Fire Forward, Audubon Canyon Ranch “Fire Management Intensive Workforce Development Program”
123 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019012052
Lead Agency
Sonoma Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Fire Forward, Audubon Canyon Ranch “Fire Management Intensive Workforce Development Program”
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
2/21/2025
Document Description
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE) would be providing funding to Fire Forward, Audubon Canyon Ranch, to offer workforce development and stewardship apprenticeship training opportunities in forestry, fire agency, fuels management, and prescribed fire applications. Upcoming training, including manual thinning and prescribed fire will occur on up to 527 acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA) lands on the Bouverie Wildflower Preserve located east of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County. The Sonoma Resource Conservation District has prepared a Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) and addendum for fuel break and ecological restoration treatments as a later activity covered by the California Vegetation Treatment Project (CalVTP) Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Bouverie Cal VTP# 2024-06 Project. The proposed treatment types (i.e., fuel break and ecological restoration) and treatment activities (i.e., prescribed burning, mechanical treatments, manual treatments, prescribed herbivory, and herbicide application) are consistent with those evaluated in the CalVTP Program EIR.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Johnson
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Chief
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Name
Jason Wells
Agency Name
Sonoma County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Director of Forestry
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Sasha Berleman
Agency Name
Fire Forward, Audubon Canyon Ranch
Job Title
Director
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
527
Other Location Info
Portions of Bouverie Wildflower Preserve located east of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
California Department of Foresty and Fire Protection
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Sonoma
Final Environmental Document Available at
This is to certify that the Bouverie Cal VTP# 2024-06 Project PSA and Addendum and record of project approval for the CalVTP Program EIR are available to the public on the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection webpage with the environmental documentation associated with individual approved CalVTP projects: https://bof.fire.ca.gov/projects-and-programs/calvtp-homepage-and-storymap/.
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes (Project Specific Analysis and Addendum)
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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