The New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands is a government agency of the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
. The division "protects and promotes the values provided by trees, forests, and natural communities."
[ Brad Simpkins is director of DHR and the State ]Forester
A forester is a person who practises forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including ecological restoration and management of protected areas. Foresters manage forests to ...
.[ The agency's main office is located in ]Concord
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Meaning "agreement"
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.
History
New Hampshire first established a State Forestry Department, and hired the first State Forester, in 1910. Other elements of the current Division of Forests and Lands date to at least 1917 with the establishment of a "white pine
''Pinus'', the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus ''Pinus'' (hard pines), and subgenus ''Strobus'' (soft pines). Each of the subgenera have been further ...
blister rust control program" (white pine blister rust is a tree disease caused by ''Cronartium ribicola
''Cronartium ribicola'' is a species of rust fungus in the family Cronartiaceae that causes the disease white pine blister rust. Other names include: (French), (German), (Spanish).
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'').[ That control program became the Forest Insect and Disease Program in 1965, and since 1997 has been the Forest Health Section within the division.]New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The main office of DNCR is located in Concord.
History
New Hampshire's Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ...
(DNCR).
Authority for the division comes from Title XIX-A, Forestry; and RSA 217-A, New Hampshire Native Plant Protection.
Function
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."
See also
* List of New Hampshire state forests
This is a list of New Hampshire state forests. State forests in the U.S. state of New Hampshire are overseen by the New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands.
The former Gay State Forest was transferred to the Society for the Protection of Ne ...
References
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Forests and Lands
State forestry agencies in the United States
Government agencies established in 1910
1910 establishments in New Hampshire