Vt. Stat. tit. 3A § 29-48
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 Forests, Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, the Property was purchased with funds from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, for the purposes of conservation and sustainable management of forests resources, management of wildlife habitat and dispersed, pedestrian public access; and
WHEREAS, the Property is subject to a Grant of Development Rights and Conservation Restrictions held by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board that authorized the purchase of the Property by the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation consistent with the goals set forth in 10 V.S.A. § 6301 to encourage and assist the maintenance of the present uses of Vermont's agricultural, forest and other undeveloped land and to preserve and to enhance Vermont's scenic natural resources; and
WHEREAS, the Property is completely surrounded by Victory Basin Wildlife Management Area; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation has determined that the Property would be more efficiently managed as part of Victory Basin Wildlife Management Area by the Department of Fish and Wildlife; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Fish and Wildlife desires to incorporate the Property into Victory Basin Wildlife Management Area and to own, control and manage the Property for wildlife habitat consistent with 10 V.S.A. ch. 103; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is committed to managing the property consistent with the purposes for which the property was acquired and managed as a Wildlife Management Area.
NOW THEREFORE, I, James H. Douglas, by the power vested in me as Governor of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over from the State of Vermont, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to the State of Vermont, Department of Fish and Wildlife, for the above purposes, ownership and control of the following state-owned land:
A portion of the same land and premises conveyed to the State of Vermont by THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, by their Warranty Deed dated September 19, 1995, which is recorded in the land records of the Town of Victory at Book 19, Page 355-359. The portion to be transferred is more particularly described in the above referenced Warranty Deed as:
"Parcel Two - Victory, Essex County Vermont"
"Lot No. 6 in the 15th Range"
The parcel of land conveyed hereby is approximately 105 +/- acres.
Excluded from this executive order are the following parcels contained in the conveyance from The Nature Conservancy to the State of Vermont.
Lots Nos. 11, 12, and 13 in the 13th Range
Lot No. 11 in the 15th Range
Lot Nos. 5, 10, 11, and 12 in the 14th Range
Lot No. 5 in the 16th Range
Lot Nos. 5 and 6 in the 17th Range
These lots will remain under management of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation as part of Victory State Forest.
This executive order shall take effect upon execution.
Dated November 29, 2010.
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