California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
Section 1.72 - Stream (Includes Creeks and Rivers)

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 1.72
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

A stream is a body of water that flows at least periodically or intermittently through a bed or channel having banks and supports fish or other aquatic life. This includes watercourses having a surface or subsurface flow that supports or has supported riparian vegetation.

1. New Section filed 2-11-87; designated effective 3-1-87 (Register 87, No. 9). For history of former Section 1.72, see Register 86, No. 6).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 205, 255 and 265, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 110, 200, 201, 205, 255 and 265, Fish and Game Code.

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