Cal. PRC § 5075.7
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 5075.7, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Each study of potential trail routes for inclusion in the system shall include an evaluation of the impact of the proposed trail route on adjacent landowners. In conducting studies of potential trail routes for inclusion in the system, the director shall give priority to the following:
(a) A trail route linking state parks, federal recreation areas, and other areas of statewide or national significance located in coastal areas.
(b) A trail route through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta linking scenic and recreation areas of the San Francisco Bay area with state and federal recreation areas in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
(c) East-west trail routes for nonmotorized use linking the state coastal trail route with the existing Pacific Crest Trail.
(d) Trail routes designed principally for boaters along the following waterways:
(1) Eel River in Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity Counties.
(2) Smith River in Del Norte County.
(3) Russian River in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.
(4) Big River in Mendocino County.
(5) Albion River in Mendocino County.
(6) Navarro River in Mendocino County.
(7) Feather River from Thermalito Afterbay to mouth.
(8) Sacramento River from Keswick Dam to mouth.
(9) American River from Folsom Dam to mouth.
(10) South Fork of American River from Coloma to Folsom Lake.
(11) Tuolumne River from O’Shaughnessy Dam to New Don Pedro Reservoir.
(12) Stanislaus River from the Stanislaus Power House to Melones Reservoir.
(13) Colorado River from Needles to the international boundary.
(e) A hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding trail route along the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to State Highway Route 99.
(a) A trail route linking state parks, federal recreation areas, and other areas of statewide or national significance located in coastal areas.
(b) A trail route through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta linking scenic and recreation areas of the San Francisco Bay area with state and federal recreation areas in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
(c) East-west trail routes for nonmotorized use linking the state coastal trail route with the existing Pacific Crest Trail.
(d) Trail routes designed principally for boaters along the following waterways:
(1) Eel River in Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity Counties.
(2) Smith River in Del Norte County.
(3) Russian River in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.
(4) Big River in Mendocino County.
(5) Albion River in Mendocino County.
(6) Navarro River in Mendocino County.
(7) Feather River from Thermalito Afterbay to mouth.
(8) Sacramento River from Keswick Dam to mouth.
(9) American River from Folsom Dam to mouth.
(10) South Fork of American River from Coloma to Folsom Lake.
(11) Tuolumne River from O’Shaughnessy Dam to New Don Pedro Reservoir.
(12) Stanislaus River from the Stanislaus Power House to Melones Reservoir.
(13) Colorado River from Needles to the international boundary.
(e) A hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding trail route along the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to State Highway Route 99.
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