Welcome to the NH Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Our mission is to protect, preserve, promote and manage the State’s natural and cultural resources, supporting New Hampshire’s high quality of life and strengthening the experiences of our residents and guests. Working together, our five divisions are “What You Love About New Hampshire!"
Latest News
May 12, 2025
NH’s deep history reflected in most recent listings to the NH State Register of Historic Places
April 21, 2025
72 percent of NH currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions as state enters Wildfire Awareness Week
April 02, 2025
Prescribed fire at Blue Job State Forest will reinvigorate wildlife, blueberry habitat
March 24, 2025
NH State Arts Council accepting nominations for Governor’s Arts Awards
March 17, 2025
Plymouth Regional’s Reagan Sutherland named 2025 NH Poetry Out Loud Champion; Brewster Academy’s Hannah Ruegg selected as alternate
March 05, 2025
NH logger convicted of Deceptive Forestry, ordered to pay more than $27,000 in restitution
March 04, 2025
Focus of 2025 Cottrell-Baldwin lecture series: Exploring local forests and the wildlife that call them home
March 03, 2025
‘The night is come, but not too soon”: March 14 finals set for NH Poetry Out Loud competition
NH Moose Plate Program
Each of the DNCR's five divisions uses Moose Plate funds to help conserve the best of New Hampshire.
