The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 3 Appendix : Executive Orders

Chapter 029 : Public Property and Supplies

• Executive Order No. 29-41 (No. 06-08) [Transfer of Right of Way in Okemo State Forest, Ludlow, from the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to the Department of Fish and Wildlife]

  WHEREAS, the Department of Fish and Wildlife has secured a right of way across the lands of Robin Anderson, in part with Federal funds received from the Wildlife Restoration Grant Program under Application for Federal Assistance W-58-L-1 administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for access for itself and the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation from Town Highway #14, aka Rod and Gun Club Road, to certain state-owned land known as the former “Yankee Parcel”, and

  WHEREAS, the southern portion of the former “Yankee Parcel” is now owned by the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation and managed as part of Okemo State Forest, located in the Town of Ludlow, County of Windsor and State of Vermont; and

  WHEREAS, the northern portion of the former “Yankee Parcel” is now owned and managed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife as part of Tiny Pond Wildlife Management Area in the town of Ludlow, County of Windsor and State of Vermont; and

  WHEREAS, the right of way across the lands of Robin Anderson was acquired for the purpose of improving access for wildlife habitat management and lands administration on the Tiny Pond Wildlife Management Area; and

  WHEREAS, the southern portion of the “Yankee Parcel” contains existing wood roads that connect to Tiny Pond Wildlife Management Area; and

  WHEREAS, the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation wishes to convey a right of way to the Department of Fish and Wildlife to cross the southern portion of the “Yankee Parcel” to access Tiny Pond Wildlife Management Area.

  NOW, THEREFORE, I, James H. Douglas, by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor of the State of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over from the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, both in the Agency of Natural Resources, for the above purposes, a general right of way across the southern portion of the “Yankee Parcel” over Okemo State Forest for the purpose of accessing Tiny Pond Wildlife Management Area for wildlife habitat management and lands administration, to wit:

  Being part of the same land and premises conveyed to the State of Vermont, Agency of Natural Resources by the following instrument:

  Limited Warranty Deed from The Trust for Public Land d/b/a Trust for Public Land Inc., dated December 31, 2002, which is recorded in Book 230, Pages 577-581.

  This Executive Order shall take effect upon execution.

  Dated December 16, 2008.