Water Code section 85052

“Adaptive management” means a framework and flexible decisionmaking process for ongoing knowledge acquisition, monitoring, and evaluation leading to continuous improvement in management planning and implementation of a project to achieve specified objectives.

Source: Section 85052, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=85052. (updated Feb. 3, 2010; accessed Nov. 2, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/water_code_section_85052

Original Source: Section 85052, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=85052. (last accessed May 12, 2025).