Wildlife Alive v. Chickering

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

This case raises the general question whether the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) applies to the Fish and Game Commission (the commission). We will conclude that it does.

In 1974 the commission, in accordance with its normal procedures (Fish & G. Code, § 200 et seq.; Cal. Admin. Code, tit. 14, §§ 1.05-781), fixed the dates for the hunting of black bear and issued hunting permits for the 1974 season. Shortly before the season was to open, Wildlife Alive, The Endangered Species Committee of California, and certain…