Deadman Gulch Restoration Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2017082074
Lead Agency
Santa Cruz County
Document Title
Deadman Gulch Restoration Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Z: TP
GP: R-M
Document Description
The proposed Deadman Gulch Restoration Project would apply silvicultural treatments to approx 110 acres of second growth redwood and redwood-Douglas fir forest with the goal of restoring conditions under which the forest would more rapidly re-acquire its former "old growth" condition. Treatments would focus on thinning hardwoods and small conifers, where such treatments would benefit already-established redwoods, Douglas-fir, and hardwoods. Treatments of this kind have been shown to increase growth rates of retained trees and to expedite the acquisition of old-growth characteristics. Other treatments would be used to convert small areas of hardwood to Douglas fir, where it is determined that Douglas fir have been displaced by fire and timber harvest. Treatments would also reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.
Contact Information
Name
Todd Sexauer
Agency Name
Santa Cruz County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Santa Cruz
Cross Streets
Empire Grade and Braemoor Dr
Zip
95060
Total Acres
110
Parcel #
080-011-03
State Highways
236
Waterways
Middle Big Creek, Big Creek
Township
9S
Range
3W
Section
21,22,
Base
MD
Other Location Info
North Coast Planning area
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Fire, California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Development Types
Other (silvicultural treatments to restore redwood forest habitat)
Local Actions
rip. ex.
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Septic System, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, GHG
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