Stream and Lake Definition

[fowledup]

Can someone tell me the legal definition of a stream and lake as used by the fin and feathers folk, and where to find it? When does a manmade pond become a lake? At what point does mountain side spring time run off become a stream?

 

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[Bill_saf]

Can someone tell me the legal definition of a stream and lake as used by the fin and feathers folk, and where to find it? When does a manmade pond become a lake? At what point does mountain side spring time run off become a stream?

the legal definition of a stream and lake: Is 1 It depends on what state you are in or talking about. But in general there is no real difference. A water shed is a water shed.

 

[Goldwasher]

Seasonal ponds like in quarries and old diggings are not water course drainage or tributary.

 

[fowledup]

Seasonal ponds like in quarries and old diggings are not water course drainage or tributary.

We think alike, but could that seasonal pond in an old diggins be called a lake? Trying to find their definition in writing, I think I hear a muffled plink, plink, tink sound

 

[Hoser John]

EZ to do-Google California Wildlife Relationships System
California Department of Fish and Game
California Interagency Wildlife Task Group-by William F. Greenwall Jr. Explains when what becomes what,how and when. John

 

[fowledup]

EZ to do-Google California Wildlife Relationships System
California Department of Fish and Game
California Interagency Wildlife Task Group-by William F. Greenwall Jr. Explains when what becomes what,how and when. John

Awesome! Thank you John, that's the verbage I was looking for, tried all else and got nowhere.