Vermont § 46 - Executive Order No. 29-46 (No. 11-10) [Transfer of Properties between the Department of Fish and Wildlife and

§ 46. Executive Order No. 29-46 (No. 11-10) [Transfer of Properties between the Department of Fish and Wildlife and

• the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation] WHEREAS, certain state-owned land (the “Property”) located in the Town of Victory,
  County of Essex and State of Vermont, described more particularly below, presently
  is under the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Natural Resources, Department
  of Fish and Wildlife; and WHEREAS, the Property was purchased solely with Department of Fish and Wildlife funds;
  and WHEREAS, the Property is completely surrounded by Victory State Forest; and WHEREAS, the Department of Fish and Wildlife has determined that the Property would
  be more efficiently managed as part of Victory State Forest by the Department of Forests,
  Parks and Recreation; and WHEREAS, the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation desires to incorporate the
  Property into Victory State Forest and to hold, control and manage the Property consistent
  with 10 V.S.A. § 6301; and WHEREAS, the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation is committed to managing
  the property for the purposes of a State Forest. NOW THEREFORE, I, James H. Douglas, by the power vested in me as Governor of Vermont,
  do hereby transfer and set over from the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
  to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, for the above purposes, jurisdiction and control
  of the following state-owned land: A portion of the same land and premises conveyed to the State of Vermont by New England
  Power Company, by their Quit Claim Deed dated November 12, 1969, which is recorded
  in the land records of the Town of Victory at Book 17, Page 190. The portion to be
  transferred is more particularly described as: “Lot No. 4 in the 9th Range” The parcel of land conveyed hereby is approximately 144.5 +/- acres and is surrounded
  by land owned by the State of Vermont and managed as Victory State Forest. Excluded from this executive order are the remaining parcels contained in the conveyance
  from New England Power Company to the State of Vermont in the above referenced Quit
  Claim Deed. These lots will remain under management of the Department of Fish and
  Wildlife as part of Victory Basin Wildlife Management Area. This Executive Order shall take effect upon execution. Dated November 29, 2010.