CHAPTER 207 GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO FISH AND GAME
Season Closed by Proclamation, Etc.
Section 207:31
207:31 Declaring. –
The governor and council, upon the joint recommendation of the executive director of the fish and game department and the director, division of forests and lands, department of natural and cultural resources, when, in their opinion, the danger of starting fires in the woodlands of the state, during periods of protracted drouth or excessive dryness requires extraordinary precautions, may, by official proclamation, declare any or all of the woodlands of the state closed to hunters, fishermen, trappers and other persons whose presence in such woodlands might create a fire hazard under the circumstances, for such time as they may designate.
Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:29. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.