California Fish and Game Code

§ 1386

FGC § 1386Div. 2 · Ch. 4.1

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)California’s rivers, wetlands, and waterways, and the fisheries and wildlife habitat they provide, are valuable and finite resources that benefit the people of the state and are threatened with deterioration or degeneration that may endanger the natural beauty and productivity of these valuable resources.

(b)The public interest requires the coordinated protection of rivers and riparian resources in order to maintain an equilibrium between the natural endowment of, and manmade alterations to, California’s river environment, and in order to preserve the scenic beauty of these natural resources and the recreational and economic benefits they provide.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 762, Sec. 3.