Friends of Mount Sunapee

November 25, 2009 Update: State announces draft plan. Conservation NH posts video on YouTube.

For the past four years, the future of New Hampshire’s state parks has been discussed and examined by a series of public committees and the New Hampshire Legislature. The process continues this fall with the expected release of a draft 10-year Strategic Plan by the Division of Parks and Recreation. Overseeing the development of the plan is the State Parks Advisory Commission, or SPAC. Comprised of many citizen volunteers and legislators, including the Sunapee region’s Senator Bob Odell, the SPAC meets in Concord regularly to review the agency’s progress on the strategic plan.

Stay tuned to friendsofmountsunapee.org to follow along with the release of the upcoming 10-year Strategic Plan and related public hearings and comment period. Once approved, the strategic plan will form the basis for legislation to be introduced in the legislature in early 2010. This legislation may lead to major systemic changes to the way we fund and manage our priceless public assets, and will not be easy to pass without enormous grassroots support.

FOMS encourages you to engage in these discussions and demonstrate your passion for a better funded, more transparent, and better managed state park system for the people of New Hampshire. In addition to our website, you can follow along with the SPAC strategic planning process here on the NH Parks website: State Park Advisory Council.

Get involved and stay tuned!