Title XIX, Public Recreation

In this chapter: I. "Commercial" means all types of activities, uses, and purposes of an industrial or trade nature including, but not limited to, the buying and selling or barter and exchange of commodities and activities conducted for the purpose of such buying and selling or b…

The department shall conduct investigations on all species of plants and natural communities indigenous to and throughout this state necessary to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, and other biological and ecological data, a…

I. The commissioner of the department shall, on the basis of research and investigations and other available scientific data on plant species, and after public hearing, adopt, pursuant to RSA 541-A, an inventory of plant species occurring in the state which are threatened by the …

I. The commissioner shall establish programs for the protection of species listed under RSA 217-A:5 and for exemplary natural communities. These programs may include methods for the acquisition of land and interests in land that the commissioner determines is necessary for the pr…

I. All state agencies, consistent with their authority and responsibilities, shall assist and cooperate with the commissioner to carry out the purposes of this chapter. To the extent possible actions funded or carried out by state agencies shall not jeopardize the continued exist…

I. The commissioner may charge a fee for using inventory and information services and for publications and reports to recover the costs of providing products and services. II. Fees shall be sufficient to cover the costs of providing services and producing and providing products a…

The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules, after public hearing and under RSA 541-A, relative to: I. Criteria and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species under RSA 217-A:5. II. Procedures for identifying exemplary natural communities. III. Procedures f…

I. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, other than the owner of private property on which the species listed under RSA 217-A:5 is located to: (a) Export any protected species from the state. (b) Import any protected species into the state. (c) Transport any pro…