RSA 217-A:5 Natural Heritage Inventory of Species Requiring Protection; Rulemaking.

I. The commissioner of the department shall, on the basis of research and investigations and other available scientific data on plant species, and after public hearing, adopt, pursuant to RSA 541-A, an inventory of plant species occurring in the state which are threatened by the loss, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of their habitats, their over-collection for aesthetic, commercial, educational, recreational, or scientific purposes, the effect on such species of disease, pollution, or predation, or other factor or combination of factors, natural or manmade.
II. The department, with the advice of the Natural Areas Council, shall make determinations required by paragraph I solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial information available and after appro