2005 California Fish and Game Code Sections 1755-1756 Article 2. Findings and Declarations

1755.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) That it is the policy of this state:
   (1) To maintain sufficient populations of all species of wildlife
and native plants and the habitat necessary to insure their continued
existence at the optimum levels possible to insure the policies
stated in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
   (2) To provide for the beneficial use and enjoyment of wildlife
and native plants by all citizens of the state.
   (3) To perpetuate native plants and all species of wildlife for
their intrinsic and ecological values, as well as for their direct
benefits to man.
   (4) To provide for aesthetic, educational, and nonappropriative
uses of the various wildlife and native plant species.
   (b) That the conservation and enhancement of wildlife species
which are not the object of hunting and native plant species is in
the general public interest and it is appropriate that the cost of
programs to achieve such conservation and enhancement, including the
biological and botanical research necessary thereto, and the
diffusion of the information resulting therefrom to the public, be
borne to the extent necessary by general public funds.
1756.  (a) The policy set forth in this chapter is in the public
interest without regard to the economic value or the lack of economic
value of wildlife or native plants.
   (b) It is the policy of the state to require the recreational
users of the state's wildlife resources to support the management of
lands managed by the department and the management of wildlife
consistent with Section 711.