It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described area be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.
Executive Order 8847—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as an Aerial Bombing and Gunnery Range
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