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2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.1 - California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program › Section 1391.

1391. Grants to nonprofit organizations pursuant to Section 1390 for the acquisition of real property or interests therein shall be subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) The purchase price of any interest in real property acquired by the nonprofit organization may not exceed fair market value as established by an appraisal approved by the Wildlife Conservation Board.
(b) The Wildlife Conservation Board approves the terms under which the interest in real property is acquired.
(c) The interest in real property acquired pursuant to a grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board may not be used as security for any debt to be incurred by the nonprofit organization unless the board approves the transaction.
(d) The transfer of real property acquired pursuant to a grant shall be subject to the approval of the Wildlife Conservation Board and the execution of an agreement between the board and the transferee sufficient to protect the interest of the State of California.
(e) The state shall have a right of entry and power of termination in and over all interests in real property acquired with state funds, which may be exercised if any essential term or condition of the grant is violated.
(f) If the existence of the nonprofit organization is terminated for any reason, title to all interest in real property acquired with state funds shall immediately vest in the state. However, prior to that termination, upon approval of the board, another public agency or nonprofit organization may receive title to all or a portion of that interest in real property by recording its acceptance of title in writing. Any deed or other instrument of conveyance whereby real property is being acquired by a nonprofit organization pursuant to this section shall be recorded and shall set forth the executory interest or right of entry on the part of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 762, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1400.

1400. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1401.

1401. “Fund” means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund, created in the Wildlife Restoration Fund by Section 1430.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1402.

1402. “Board” means the Wildlife Conservation Board created by Section 1320.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1403.

1403. “Inland areas” means the entire area of California except lands under the jurisdiction of the State Coastal Conservancy, lands within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in Section 33105 of the Public Resources Code, and lands under the jurisdiction of the California Tahoe Conservancy Agency in the Lake Tahoe region, as defined in Section 66905.5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1404.

1404. “Program” means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Program, as provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1405.

1405. “Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in subsection (c) of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States (26 U.S.C. 501(c)).
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1410.

1410. The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is hereby created in the board.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1411.

1411. (a) The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is the program designated for use of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791, as enacted by the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990. The board shall administer the program.
(b) The board is the agency designated for receipt of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791, as enacted by the California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990.
(c) The purpose and goal of the program is to carry out the programs of the Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1412.

1412. The board may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rent, royalties, and other financial support from public and private sources for the purposes of the program.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1413.

1413. The board may acquire or accept the gift or dedication of fee title, easements, leases, development rights, or other interests in lands in inland areas necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1414.

1414. The board shall coordinate its activities in the program with federal surplus land sales in inland areas.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1415.

1415. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any land, interest in land, or option acquired pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of carrying out the program.
(b) The proceeds from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, or transfer of land, or any interest therein, or option thereon, shall be deposited in the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1416.

1416. The board may make grants or loans to nonprofit organizations, local governmental agencies, and state departments and agencies for the purpose of wetland and associated upland habitat acquisition, restoration, or enhancement in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as prescribed in Section 31116 of the Public Resources Code. Proceeds from repayment of any loans and the interest thereon shall be deposited in the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1417.

1417. The board may lease nonwetlands habitat in need of restoration to nonprofit organizations, local governmental agencies, and state departments and agencies under agreements in which the lessee agrees to restore the wetlands to their highest possible wetland value and maintain the wetlands at that highest possible wetland value. Proceeds from any lease or rental and interest thereon shall be deposited in the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1418.

1418. The board may acquire former wetlands and associated upland habitat, restore those areas, and sell the lands, or any interest therein, to private owners, local governmental agencies, and state departments and agencies or exchange them for other land, if an agreement is secured to keep and maintain the lands as wetlands in perpetuity. The agreement shall contain a reversion if the lands sold or exchanged are not maintained as wetlands. The agreement containing the reversion shall be set forth in any conveyance transferring any land, interest in land, or option subject to this section. Proceeds from the sales or exchanges shall be deposited in the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1419.

1419. Any funds remaining after an eligible acquisition, restoration, or enhancement of any project under this article shall be returned to the board and shall be deposited in the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1420.

1420. In reviewing any grant or loan application, preference shall be given to projects on wetlands that have a secure source of water or are adjacent to existing wetlands that are protected by public ownership or conservation easements, or both. The board shall give preference to wintering habitat in the central valley.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1421.

1421. When creating new wetlands, the board shall give preference to lands most suitable for this purpose due to elevations, existence of levees, proximity to existing wetlands that are protected, and potential sources of water. These potential sources of water are limited to all of the following:
(a) Water rights which are attached to the land to be restored including groundwater associated with the property.
(b) Water willingly made available for a wetlands conservation project through water conservation.
(c) Recycled water.
(d) Undeveloped water supplies of the state.
(e) Water marketed for wetlands purposes by a willing seller.
(f) Water otherwise made available for wetlands purposes by private, nonprofit, local, and regional entities.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › Section 1422.

1422. On or before January 1, 1992, and every third year thereafter, the board shall prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on activities of the board under this chapter and other activities relating to wetland acquisition by the board. The report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) The status of wetland acquisition, restoration, and enhancement projects in inland areas.
(b) The net increase of wetland habitat as a result of projects of the board, including the activities carried out pursuant to the program.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 3 - Finances › Section 1430.

1430. The Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund is hereby created in the Wildlife Restoration Fund. The money in the fund shall be solely used to carry out the Inland Wetlands Conservation Program, including the administrative costs of the program.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program › ARTICLE 3 - Finances › Section 1431.

1431. The board shall deposit in the fund all allocations made pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the board to carry out this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1645, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1450.

1450. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Desert Conservation Act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1451.

1451. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The Mojave and Colorado Deserts region in California, hereafter referred to as “the California deserts region,” are globally significant areas, including national parks and preserves, national monuments, wilderness areas, state parks, and the lowest point in the 48 contiguous states, with large, pristine areas that are open for public use.
(b) The California deserts region is also the ancestral homeland of numerous tribal communities. The region includes cultural, biological, and historical resources on sacred land that should be protected and preserved.
(c) The California deserts region is an important part of the state’s economy, with total direct travel spending in the California deserts region estimated in 2018 at seven billion six hundred million dollars ($7,600,000,000) and by supporting 73,000 jobs. Total government revenue generated by travel in the California deserts region for 2018 was six hundred nine million dollars ($609,000,000).
(d) The California deserts region’s popularity among California and international recreationists has more than doubled within the past five years. Visitation to Joshua Tree National Park increased by 112 percent between 2013 and 2018. During the same time period, visits to Death Valley National Park increased by 76 percent and visits to Mojave National Preserve increased by 43 percent.
(e) The California deserts region provides world-class opportunities for hiking, camping, sightseeing, rock climbing, rock hounding, off-highway vehicle use, and many other recreational activities.
(f) Undisturbed desert lands are known to sequester and store carbon and contribute to climate change resilience.
(g) Nonnative, invasive grasses, such as Mediterranean grass and cheatgrass, create continuous fuel beds across desert lands that can spark and support massive wildfires in areas where fire was previously rare.
(h) The California deserts region is characterized as having high biological diversity. In the Mojave Desert, there is an approximate total of 1,500 plant taxa with 210 being endemic to California.
(i) The California deserts region is home to iconic species such as the western Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia), the federally threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), and species of special concern such as the desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), which requires wildlife corridors to maintain healthy populations.
(j) Water sources within the California deserts region are comprised of both groundwater and surface water that provide critical sustenance for unique and diverse ecosystems. Groundwater elevations should be stable and not overdrafted to maintain the surface flow of springs that support the fragile ecosystems in the region. Proposed groundwater extraction projects have threatened water supplies in the California deserts region.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1452.

1452. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Board” means the Wildlife Conservation Board.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(c) “Local public agency” includes, but is not limited to, a city, county, city and county, association of governments, or joint powers authority.
(d) “Nonprofit organization” means any private, nonprofit organization that qualifies for exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has among its principal charitable purposes the preservation of real property for scientific, historic, educational, recreational, scenic, or open-space values, the protection of the natural environment, or the preservation and enhancement of fisheries and wildlife or their habitat.
(e) “Program” means the California Desert Conservation Program.
(f) “Region” or “California deserts region” includes the portions of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, across 26,000,000 acres of southeastern California lying within the Counties of Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego that is within the California Desert Conservation Area as that area was delineated in the map and legal description of the California Desert Conservation Area prepared by the United States Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Section 1781(c) of Title 43 of the United States Code, as that map and legal description was in effect on December 31, 2020, and the portions of the Bureau of Land Management’s Bakersfield and Bishop Resource Management Plans, as amended by the Record of Decision, dated September 14, 2016, of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Land Use Plan Amendment. The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy area, as described in Section 33502 of the Public Resources Code, shall be excluded from, and is not part of, the California deserts region.
(g) “Tribe” means any federally recognized Native American tribe or a nonfederally recognized Native American tribe listed on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1453.

1453. The board shall establish and administer, through the department, the program pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300). The purpose and goal of the program is to do all of the following:
(a) Protect, preserve, and restore the region’s natural, cultural, and physical resources through the acquisition, restoration, and management of lands.
(b) Promote the protection and restoration of the biological diversity of the region, including the recovery of threatened and endangered species.
(c) Provide for resilience within the region to climate change, including, but not limited to, reducing the risk of natural disasters such as wildfires, controlling invasive species, protecting and improving habitat connectivity, and protecting soil carbon stores by limiting ground disturbance.
(d) Protect and improve air quality and water resources within the region.
(e) Undertake efforts to enhance public use and enjoyment of lands owned by the public, with an emphasis on expanding opportunities for education and access to public lands for communities that currently lack access.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1454.

1454. The board, pursuant to this chapter, shall approve projects to acquire, preserve, restore, and enhance desert habitat within the California deserts region consistent with the conservation strategies approved by the department and coordinate its activities undertaken pursuant to the program with other resource protection activities of the board and other state agencies.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1455.

1455. The preservation and restoration of desert habitat shall be a primary concern of the board and the department, and of all state agencies whose activities impact desert habitat.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1456.

1456. In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the board may authorize the department to do all of the following:
(a) Acquire interests in real property and water rights through gift, purchase, lease, easement, and transfer or exchange of easements, development rights or credits, and other interests in real property.
(b) Coordinate its activities under the program with any governmental program for surplus real property sales in the state.
(c) Award grants to local public agencies, state agencies, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of the program.
(d) Exercise any authority and comply with the requirements contained in Sections 1348 and 1350, as appropriate, to preserve and enhance desert habitat for purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1457.

1457. Grants to nonprofit organizations, pursuant to Section 1390, for the acquisition of real property or interests therein shall be subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) The purchase price of any interest in real property acquired by the nonprofit organization shall not exceed fair market value as established by an appraisal approved by the board.
(b) The board approves the terms under which the interest in real property is acquired.
(c) The interest in real property acquired pursuant to a grant from the board shall not be used as security for any debt to be incurred by the nonprofit organization unless the board approves the transaction.
(d) The transfer of real property acquired pursuant to a grant shall be subject to the approval of the board and the execution of an agreement between the board and the transferee sufficient to protect the interest of the state.
(e) The state shall have a right of entry and power of termination in and over all interests in real property acquired with state funds, which may be exercised if any essential term or condition of the grant is violated.
(f) If the existence of the nonprofit organization is terminated for any reason, title to all interest in real property acquired with state funds shall immediately vest in the state. However, before that termination, upon approval of the board, another public agency or nonprofit organization may receive title to all or a portion of that interest in real property by recording its acceptance of title in writing. Any deed or other instrument of conveyance whereby real property is being acquired by a nonprofit organization pursuant to this section shall be recorded and shall set forth the executory interest or right of entry on the part of the state.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program › Section 1458.

1458. (a) The California Desert Conservation Program Fund Account is hereby created in the State Treasury. The account shall be administered by the board. Moneys in the account may be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Moneys may be deposited into the account from gifts, donations, funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter, federal grants, and other sources. Moneys in the account shall be used for the purpose of implementing this chapter, including administrative costs.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. (AB 1183) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 1500.

1500. The department may, with the approval of the commission and the Department of General Services, exchange any portion of the property lying within the boundaries of any area or range referred to in this section for any property within or contiguous to such area or range or may sell any portion of the property within such boundaries and with the proceeds thereof acquire any property within or contiguous to such area or range; provided, that no exchange or sale of property authorized in this section shall materially reduce the total area of any range or area referred to in this section. A copy of each deed of conveyance executed and delivered by the department, and of each deed conveying lands to the state, pursuant to this section shall be delivered to the State Lands Commission.
The provisions of this section apply to all of the following:
(a) The Doyle Deer Winter Range, located in Lassen County.
(b) The Tehama Deer Winter Range, located in Tehama County.
(c) The Honey Lake Waterfowl Management Area, located in Lassen County.
(d) The Imperial Waterfowl Management Area, located in Imperial County.
(e) The Mendota Waterfowl Management Area, located in Fresno County.
(f) The San Jacinto Wildlife Area, located in Riverside County.
(g) The Lakes Earl/Talawa Wildlife Area, located in Del Norte County.
(h) The Santa Rosa Mountains Bighorn Sheep Reserve, located in Riverside County.
(i) The Camp Cady Wildlife Area, located in San Bernardino County.
(j) The Butte Valley Wildlife Area, located in Siskiyou County.
(k) The Ash Creek Wildlife Area, located in Lassen and Modoc Counties.
(l) The Moss Landing Wildlife Area, located in Monterey County.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1358, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 1500.5.

1500.5. (a) The following rules govern an exchange or sale of property pursuant to Section 1500:
(1) If a parcel contains 15 acres or less, the director shall except and reserve to the state all mineral deposits below a depth of 500 feet, without surface rights of entry.
(2) If a parcel contains more than 15 acres, the director shall except and reserve to the state all mineral deposits, together with the rights to prospect for, mine, and remove the deposits.
The rights to prospect for, mine, and remove shall be limited to those areas of the property conveyed that the director, after consultation with the State Lands Commission, determines to be reasonably necessary for the removal of the resources and deposits.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the mineral deposits reserved to the state are those described in Section 6407 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 19. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 1501.

1501. The department may expend such funds as may be necessary for the improvement of property, including nonnavigable lakes and streams, riparian zones, and upland, in order to restore, rehabilitate, and improve fish and wildlife habitat. The improvement activities may include, but are not limited to, the removal of barriers to migration of fish and wildlife and the improvement of hatching, feeding, resting, and breeding places for wildlife.
The department may undertake the services and habitat improvement work on private, public, and public trust lands without the state acquiring an interest in the property.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1400, Sec. 1. Effective October 2, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 1501.5.

1501.5. (a) The department may enter into contracts for fish and wildlife habitat preservation, restoration, and enhancement with public and private entities whenever the department finds that the contracts will assist in meeting the department’s duty to preserve, protect, and restore fish and wildlife.
(b)  The department may grant funds for fish and wildlife habitat preservation, restoration, and enhancement to public agencies, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities whenever the department finds that the grants will assist it in meeting its duty to preserve, protect, and restore fish and wildlife.
(c) Contracts authorized under this section are contracts for services and are governed by Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. No work under this section is public work or a public improvement, and is not subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
(d) This section does not apply to contracts for any of the following:
(1) Construction of office, storage, garage, or maintenance buildings.
(2) Drilling wells and installation of pumping equipment.
(3) Construction of permanent hatchery facilities, including raceways, water systems, and bird exclosures.
(4) Construction of permanent surfaced roadways and bridges.
(5)  Any project requiring engineered design or certification by a registered engineer.
(6) Any contract, except contracts with public agencies, nonprofit organizations, or Indian tribes that exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in cost, excluding the cost for gravel, for fish and wildlife habitat preservation, restoration, and enhancement for any one of the following:
(A) Fish screens, weirs, and ladders.
(B) Drainage or other watershed improvements.
(C) Gravel and rock removal or placement.
(D) Irrigation and water distribution systems.
(E) Earthwork and grading.
(F) Fencing.
(G) Planting trees or other habitat vegetation.
(H) Construction of temporary storage buildings.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1425, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 1502.

1502. The department, in accordance with policies established by the commission, may provide for the feeding of game birds, mammals, or fish at such times as natural foods therefor are not available, and may provide suitable area or areas for such feeding, and may for those purposes expend such money as is necessary from the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 1503.

1503. The department shall provide for the feeding of deer wherever the director finds that natural forage is unavailable therefor due to excessive snow. The times, extent, and manner of such feeding shall be prescribed by the director. In carrying out the provisions of this section neither the department nor the director shall be bound by any policy determination or regulation of the commission, it being the purpose of this section to commit to the independent discretion of the director all matters within the purview of this section.
No deer shall be fed pursuant to this section upon any privately owned land without the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of such land.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 1504.

1504. (a) When income is derived directly from real property acquired and operated by the state as a wildlife management area, and regardless of whether income is derived from property acquired after October 1, 1949, the department may pay annually to the county in which the property is located an amount equal to the county taxes levied upon the property at the time title to the property was transferred to the state. The department may also pay the assessments levied upon the property by any irrigation, drainage, or reclamation district.
(b) Any delinquent penalties or interest applicable to any of those assessments made before September 9, 1953, are hereby canceled and shall be waived.
(c) Payments provided by this section shall only be made from funds that are appropriated to the department for the purposes of this section.
(d) As used in this section, the term “wildlife management area” includes waterfowl management areas, deer ranges, upland game bird management areas, and public shooting grounds.
(e) Any payment made under this section shall be made on or before December 10 of each year, with the exception of newly acquired property for which payments shall be made pursuant to subdivision (f).
(f) Any payments made for the purposes of this section shall be made within one year of the date title to the property was transferred to the state, or within 90 days from the date of designation as a wildlife management area, whichever occurs first, prorated for the balance of the year from the date of designation as a wildlife management area to the 30th day of June following the date of designation as a wildlife management area, and, thereafter, payments shall be made on or before December 10 of each year.
(g) Notwithstanding any other law, payments provided under this section shall not be allocated to a school district, a community college district, or a county superintendent of schools.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 24, Sec. 1. (SB 83) Effective June 24, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms › Section 1525.

1525. For the purposes of propagating, feeding and protecting birds, mammals, and fish, and establishing wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds the department, with the approval of the commission, may do all of the following:
(a) Accept, on behalf of the state, donations of birds, mammals, and fish, and of money given or appropriated. Those donations shall be used for the purposes for which they are accepted, and, as nearly as may be, for any purpose indicated by the donor.
(b) Acquire, by purchase, lease, rental or otherwise, and occupy, develop, maintain, use and administer, land, or land and nonmarine water, or land and nonmarine water rights, suitable for state game farms, wildlife management areas, or public shooting grounds.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 385, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms › Section 1526.

1526. Any property acquired for wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds shall be acquired in the name of the State, and shall, at all times, be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the commission for the occupation, use, operation, protection, and administration of such property as wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms › Section 1527.

1527. The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the State to the property acquired for wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds but no payment shall be made therefor until the title is satisfactory to the Attorney General, and is vested in the State. The acquisition of the property by the State is not prohibited by reason of rights of way, easements, or reservations which, from their nature, in the opinion of the department, will in no manner interfere with the use of the property for the purpose for which it is acquired.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms › Section 1528.

1528. Lands, or lands and water, acquired for public shooting grounds, state marine (estuarine) recreational management areas, or wildlife management areas shall be operated on a nonprofit basis by the department. Multiple recreational use of wildlife management areas is desirable and that use shall be encouraged by the commission. Except for hunting and fishing purposes, only minimum facilities to permit other forms of multiple recreational use, such as camping, picnicking, boating, or swimming, shall be provided. Except as provided in Section 1765, and to defray the costs associated with multiple use, the commission may determine and fix the amount of, and the department shall collect, fees for any use privileges. However, tours by organized youth and school groups are exempt from the payment of those fees. Only persons holding valid hunting licenses may apply for or obtain shooting permits for public shooting grounds, state marine (estuarine) recreational management areas, or wildlife management areas.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 385, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms › Section 1529.

1529. The output of any state game farm shall be distributed on public lands or where the department determines that the output will receive adequate protection and be most likely to thrive and multiply.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms › Section 1530.

1530. Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission, it is unlawful to enter upon any wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds established under the provisions of this article, or to take therein any bird or the nest or eggs thereof, or any mammal.
The taking of birds and mammals on public shooting grounds shall be regulated by the commission by regulation as provided in this section. Prior to making any such regulation, the commission shall, at an open meeting of the commission, publicly announce the contents of the regulation it proposes to make and at the same time specify a subsequent open meeting to be held not less than 30 days thereafter at which it will take final action on the proposed regulation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 3 - Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program › Section 1570.

1570. In establishing the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (“SHARE”) program, it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage private landowners to voluntarily make their land available to the public for wildlife-dependent recreational activities. The Legislature further encourages private landowners to use any funds received from the SHARE program for wildlife conservation purposes on their property. The SHARE program shall be a collaborative effort by all participants to facilitate wildlife-dependent recreational activities on private land at minimal expense to the state. The Legislature declares that interested nongovernmental organizations are the key to developing, planning, and implementing the SHARE program.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 110. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 3 - Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program › Section 1571.

1571. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Agreement” includes, but is not limited to, a contract, license, easement, memorandum of understanding, or lease.
(b) “Partnership” means a collaborative effort involving financial or in-kind contributions by nongovernmental organizations, the department, and other interested parties working in concert to achieve the goals of the program.
(c) “Private landowner” means an owner of any possessory interest in real property that is suitable for use for wildlife-dependent recreational activities.
(d) “Program” means the SHARE program established under this article.
(e) “Wildlife-dependent recreational activities” means hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, conservation education, and related outdoor activities through means that are consistent with applicable law.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (AB 1423) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 3 - Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program › Section 1574.

1574. (a) The department may revoke, for up to three years, the public access privilege granted pursuant to this article, of any person who violates any provision of this code or regulation adopted pursuant to this code while on any property that is subject to an agreement under the program.
(b) The department shall enforce all applicable regulations established by the commission or the department on property that is subject to an agreement executed under the program.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 394, Sec. 4. (AB 1423) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cooperative Hunting Areas › Section 1575.

1575. To provide added protection for landowners from the depredation of trespassers and to provide additional hunting opportunities to public hunters and private landowners, the department may contract with landowners for the establishment of cooperative hunting areas according to terms as the respective parties may agree upon, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Cooperative deer and elk hunting areas shall be at least 5,000 acres in size, including the open, restricted, and portions thereof, and may consist of the adjoining lands of one or more owners.
(b) The boundaries of each area shall be posted by the department with a sign stating legal hunting may be allowed in the area if written permission is obtained from the owner or their duly authorized agent.
(c) The department shall enforce the trespass provisions of the Penal Code and the provisions of this code within these areas.
(d) The commission may establish regulations and set fees for the management and control of hunting in these areas.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 21.5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 4 - Ecological Reserves › Section 1580.

1580. The Legislature hereby declares that the policy of the state is to protect threatened or endangered native plants, wildlife, or aquatic organisms or specialized habitat types, both terrestrial and nonmarine aquatic, or large heterogeneous natural gene pools for the future use of mankind through the establishment of ecological reserves. For the purpose of establishing those ecological reserves, the department, with the approval of the commission, may obtain, accept on behalf of the state, acquire, or control, by purchase, lease, easement, gift, rental, memorandum of understanding, or otherwise, and occupy, develop, maintain, use, and administer land, or land and nonmarine water, or land and nonmarine water rights, suitable for the purpose of establishing ecological reserves. Any property obtained, accepted, acquired, or controlled by the department pursuant to this article may be designated by the commission as an ecological reserve. The commission may adopt regulations for the occupation, utilization, operation, protection, enhancement, maintenance, and administration of ecological reserves. The ecological reserves shall not be classified as wildlife management areas pursuant to Section 1504 and shall be exempt from Section 1504.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 385, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 4 - Ecological Reserves › Section 1581.

1581. Any property acquired in fee for ecological reserves shall be acquired in the name of the state, and shall, at all times, be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the commission for the occupation, use, operation, protection, and administration of such property as ecological reserves.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1257.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 4 - Ecological Reserves › Section 1582.

1582. The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the state to the property acquired in fee for ecological reserves but no payment shall be made therefor until the title is vested in and satisfactory to the state. No such land will be acquired by eminent domain.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1257.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 4 - Ecological Reserves › Section 1583.

1583. Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission it is unlawful to enter upon any ecological reserves established under the provisions of this article, or to take therein any bird or the nest or eggs thereof, or any mammal, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, amphibia, reptiles or any other form of plant or animal life.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1257.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management › ARTICLE 4 - Ecological Reserves › Section 1584.

1584. As used in this article, “ecological reserve” means land or land and water areas that are designated as an ecological reserve by the commission pursuant to Section 1580 and that are to be preserved in a natural condition, or which are to be provided some level of protection as determined by the commission, for the benefit of the general public to observe native flora and fauna and for scientific study or research.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 667, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)