Pine beetles and other insect pests or plant diseases which are harmful, detrimental and injurious to timber and forest growth are a public nuisance.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 4713
Forest Insect and Plant Disease Control
Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.
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