227-K:1 Declaration of Purpose. – It is hereby recognized and declared that the public welfare of this state requires monitoring and assessment of the status of changes and long-term trends in the health of the state’s forests and the ability to detect and reduce the incidence and severity of forest insect and disease infestations. […]
227-K:10 Notice Required. – Two weeks prior to removal or destruction of any currant or gooseberry bushes within any town by the director or the director’s authorized agents, a written notice shall be given by the director to the selectmen of the town stating the date when, and the location where, operations for such […]
227-K:11 Damages for Destruction of Bushes or Trees. – If within any designated control area, bushes or trees other than currants and gooseberries which threaten white pine trees with Cronartium ribicola are designated by the director or the director’s agents and destroyed by the director or the director’s agent’s specific order, the owner may […]
227-K:12 Alternative. – In lieu of money damages for any trees or bushes destroyed under RSA 227-K:11, the director may offer, and the owner may accept, forest planting stock to be furnished from the state forest nursery. Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
227-K:13 Repealed by 2007, 88:12, eff. Aug. 10, 2007. –
227-K:14 Regulation of Entry. – The director’s authorized agents, under the direction of the director, may prohibit or regulate the entry into the state, or the movement within the state, of any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark, or the products thereof, which in the agent’s judgment may cause the introduction or […]
227-K:15 Orders. – The director and the commissioner of natural and cultural resources may issue such orders, notifications, and permits as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of RSA 227-K:14. Source. 1995, 299:1. 2007, 88:8, eff. Aug. 10, 2007. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.
227-K:16 Expenses. – The expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subdivision shall be paid from the appropriation for nursery inspection or other funds of the department of agriculture, markets, and food. Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
227-K:17 Prohibitions; Penalty. – I. The following actions are prohibited: (a) Violating any provisions of a quarantine issued under RSA 227-K:2, III. (b) Violating any order or failing to obtain a permit issued under RSA 227-K:15. (c) Selling, offering for sale, giving away, moving or shipping any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or […]
227-K:2 Duties of the Director. – I. The director shall: (a) Be responsible for the protection of forests from forest pests in order to reduce and prevent loss of timber resources, enhance the growth and maintenance of forests, conserve forest cover on watersheds, and promote stability of forest-using industries. (b) Coordinate forest pest control […]
227-K:3 Designation of Control Areas. – I. The director may publicize information concerning forest insects and diseases. II. Control areas may be designated upon determination of the director, in consultation with the commissioner, the state entomologist, the commissioner of the department of agriculture, other agencies as necessary, and affected landowners, that an exotic, non-native […]
227-K:4 Cooperation of Agencies. – The commissioner and director may cooperate with departments of the federal government, the state department of agriculture, and the agricultural experiment station for the control or eradication of forest insects and diseases in the state generally, and for carrying out such investigations as are deemed advisable by the commissioner. […]
227-K:5 Entry on Land. – The director or the director’s authorized agents shall have the right to enter upon any public or private property to determine the presence of the fungus disease Cronartium ribicola commonly known as white pine blister rust in any of its stages, and to carry out the necessary eradication measures. […]
227-K:6 Planting Currant or Gooseberry Bushes Within Control Area. – No person shall plant any currant or gooseberry bush within a control area without the permission of the director. Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
227-K:7 Diseased Plants, Etc. – Any currant or gooseberry bushes which are found to threaten any white pine trees with Cronartium ribicola are hereby declared to be a public pest, and any such plants may be destroyed by order of the director or the director’s authorized agents. Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
227-K:8 Obligation of Towns. – When, in the opinion of the director and the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food a necessity exists requiring the destruction of currant and gooseberry bushes in any town, the director or the director’s authorized agents may remove or destroy any currant and gooseberry bushes within such town and […]
227-K:9 Expense. – The expenses to the town provided for in RSA 227-K:8 for control measures shall be deemed to be a judgment against the town and the amount shall, without vote of the town, be paid by the selectmen. Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.