canal. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 1032 on February 25. 1913 Sebree Dance Pavilion completed at Lower Dam Recreation Area. 1926 Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District signs agreement with federal government stipulating that Board of Control is now in charge of the project. 1928 Sebree Dance Pavilion dismantled and moved to Caldwell. 1930 First Lake Lowell Boat Races held at Upper Dam. 1935 Civilian Conservation Corps BR-24 Co. 2506 charged with restoring dams eroded by waves and ice. 1937 President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Snake River Islands Refuge by executive order. Thomas Horn assigned as first refuge manager. 1938 Works Progress Administration workers help build refuge infrastructure (roads and buildings). 1939 WPA workers complete observation tower. 1943 Youth Aid Farm Camp for girls housed in Civilian Conservation Corps barracks at Lower Dam. 1948 Deer Flat Reservoir renamed Lake Lowell in honor of J.H. Lowell. 1957 Special-use permit issued to Canyon County for sanitary landfill on refuge property. 1963 Snake River Islands Refuge consolidated with Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge. 1967 Last of CCC barracks removed from Lower Dam Recreation Area. 1970 Environmental Education building constructed at the Lower Dam. 1971 Landfill closed. Marsing Job Corps starts construction of Visitor Center. 1975 Visitor Center completed and First Youth Conservation Corps formed. 1976 Bureau of Reclamation nominates embankments to National Register of Historic Places. 1979 Special-use permit issued to Clint Eastwood to film part of Bronco Billy at Upper Embankment. 2006 Friends of Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge formed. 2009 Centennial Trail installed across historic upper dam. References External links Protected areas of Baker County, Oregon Protected areas of Canyon County, Idaho Protected areas of Malheur County, Oregon Protected areas of Owyhee County, Idaho Protected areas of Payette County, Idaho Protected areas of Washington County, Idaho National Wildlife Refuges in Idaho National Wildlife Refuges in Oregon Snake River Civilian Conservation Corps in Idaho Works Progress Administration in Idaho Protected areas established in 1909 1909 establishments in Oregon Wetlands of Idaho Wetlands of Oregon Landforms of Baker County, Oregon Landforms of Canyon County, Idaho Landforms of Malheur County, Oregon Landforms of Owyhee County, Idaho Landforms of Payette County, Idaho Landforms of Washington County, Idaho 1909 establishments in Idaho