National Wildlife Refuge · FWS · ID, OR · Roosevelt connection
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
Alerts and conditions
All clear. The managing agency, the National Weather Service and wildfire reporting show no current alerts.
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
The Roosevelt connection
Protected by T.R.
- February 25, 1909: as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Deer Flat Reservation (federal bird reservation). Lake Lowell near Nampa, still a refuge and a major stop for migrating ducks and geese.
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His proclamations and orders
- February 25, 1909: Executive Order 1032, “Establishing Seventeen Reservations as Preserves and Breeding Grounds for Native Birds.” Today’s site began with this document. The Fish and Wildlife Service dates it to the Deer Flat Bird Reservation of February 25, 1909.
Executive Order 1032 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area BLM · 41 miles
- Boise National Forest USFS · 68 miles
- Sawtooth National Recreation Area USFS · 98 miles
- Sawtooth National Forest USFS · 99 miles
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument NPS · 102 miles
- Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area BLM · 116 miles