RSA 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 efforts with the commissioner of agriculture and the state entomologist. The director and commissioner of agriculture shall establish and publish an annual work plan outlining these efforts and specifying the responsibilities of each agency.
(c) Coordinate efforts with the federal forest health monitoring program.
(d) Prepare a biennial report summarizing the status of forest health.
II. The director or the director's authorized agents may, fo