The New Hampshire Office of Outdoor Recreation - which was created as part of the state's 2019 budget, but not funded - may now be able to begin operations.
The NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs has been offered - and the NH Executive Council has accepted - a $391,666 grant of federal funds from the Northern Border Regional Commission, about $90K of which is slated to go to the Office of Outdoor Recreation.
The only remaining hurdle is a vote in the NH Legislative Fiscal Committee, which must approve the grant.
According to a March 2020 report by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, outdoor recreation contributed $2.7B to the state's economy in 2017, amounting to 3.3% of GDP.
