{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fgc-4901","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FGC § 4901","heading":"","body":"The department shall determine the status and the trend of bighorn sheep populations by management units. A plan shall be developed for each of the management units. The plan for each management unit shall include all of the following:\n(a) Data on the numbers, age, sex ratios, and distribution of bighorn sheep within the management unit.\n(b) A survey of range conditions and a report on the competition that may exist as a result of human, livestock, wild burro, or any other mammal encroachment.\n(c) An assessment of the need to relocate or reestablish bighorn populations.\n(d) A statement on the prevalence of disease or parasites within the population.\n(e) Recommendations for achieving the policy objective of Section 4900.","path":["Fish and Game Code - FGC","DIVISION 4. BIRDS AND MAMMALS [3000. - 4903.]","PART 3. MAMMALS [3950. - 4903.]","CHAPTER 11. Bighorn Sheep [4900. - 4903.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"3c8fe4052fcedadb6f3c6792c4ff30be47147b8aa93b5fbfc51fee2a62e645cc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fgc-4900","next":"us-ca/fgc-4902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}