§695l Dedication of Lands Within Boundaries of Refuges to Wildlife Conservation; Administration of Lands for Waterfowl Management and Optimum Agricultural Use; Homestead Entry Prohibition; Inclusion of Other Public Lands; Property of the United States

Summary

All U.S. lands inside the Executive order boundaries of Tule Lake, Lower Klamath, Upper Klamath, and Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuges are set aside for wildlife conservation. The Secretary of the Interior must run these lands mainly to manage waterfowl while also allowing the best compatible farming use. They cannot be opened for homestead entry. Also included are Hanks Marsh and about 1,440 acres next to Upper Klamath NWR (Klamath County, Oregon); White Lake (Klamath County, OR and Siskiyou County, CA); thirteen tracts in Siskiyou County labeled A–L and N totaling about 3,292 acres; and tract P in Modoc County (about 10 acres), as shown on plate 4 of the report titled “Plan for Wildlife Use of Federal Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon-California,” April 1956, prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. All these lands stay federal property permanently.