing certain lands in Wyoming in aid of legislation to extend the boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park, are hereby revoked as to the tract of land in the Targhee National Forest lying within the following described boundaries:

Beginning at a point on the present south boundary of the Yellowstone National Park where it is intersected by the Idaho-Wyoming State line; thence south along the Idaho-Wyoming State line to its intersection with the hydrographic divide between Conant Creek and North Fork Pierre River; thence easterly along the said hydrographic divide and now between Conant and Birch Creeks to the main hydrographic divide formed by the Teton Mountains, and between the headwaters of Berry and Conant Creeks; thence northeasterly along said main hydrographic divide to its intersection with the south boundary of the Yellowstone National Park at a point near park boundary Monuiment 5 east; thence westerly along the south boundary of said national park to the place of beginning.

Herbert Hoover

The White House,

March 8, 1930.

Notes

Revokes (in part):

• Executive Order 2905, July 8, 1918;
• Executive Order 3394, January 28, 1921