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Executive Order 8647

Establishing the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge; Arizona and California

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 22, 1941.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordJanuary 22, 1941

The date the President signed it.

Publication record6 FR 593

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Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8647: Establishing the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge; Arizona and California}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8647}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8647; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1941.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Amended by Public Land Order 4703, October 1, 1969 (34 FR 15557); Public Land Order 5312, December 6, 1972 (37 FR 26420)
Revoked by Public Land Order 2852, January 4, 1963 (28 FR 320)(in part); Public Land Order 3099, June 4, 1963 (28 FR 5648)(in part); Public Land Order 3522, January 8, 1965 (30 FR 443)(in part); Public Land Order 3720, July 6, 1965 (30 FR 8791)(in part); Public Land Order 4374, March 4, 1968 (33 FR 4333)(in part); Public Land Order 4430, May 29, 1968 (33 FR 8341)(in part); Public Land Order 6044, October 1, 1981 (46 FR 49869)(in part); Public Law 100-696, November 18, 1988 (Sec. 507, 102 Stat. 4595)
See Public Land Order 559 February 11, 1949 ( 14 FR 857); Public Land Order 4417, May 20, 1968 (33 FR 7685)

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