WHEREAS, Deer Flat Reservoir, now known as Lake Lowell, began to fill 100 years ago in February 1909; and

        WHEREAS, President Theodore Roosevelt designated Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge 100 years ago on February 25, 1909; and

        WHEREAS, Lake Lowell has allowed Idahoans to farm and ranch hundreds of thousands of acres of southwestern Idaho for 100 years; and

        WHEREAS, Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge has served as a refuge and breeding grounds for migratory birds and other wildlife for 100 years; and

        WHEREAS, Lake Lowell was one of the first projects for the United States Reclamation Service (now known as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) and Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge was one of the first National Wildlife Refuges; and

        WHEREAS, Lake Lowell and Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge also serve as an oasis for people seeking wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities such as wildlife watching, wildlife photography, hunting, fishing, environmental education, and environmental interpretation;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim February 25, 2009 as the

100^th Anniversary of Lake Lowell and Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 3rd day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-third and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred nineteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE