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:

This Executive Order shall take effect upon execution.

Dated November 29, 2010.