2009 California Fish and Game Code - Section 3850-3857 :: Chapter 4. California Condor

3850.  The department may carry out a California condor preservation
project which has the following objectives:
   (a) Habitat protection, consistent with the department's existing
legal authority.
   (b) Field research, including mortality studies.
   (c) Captive breeding program.
   (d) Condor release program.

3851.  The department, jointly with the federal-state condor
recovery team established pursuant to the federal Endangered Species
Act shall develop a plan to respond to the objectives in Section
3850. Based on the plan, the department shall develop specific
activities, studies, and programs to be administered by the
department in the areas of habitat protection and field research. The
department may contract for all or some of these activities,
studies, and programs.

3852.  The department shall provide funds to the Zoological Society
of San Diego and to the Los Angeles Zoo for a condor breeding program
on the grounds of each zoo.

3853.  In addition to the programs in Section 3852, a condor release
program administered by the department and the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service may be contracted to the Zoological Society of
San Diego and the Los Angeles Zoo.

3854.  Not more than 10 percent of the funds provided to the zoos
under this chapter may be used for administrative costs of the
program.

3855.  Both the breeding program and the release program, if
authorized by the department, shall meet criteria established by the
department and shall be monitored by the department. The zoos shall
submit biannual reports to the department which describe progress
made in the breeding program and the release program.

3856.  The department shall include copies of the biannual reports
from the zoos in the annual report to the Legislature on the status
of listed species required in Section 2079.

3857.  To the extent possible, the department shall seek private
sector funding and any federal funds which may be available to
augment state funds for the purposes of this chapter.