Oak Knoll Creek Prescribed Burn
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2011088266
- Lead Agency
- Parks and Recreation, Department of (California Department of Parks and Recreation)
- Document Title
- Oak Knoll Creek Prescribed Burn
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 8/23/2011
- Document Description
- Reintroduce fire onto a 230 acre coastal terrace north of San Simeon Point and adjacent to Oak Knoll Creek as part of an exotic species control and native plant community management program. A prescribed fire interval of five years will maintain the perennial native bunchgrass and reduce exotic species in the coastal prairie scrub vegetation community. The 230 acre plot is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the south, Highway 1 to the north, Oak Knoll Creek to the west, and Tortuga Creek to the east.
- Contact Information
-
Doug Barker
California Department of Parks and Recreation
750 Hearst Castle Rd
San Simeon, CA 93452
Phone : (805) 927-2119
DBarker@parks.ca.gov
Location
- Counties
- San Luis Obispo
- Other Location Info
- Hearst San Simeon State Park
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- C:4;S:15304
- Reasons for Exemption
- Project consists of minor public alterations in the condition of land and vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees and is included as "prescribed burns to restore native vegetation, reduce fuel loads, and control invasive exotic or alien species" and "resource management projects" in the Department of Park and Recreation list of exempt activities in accordance with CCR S 15300.4.
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