Section 217-A:4 Investigation and Research.

The department shall conduct investigations on all species of plants indigenous to and throughout this state necessary to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, and other biological and ecological data, and to determine protective measures and requirements necessary for their survival. The department may, at its discretion, withhold from any person information about the location and population of a species if it determines that disclosures of such information would threaten the survival of that or another species in any way.

Source. 1987, 220:1, eff. May 18, 1987.