NH Fish and Game

NHFG is proud to support NH Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Fall Weekend, which offers women the chance to explore a variety of outdoor activities through expert instruction and hands-on learning.

Thinking about signing up for BOW Weekend? Don’t let the possibility of not getting your first or second class choice stop you!

BOW Weekend is all about learning, exploring, and stepping outside your comfort zone in a supportive, welcoming environment. So take a chance, try something different, and you might be surprised by what you discover!

Today, 6/15, is the last day of catch-and-release only season for bass

June 8th- 12th is wild turtle week!
Help us celebrate some of NH's most vulnerable and important species

Habitat destruction and road mortality have a massive impacts on our state's wild turtles. Doing your part to mitigate these distressors is pivotal to turtle population health

🐢 Keep turtles wild by leaving them in the wild
🐢Protect turtle habitat
🐢 help turtles cross the road by moving them to the side in the direction they were headed

Ever used a Wildlife Management Area parking area? Walked a woods road? Followed a boundary line?

The Wildlife Habitat Program maintains:
• 130 miles of roads
• 200+ bridges & culverts
• 94 parking areas
• 500 miles of boundary lines

This infrastructure keeps the more than 62,000 acres of Wildlife Management Areas safe, accessible, and well‑managed.

This work is supported by the $2.50 wildlife habitat license fee on hunting and trapping licenses that was implemented in 1999. Last year, we had to spend over $220,000 to replace three bridges and fix roads on a single Wildlife Management Area – twice the revenue we get from the wildlife habitat license fee. The buying power of $2.50 has been cut in half with inflation, impacting our ability to continue the stewardship that keeps all WMAs well managed and enjoyable for everyone.

📸 A new bridge and repaired road on NH Fish & Game’s 25,000-acre CT Lakes Natural Area in Pittsburg. Maintaining property infrastructure such as this ensures rewarding experiences for WMA visitors but costs for doing this work are increasing every year.