WHEREAS, certain lands and rights hereinafter described and located in the Town of Guilford, County of Windham, and State of Vermont, and known as the Guilford Welcome Center, are presently under the jurisdiction and control of the State of Vermont's Agency of Transportation; and

WHEREAS, the Agency of Transportation desires to transfer to the Agency of Natural Resources certain land and rights regarding mitigation for impact upon a deer wintering area in accordance with a Memorandum of Agreement dated April 4, 1996; and

WHEREAS, the Agency of Natural Resources will, upon transfer, be responsible for the management of a designated deer wintering habitat area and associated forested habitat buffer zone.

NOW THEREFORE, I, Howard Dean, M.D., by the power vested in me as Governor of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over to the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation, lands and rights of the Agency of Transportation, located in the Town of Guilford and being more particularly described as follows:

Being part of the same land and premises conveyed to the State of Vermont, Agency of Transportation by Victoria George by Warranty Deed dated March 13, 1996, which is recorded in Book 87, Page 17 of the Town of Guilford Land Records, and being more particularly described as follows:

Being a parcel of land consisting of 41.34 acres, more or less, of which 25.23 acres is designated as deer wintering habitat area and 16.11 acres is designated as a forested habitat buffer zone. The parcel of land is shown on a plat entitled "State of Vermont Agency of Transportation, Wildlife Habitat at Guilford Welcome Center, Date of Survey: May, 2001", and which plat is dated April 16, 2002 and attached hereto and made a part hereof.

The State of Vermont, Agency of Transportation reserves the right to maintain or replace a fence and drainage structures necessary for the Welcome Center, located on the land to be transferred herein.

This transfer is subject to conditions stated in the Memorandum of Agreement between the Agency of Transportation and the Agency of Natural Resources, dated April 4, 1996.

Dated June 27, 2002.