The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation is celebrating 75 years of providing NH residents and visitors with opportunities to explore and enjoy the state's great variety of outdoor attractions. The year-long party came to a head on Wednesday, August 18th, with the grand opening of the Gilson Pond Campground in Monadnock State Park. It is...
If you’ve ever happened to wander outside in New Hampshire, you will have noticed that we reside in a state with a vast amount of natural beauty, at all times rugged and scenic. A perfect example of this is Crawford Notch State Park.
The day my younger...
Published in the Concord Monitor - July 13, 2010
'Gov. John Lynch has made ensuring our state parks remain jewels for all to enjoy a priority" - Lynch campaign website, July 8, 2010.
"There isn't one park that isn't in disrepair." - State Parks Director Ted Austin, Union Leader, July 7, 2010
Which of these two statements do...
House and Senate negotiators seemed to come to an agreement this morning on a new license plate design to support New Hampshire's struggling state park system.
New Hampshire has the only state park system in the country that is 100% funded by user fees, meaning the park system received no general fund appropriation from the state budget. This...
New Hampshire is a state that prides itself, and often sells itself, on its natural beauty. Much of that beauty is protected and enjoyed through the NH State Park System. However, as the only state park system in the country that is entirely self-funded, the system has found itself struggling to keep up with park demand, upkeep...
