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NH Rev Stat § 212-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:1 - Short Title.

    212-A:1 Short Title. –||This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "Endangered Species Conservation Act".|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:2 - Definitions.

    212-A:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Endangered species act" means the endangered species act of 1973 [P.L. 93-205], 87 Stat. 884, as amended.||II. "Executive director" means the executive director of the fish and game department.||III. "Wildlife" means any member of any nondomesticated species of the animal kingdom, whether reared in captivity or not, including, without exception, any mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, arthropod or other invertebrate, and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof.||IV. "Endangered species" means any species of native wildlife whose continued existence as a viable component of the state's wild fauna is determined to be in jeopardy and includes any species of wildlife determined to be an endangered species pursuant to the endangered species act.||V. "Threatened species" means any species of wildlife which appears likely, within the foreseeable future, to become endangered. The term shall also include any species of wildlife determined to be a threatened species under the endangered species act.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:3 - Findings and Declarations.

    212-A:3 Findings and Declarations. –||The legislature finds and declares that:||I. Species of wildlife normally occurring within this state which may be found to be in jeopardy should be accorded such protection as is necessary to maintain and enhance their numbers.||II. The state should assist in the protection of species of wildlife which are determined to be threatened or endangered elsewhere pursuant to the endangered species act by prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation or sale of endangered species and by carefully regulating such activities with regard to threatened species. Exceptions to such prohibitions, for the purpose of enhancing the conservation of such species, may be permitted as set forth elsewhere in this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:4 - Adoption of Rules.

    212-A:4 Adoption of Rules. –||All rules which the executive director is authorized to promulgate by this chapter shall be promulgated in accordance with RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:5 - Wildlife Species.

    212-A:5 Wildlife Species. –||I. The executive director shall conduct investigations on wildlife species in order to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors and other biological and ecological data to determine conservation measures necessary for their continued ability to sustain themselves successfully. On the basis of such investigations the executive director, not later than one year after the effective date of this chapter, shall adopt rules and develop conservation programs designed to insure the continued ability of wildlife species deemed in need of conservation to perpetuate themselves successfully. The executive director shall conduct ongoing investigations of endangered and threatened species and may from time to time amend such rules.||II. The executive director shall, by rule, establish such limitations relating to taking, possession, transportation or sale as may be deemed necessary to conserve threatened or endangered species.||III. Except as otherwise provided in rules issued by the executive director, it shall be unlawful:||(a) For any person to take, possess, transport or sell wildlife deemed by the executive director to be in need of conservation pursuant to this section;||(b) For any common or contract carrier knowingly to transport or receive for transport wildlife deemed by the executive director to be in need of conservation pursuant to this section.||IV. The executive director may adopt and enforce rules temporarily restricting boat traffic on any waters of this state as the executive director deems necessary to protect any threatened or endangered species of wildlife in the earliest stages of life.|||Source. 1979, 356:1. 1983, 314:3, eff. June 18, 1983. 2011, 224:239, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:7 - Prohibited Acts.

    212-A:7 Prohibited Acts. –||I. With respect to any endangered or threatened species, it is unlawful, except as provided in RSA 212-A:7, II for any person to:||(a) Export any such species from this state;||(b) Take any such species within this state;||(c) Possess, process, sell or offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport or ship, by any means whatsoever, any such species;||(d) Violate any rule adopted under this chapter pertaining to the conservation of such species of wildlife listed pursuant to RSA 212-A:6, IV.||II. The executive director may permit, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, any act otherwise prohibited by this section for scientific purposes or to enhance the propagation or survival of the affected species.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:8 - Conflicts; State and Local Laws.

    212-A:8 Conflicts;  State and Local Laws. –||Any law, regulation or ordinance of any political subdivision of this state which applies with respect to the taking, importation, exportation, possession, sale or offer for sale, processing, delivery, carrying, transportation or shipment of species determined to be an endangered species or threatened species is void to the extent that it may effectively:||I. Permit what is prohibited by this chapter or by any rule adopted under this chapter;||II. Prohibit what is authorized pursuant to an exemption or permit provided for in this chapter or in any rule adopted under this chapter. This chapter shall not be construed to void any law, regulation or ordinance of any political subdivision of this state which is intended to conserve wildlife or plants.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:9 - Conservation Programs.

    212-A:9 Conservation Programs. –||I. The executive director shall establish such programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitat or interests therein, as are deemed necessary for the conservation of endangered or threatened species. The executive director shall utilize all authority vested in the fish and game department to carry out the purposes of this section.||II. In carrying out programs authorized by this section the executive director shall consult with other states having a common interest in particular threatened or endangered species of wildlife and may enter into agreements with federal agencies, other states, political subdivisions of this state or private persons with respect to programs designed to conserve endangered or threatened species of wildlife including, where appropriate, agreements for administration and management if any are established under this section or utilized for conservation of endangered or threatened species of wildlife.||III. All other state departments and agencies, to the extent possible, consistent with their authorities and responsibilities, shall assist and cooperate with the executive director in the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter for the conservation of endangered or threatened species. They shall take such action as is reasonable and prudent to insure that actions authorized, funded, or carried out by them do not appreciably jeopardize the continued existence of such species or result in the destruction or modification of habitat of such species which is determined by the executive director to be critical, by requiring that all such action is designed to avoid and minimize harm to such species and habitat designated as critical. For the purpose of this statute, "appreciably jeopardize the continued existence of such species" shall be defined in rules adopted by the executive director pursuant to RSA 541-A. The provisions of RSA 212-A or any rule promulgated under this chapter shall not be applicable to a state department or agency when that state department or agency, in the process of undertaking an action, is required by federal law or regulation to address the environmental impact on wildlife or wildlife habitat, of that action.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979. 2021, 203:1, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:10 - Penalties.

    212-A:10 Penalties. –||I. Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 212-A:5, III or IV, or any rule adopted in implementation of either or both, shall be guilty of a violation.||II. Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 212-A:7, I, or any rule issued pursuant to RSA 212-A:6, IV or whoever fails to procure any permit required by RSA 212-A:7, II or violates the terms of any such permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 356:1. 1983, 314:4, eff. June 18, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:11 - Disposition of Property.

    212-A:11 Disposition of Property. –||Equipment, merchandise, wildlife, or records seized in the enforcement of this chapter shall be held by an officer or agent of the fish and game department pending disposition of court proceedings. If the defendant is found guilty such material shall be forfeited to the state for destruction or disposition as the executive director deems appropriate; provided, however, that prior to forfeiture, the executive director may direct the transfer of wildlife so seized to a qualified zoological, educational or scientific institution for safekeeping. The costs of such transfer shall be assessed to the defendant if he is convicted. The executive director is authorized to promulgate rules to implement this section.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:12 - Importation.

    212-A:12 Importation. –||None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to apply retroactively or to prohibit importation into this state of wildlife which may be lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken and removed from one state to another or to prohibit entry into this state or the possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale or shipment of any wildlife which has been determined to be a threatened or endangered species in this state but not in the state where originally taken if the person engaging in such activity demonstrates that such wildlife was lawfully taken and lawfully removed from such state. This section shall not be construed to permit the possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale or shipment within this state of species of wildlife determined, pursuant to the endangered species act, to be an endangered or threatened species, except as permitted by RSA 212-A:7, II.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:13 - Exemptions and Restrictions.

    212-A:13 Exemptions and Restrictions. –||I. The provisions of RSA 212-A, or any rule promulgated under this chapter, shall not be applicable to marine or estuarine species of wildlife.||II. No rule promulgated under the provisions of this chapter shall cause undue interference with normal agriculture or silvicultural practices.||III. The provisions of RSA 212-A or any rule promulgated under this chapter shall not interfere in any way with the siting or construction of any energy facility as defined in RSA 162-H:2.|||Source. 1979, 356:1. 1998, 264:6. 2009, 65:23, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:14 - Adequate Advance Notice.

    212-A:14 Adequate Advance Notice. –||The executive director shall publish or disseminate any scientific data to organizations representing farmers and other landowners whose land includes habitat used by any endangered or threatened species, indicating that action is contemplated to preserve said species. This information shall be made available as soon as possible and well in advance of any action taken under this chapter to preserve the endangered or threatened species.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:15 - Limitation on Certain Funds.

    212-A:15 Limitation on Certain Funds. –||On the effective date of this chapter with the exception of the expenditures that are then authorized from the fish and game fund, no funds used to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be derived from license fees of hunters, fishermen, trappers or from taxes on the sale of the equipment to hunters, fishermen or trappers unless the species for which the funds are expended have been legally hunted, fished or trapped within the previous 5-year period.|||Source. 1979, 356:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-A - Endangered Species Conservation Act|Section 212-A:16 - Threatened and Endangered Species Compensatory Mitigation Fund.

    212-A:16 Threatened and Endangered Species Compensatory Mitigation Fund. –||There is hereby established in the state treasury a separate fund to be known as the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund into which payments made pursuant to this section shall be credited. The fund shall be non-lapsing and continually appropriated to the department, for the purpose of funding projects that facilitate a net conservation benefit to threatened and endangered species, including, but not limited to critical habitat creation or restoration and the monitoring and maintenance of such areas. The state treasurer shall invest the fund as provided by law and any interest received on such investment shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the executive director may accept payment for deposit into the fund for an unavoidable loss of critical habitat from a proposed activity without the approval of the governor, the governor and council, or the commission. The executive director shall approve disbursements from the fund following consultation with the commissioner of the department of environmental services. The department shall submit an annual report by October 1, 2022, and every year thereafter, to the fiscal committee, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library, summarizing all deposits and expenditures from the fund. The report shall include, but not be limited to a description of all projects undertaken. The executive director shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A for the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund no later than one year following the effective date of this section.|||Source. 2021, 203:3, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-B - Nongame Species Management Act|Section 212-B:1 - Title.

    212-B:1 Title. –||This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Nongame Species Management Act".|||Source. 1988, 244:1, eff. June 29, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-B - Nongame Species Management Act|Section 212-B:2 - Findings and Declarations.

    212-B:2 Findings and Declarations. –||The legislature finds and declares that:||I. New Hampshire's wildlife resources include more than 300 vertebrate species which normally breed in the state, and an additional 120 bird species which occur as transients, migrants, or wintering populations. Of these 420 species, about 60 are considered furbearers, game birds or mammals, or sport fish.||II. Native wildlife constitutes an invaluable natural resource with ecological, scientific, educational, historical, recreational, economic, and aesthetic values to the citizens of New Hampshire.||III. It shall be the policy of the state to maintain and manage this resource for future generations.|||Source. 1988, 244:1, eff. June 29, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-B - Nongame Species Management Act|Section 212-B:3 - Definitions.

    212-B:3 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Nongame act" means the federal Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, P.L. 96-366, as amended.||II. "Executive director" means the executive director of the fish and game department.||III. "Nongame species" means all wildlife as defined in RSA 212-A:2, III except those listed as fur-bearing animals in RSA 207:1, VIII; game animals in RSA 207:1, X; game birds in RSA 207:1, XI; small game in RSA 207:1, XXVI; unprotected birds in RSA 207:1, XXIX; fish defined under RSA 207:1, VI, and marine species regulated under RSA 211:62.|||Source. 1988, 244:1. 1998, 252:8, eff. Aug. 24, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-B - Nongame Species Management Act|Section 212-B:4 - Adoption of Rules.

    212-B:4 Adoption of Rules. –||The executive director, with the consent of the commission, may adopt rules under RSA 541-A regulating the taking, possession, and handling of nongame species. Such authority shall extend to rules for the enhancement, protection, and propagation of nongame species.|||Source. 1988, 244:1, eff. June 29, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-B - Nongame Species Management Act|Section 212-B:5 - Conservation Programs.

    212-B:5 Conservation Programs. –||I. The executive director shall develop and implement a comprehensive nongame species management program that may include, but not be limited to:||(a) Education of the public regarding New Hampshire's nongame resources;||(b) Research to determine the populations, distribution, future trends, and needs of nongame species; and||(c) Management measures to maintain and promote the health of self-sustaining nongame populations.||II. The executive director may establish such programs, including acquisition of land or aquatic habitat or interests therein, as are deemed necessary for the conservation of nongame species.||III. In carrying out the programs authorized by this section, the executive director may consult with other states having a common interest in particular nongame species and may enter into agreements with federal or other state agencies, other states, political subdivisions of this state, or private corporations, organizations, or persons with respect to programs designed to conserve nongame species, including, where appropriate, agreements for administration and management.|||Source. 1988, 244:1, eff. June 29, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-B - Nongame Species Management Act|Section 212-B:6 - Fund Established; Continuing General Fund Appropriation to Match Donations.

    212-B:6 Fund Established;  Continuing General Fund Appropriation to Match Donations. –||I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate nonlapsing account within the fish and game fund to be known as the nongame species account to which moneys obtained by the fish and game department shall be applied, including any federal moneys which become available from the federal government, any state funds appropriated, and all donations received. The moneys in this account shall be used for the development and implementation of a comprehensive nongame species management program.||II. The fish and game department shall issue a certificate of participation to any individual who donates not less than $10 to the nongame species account established in paragraph I. An amount equal to the moneys donated during any fiscal year under this paragraph up to and including a total of $100,000 shall be transferred annually to the nongame species account. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for such amount out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. This is a continuing appropriation.|||Source. 1988, 244:1. 2003, 60:4. 2008, 120:22, eff. Aug. 2, 2008. 2018, 180:1, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 212-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 212-C - Wildlife Trafficking Prevention|Section 212-C:1 - Definitions.

    212-C:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Covered animal species" means any species of:||(a) Elephant (superfamily Elephantidae).||(b) Rhinoceros (family Rhinocerotidae).||(c) Tiger (species Panthera tigris).||(d) Lion (species Panthera leo).||(e) Leopard (species Panthera pardus).||(f) Cheetah (species Acinonyx jubatus).||(g) Jaguar (species Panthera onca).||(h) Pangolin (family Manidae).||(i) Endangered shark, as listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.||(j) Endangered ray, as listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.||(k) Endangered sea turtle, as listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.||(l) Endangered whale, as listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.||II. "Covered animal species part or product" means any item that contains, or is wholly or partially made from, any covered animal species.||III. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, joint stock company, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, association, or other legal entity.||IV. "Sale" or "sell" means any act of selling, trading, or bartering for monetary or nonmonetary consideration, and includes any transfer of ownership that occurs in the course of a commercial transaction, but does not include a transfer of ownership by way of gift, donation, or bequest.||V. "Total value" means the actual price paid for a covered animal species part or product.|||Source. 2018, 226:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|