California Boating Law

WATER CODE

EXCERPTS FROM THE WATER CODE DIVISION 6. CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES PART 3. CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT CHAPTER 10. FISH AND WILDLIFE AND RECREATION

IN CONNECTION WITH STATE WATER PROJECTS Article 4. Planning and Construction of Projects

11910. State water project; fish and wildlife; recreation. There shall be incorpo- rated in the planning and construction of each project those features (including, but not limited to, additional storage capacity) that the department, after giving full consider- ation to any recommendations which may be made by the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Boating and Waterways, any federal agency, and any local governmental agency with jurisdiction over the area involved, determines necessary or desirable for the preservation of fish and wildlife, and necessary or desirable to permit, on a year-round basis, full utilization of the project for the enhancement of fish and wildlife and for recreational purposes to the extent that those features are consistent with other uses of the project, if any. It is the intent of the Legislature that there shall be full and close coordination of all planning for the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife and for recreation in connection with state water projects by and between the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Boating and Waterways, the Department of Fish and Game, and all appropriate federal and local agencies. 11910.1. Review of reconnaissance studies and feasibility reports. In further- ance of the policies specified in Section 11910, the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Boating and Waterways, and other governmental agencies shall submit their recommendations or comments on reconnaissance studies or feasibility reports of the Department of Water Resources relating to any project or feature of a project within 60 days following receipt of a formal request for review from the Department of Water Resources. 11910.5. Public recreation. Such recreational purposes include, but are not limited to, those recreational pursuits generally associated with the out-of-doors, such as camping, picnicking, fishing, hunting, water contact sports, boating, and sightsee- ing, and the associated facilities of campgrounds, picnic areas, water and sanitary facilities, parking areas, view points, boat launching ramps, and any others necessary to make project land and water areas available for use by the public. 11911. Public recreation use and fish and wildlife preservation and enhance- ment. The planning for public recreation use and fish and wildlife preservation and enhancement in connection with state water projects shall be a part of the general project formulation activities of the Department of Water Resources, in consultation and co-operation with the departments and agencies specified in Section 11910, through the advance planning stage, including, but not limited to, the development of data on benefits and costs, recreation land use planning, and the acquisition of land. In planning and constructing any project, the department shall, to the extent possible, acquire all lands and locate and construct, or cause to be constructed, the project and all works and features incidental to its construction in such a manner as to permit the use thereof for the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife and for recreational purposes upon completion of the project.

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