Existing law establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board within the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Under existing law, the board administers various habitat conservation and restoration programs.
This bill would require, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the sum of $43,000,000 to be allocated to the board to support projects in the Counties of Kern, Kings, and Tulare for floodplain acquisition, habitat restoration, and associated conservation on floodplains, as provided.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for Counties of Kern, Kings, and Tulare.