CA Pub Res Code Section 5090.35

(a)

The protection of public safety, the appropriate utilization of lands, and the conservation of land resources are of the highest priority in the management of the state vehicular recreation areas; and, accordingly, the division shall promptly repair and continuously maintain areas and trails, anticipate and prevent accelerated and unnatural erosion, and restore lands damaged by erosion to the extent possible.

(b)

(1)The division, in consultation with the United States Natural Resource Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the United States Forest Service, the United States Bureau of Land Management, and the California Department of Conservation shall update the 1991 Soil Conservation Guidelines and Standards to establish a generic and measurable soil conservation standard by March 1, 2006, at least sufficient to allow restoration of off-highway motor vehicle areas and trails. The 1991 Soil Conservation Guidelines and Standards shall remain in effect until they are updated pursuant to this subdivision.

(2)

Upon a determination that the soil conservation standards and habitat protection plans are not being met in any portion of any state vehicular recreation area the division shall temporarily close the noncompliant portion to repair and prevent accelerated erosion, until the soil conservation standards are met.

(3)

Upon a determination that the soil conservation standards cannot be met in any portion of any state vehicular recreation area the division shall close and restore the noncompliant portion pursuant to Section 5090.11.

(c)

(1)The division shall make an inventory of wildlife populations and their habitats in each state vehicular recreation area and shall prepare a wildlife habitat protection program to sustain a viable species composition specific to each state vehicular recreation area by July 1, 1989.

(2)

If the division determines that the habitat protection program is not being met in any portion of any state vehicular recreation area, the division shall close the noncompliant portion temporarily until the habitat protection program is met.

(3)

If the division determines that the habitat protection program cannot be met in any portion of any state vehicular recreation area, the division shall close and restore that noncompliant portion pursuant to Section 5090.11.

(d)

The division shall monitor the condition of soils and wildlife habitat in each state vehicular recreation area each year in order to determine whether the soil conservation standards and habitat protection programs are being met.

(e)

The division shall not fund trail construction unless the trail is capable of complying with the conservation specifications prescribed in subdivisions (b) and (c). The division shall not fund trail construction where conservation is not feasible.

(f)

The division shall monitor and protect cultural and archaeological resources within the state vehicular recreation areas.