Cal. FGC § 4901
This is the official text of Cal. FGC § 4901, part of California’s Fish and Game Code — regulates hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.
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Official statutory text
The department shall determine the status and the trend of bighorn sheep populations by management units. A plan shall be developed for each of the management units. The plan for each management unit shall include all of the following:
(a) Data on the numbers, age, sex ratios, and distribution of bighorn sheep within the management unit.
(b) A survey of range conditions and a report on the competition that may exist as a result of human, livestock, wild burro, or any other mammal encroachment.
(c) An assessment of the need to relocate or reestablish bighorn populations.
(d) A statement on the prevalence of disease or parasites within the population.
(e) Recommendations for achieving the policy objective of Section 4900.
(a) Data on the numbers, age, sex ratios, and distribution of bighorn sheep within the management unit.
(b) A survey of range conditions and a report on the competition that may exist as a result of human, livestock, wild burro, or any other mammal encroachment.
(c) An assessment of the need to relocate or reestablish bighorn populations.
(d) A statement on the prevalence of disease or parasites within the population.
(e) Recommendations for achieving the policy objective of Section 4900.
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