California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 1 - Experimental Program for Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management

• Section 4461.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management Act of 1978.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1118.)
• Section 4462.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:(a) There has been an increase in the number of uncontrolled fires on the wildlands of this state, resulting...
• Section 4464.
  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:(a) “Hazardous fuel reduction” means the application of practices to wild lands,...
• Section 4464.5.
  The Legislature finds that, due to the absence of significant forest resources, lands in the Sutter Buttes in the County of Sutter are not likely...
• Section 4465.
  The department shall conduct an experimental program of wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other methods in two areas of wildlands.(Added by Stats. 1978,...
• Section 4466.
  (a) The department shall prepare two model plans for the initial development and implementation of a program for wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other...
• Section 4467.
  (a) Each plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, elements regarding wildland fuel management and reduction, air and water quality, water conservation and watershed...
• Section 4468.
  During the prescribed burning season, the department shall maintain at least two prescribed burn crews, one each in northern and southern California, for the purpose...
• Section 4470.
  The department shall furnish a prescribed burn crew, and assume all costs thereof, to any person or group of persons who own or control land...
• Section 4471.
  No person applying for a brush-burning permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4491) of this chapter, applying for a slash-burning permit pursuant to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018