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--- fish_and_game [2022/11/21 03:06] – sigridundset
+++ fish_and_game [2023/08/30 07:50] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 {{ :f_and_g:fish_and_game_ohrv_and_snowmobile_reports.pdf |2007-2019 Summary OHRV & Snowmobile Reports; registrations, enforcement, violations.}}
-{{ :f_and_g:ohrv_report_final_fy-18.pdf |2018 OHRV Report: "During the winter, Conservation Officers continued snowmobile enforcement
+{{ :f_and_g:ohrv_report_final_fy-18.pdf |2018 OHRV Report:"OHRV registrations continue to set records with FY 2018 registrations
-efforts to control excessive speed, unlawful operation, and modified exhausts while
+exceeding 36,000 machines, an all-time high. However, budget restrictions, past and
-working cooperatively with landowners and snowmobile clubs to keep the trails safe. The
+present, have prevented filling vacant Conservation Officer patrol areas and
-statewide snowmobile trail system exceeds 7,000 miles. Loud exhausts and operating
+open/unfunded Conservation Officer positions needed to keep up with the increase in
-without landowner permission (off trail) are the primary complaints leading to the closing
+activity. This has negatively impacted our ability to meet constituent demands for
-of snowmobile trails on private property. Modified exhausts, excessive speed and
+adequate enforcement patrol coverage and constituent complaints. There is substantial
-irresponsible off-trail riding are areas of continued concern."}}
+justification to fill several vacant patrol positions. Numerous attempts to do so have been
+unsuccessful... This low number of Conservation
+Officers (39) is equal to the number of Conservation Officers New Hampshire had in
+. " }}
 {{ :f_and_g:responsive_documents_normandeau_fish_and_game.pdf |2019: Responsive documents re Normeandeau}}
-{{ :f_and_g:ohrv_report_final_fy-19.pdf |2019 OHRV Report}}
+{{ :f_and_g:ohrv_report_final_fy-19.pdf |2019 OHRV Report: "ue to normal day-on/day-off rotations, on any given day there are only fifteen (15) to
+twenty (20) Conservation Officers covering the entire state. This coverage is not limited
+to OHRV/Snowmobile enforcement but also includes their primary duties of wildlife law
+enforcement as well as search and rescue obligations. This low number of Conservation
+Officers (34) is equal to the number of Conservation Officers New Hampshire had in
+. This low number, despite the significant increase in duties, responsibilities, and
+population underscores the need to revise our funding model and establish a new source
+of stable, dedicated funding for the Department.'}}
 {{ :f_and_g:minutes-09_11_2019_fish_and_game_non_public_meeting.pdf |September 11, 2019, Minutes}}
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 {{ :f_and_g:ober_f_g_letter_to_towns_p_2.pdf |May 2021: Ober letter to towns p. 2}}
+{{ ::f_g_nash_stream_recommendation.pdf |3-9-2023: Fish & Game recommends Kelsey Notch ATV "Trail" be approved.}}