Executive Order 909

It is hereby ordered that on and after July 1, 1908, the land within the boundary shown on the attached diagram, heretofore set apart, reserved, and proclaimed as a part of the Grand Canyon National Forest, shall be known as the Kaibab National Forest. The remaining portion of the Grand Canyon National Forest, with the exception of the area indicated as eliminated on Part Two of the diagram of the Coconino National Forest, shall remain reserved and constitute a part of the Coconino National Forest. It is not intended by this order to modify the proclamations hertofore issued establishing the Grand Canyon National Game Preserve and the Grand Canyon National Monument, both of which include land embraced in the boundaries of such Kaibab National Forest. It is not intended by this order to release any land from reservation or to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

July 2, 1908.

Notes

Amends (in part)

• Proclamation 349, February 20, 1893 (27 Stat. L., 1064)

Amended by

• Proclamation 1079, August 23, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 2737)
• Proclamation 1238, May 19, 1913 (38 Stat. L., 1941)
• Executive Order 3972, March 18, 1924
• Executive Order 6806, August 4, 1934

See related

• Proclamation 818, July 1, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 2196)