It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to do all of the following:
(a) To provide coordination on wildlife and timberland issues within the Resources Agency.
(b) To improve and coordinate the state data bases for use in analyzing the cumulative impacts of timber harvesting pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)).
(c) To improve the technical basis upon which the Department of Fish and Game predicates recommendations for mitigating site-specific and cumulative effects on wildlife from timber harvesting activities.
(d) To provide recommendations to the board concerning creation of a list of species of special concern for which additional forest practices rules may be needed.
(e) To provide recommendations to the Fish and Game Commission concerning additions to its list of species that are threatened or endangered.
(f) To provide authority to the state to work cooperatively with the United States Forest Service, including the ability to provide and receive funding for wildlife studies.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1241, Sec. 1. Effective October 1, 1989.)