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Preceding agency |
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Jurisdiction | New Hampshire |
Headquarters | 172 Pembroke Road Concord, New Hampshire |
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Parent agency | New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources |
Website |
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The New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The division "protects and promotes the values provided by trees, forests, and natural communities." [2] Brad Simpkins is director of DHR and the State Forester. [1] The agency's main office is located in Concord.
New Hampshire first established a State Forestry Department, and hired the first State Forester, in 1910. [3] Other elements of the current Division of Forests and Lands date to at least 1917 with the establishment of a " white pine blister rust control program" (white pine blister rust is a tree disease caused by Cronartium ribicola). [4] That control program became the Forest Insect and Disease Program in 1965, and since 1997 has been the Forest Health Section within the division. [4] Since 2017, the division's parent agency has been the New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR). [5]
Authority for the division comes from Title XIX-A, Forestry; [6] and RSA 217-A, New Hampshire Native Plant Protection. [7]
Per their mission statement, the division provides "responsible management of the State's forested resources; by providing natural resource information and education to the public; and through the protection of these resources for the continuing benefit of the State's citizens, visitors, and forest industry." [2]
The main functions with the division are:
Agency overview | |
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Preceding agency |
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Jurisdiction | New Hampshire |
Headquarters | 172 Pembroke Road Concord, New Hampshire |
Agency executives |
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Parent agency | New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources |
Website |
www |
Footnotes | |
[1] |
The New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The division "protects and promotes the values provided by trees, forests, and natural communities." [2] Brad Simpkins is director of DHR and the State Forester. [1] The agency's main office is located in Concord.
New Hampshire first established a State Forestry Department, and hired the first State Forester, in 1910. [3] Other elements of the current Division of Forests and Lands date to at least 1917 with the establishment of a " white pine blister rust control program" (white pine blister rust is a tree disease caused by Cronartium ribicola). [4] That control program became the Forest Insect and Disease Program in 1965, and since 1997 has been the Forest Health Section within the division. [4] Since 2017, the division's parent agency has been the New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR). [5]
Authority for the division comes from Title XIX-A, Forestry; [6] and RSA 217-A, New Hampshire Native Plant Protection. [7]
Per their mission statement, the division provides "responsible management of the State's forested resources; by providing natural resource information and education to the public; and through the protection of these resources for the continuing benefit of the State's citizens, visitors, and forest industry." [2]
The main functions with the division are: