California Code, Fish and Game Code - FGC § 3851

The department, jointly with the federal-state condor recovery team established pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act  1 shall develop a plan to respond to the objectives in Section 3850. Based on the plan, the department shall develop specific activities, studies, and programs to be administered by the department in the areas of habitat protection and field research. The department may contract for all or some of these activities, studies, and programs.