The President's News Conference
09/20/1977
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I do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Noatak National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters ...
The area reserved consists of approximately 10,600,000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the...
Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this monument.
The establishment of this monument is subject to valid existing rights, including, but not limited to, valid selections under the Alaska Nat...