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Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishgabien19561958cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Typical of access sites provided by Wildlife Conservation Board funds is this one on tfie Featfier River near Boyd's Pump. Under construction in tfie biennivmt the ramp is 22 feet wide and has a two-foot walkway down the left side. Boat docks were built by local sportsmen. âWildlife Board Photo When the Wildlife Conservation Board was created by the Legislature in 1947, it was charged with the responsibilitv^ for establishing "a co-ordinated and bal- anced program resulting in the maximum revival of wildlife * * * and in the maximum recreational ad- vantages." In pursuance of this responsibility, the board, in the previous biennium, developed a program of public hunting and fishing access which reached its stride in the last two years. This program and the board's warmwater fish program were given top priority after the board decided that its fish hatchery and waterfowl area programs are largely complete. The finances for the Wildlife Conservation Board program continue to be $750,000 annually from state parimutuel funds. After earlier initial allocations of 19 million in 1947 and $3 million in 1951, the Legis- lature (in 1955) placed the board on this recurring appropriation basis. All Wildlife Conservation Board projects continue to be co-operative in nature. Waterfowl areas and hatcheries are turned over to the Department of Fish and Game for operation and maintenance. The public access developments are all operated and maintained by public agencies, such as counties, cities, recreation districts and the U. S. Forest Service. The lakes built (17)

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