“Conserve,” “conserving,” and “conservation” mean to use, and the use of, all methods and procedures which are necessary to bring any endangered species or threatened species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this chapter are no longer necessary. These methods and procedures include, but are not limited to, all activities associated with scientific resources management, such as research, census, law enforcement, habitat acquisition, restoration and maintenance, propagation, live trapping, and transplantation, and, in the extraordinary case where population pressures within a given ecosystem cannot be otherwise relieved, may include regulated taking.
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 2061
General Provisions
Known as the California Endangered Species Act
The act spans §§ 2050–2089 (72 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015)
Most recently applied in Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife (November 2015)
Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.