Last Chance Road Forest Health Project
81 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019012052
Lead Agency
Forestry and Fire Protection, Board of
Document Title
Last Chance Road Forest Health Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
3/18/2022
Document Description
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) awarded the Resource Conservation District (RCD) of Santa Cruz County a Forest Health Grant for the Last Chance Road Forest Health Project project), which involves ecological restoration by conducting forest management actions to enhance habitat condition and forest function, with the added benefit of improving safety and reducing wildfire risk. Ecological restoration would involve vegetation treatments consistent with Coastal Vegetation Treatment Standards (CVTS) and the objectives of the California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP). The RCD has prepared a Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) for the project as a later activity covered by the CalVTP Program EIR. The project would occur within an approximately 60-acre area along Last Chance Road in western Santa Cruz County that was severely burned in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex. Manual treatments, mechanical treatments (i.e., cutting or limbing vegetation with a masticator, feller-buncher, skid steer, or chipper), and targeted application of herbicides using hand-held devices (i.e., cut stump or foliar spray application of herbicides) would be used to implement the project.
Contact Information
Name
Matt Abernathy
Agency Name
Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County
Job Title
Program Specialist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area
Counties
Santa Cruz
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Swanton Road
Total Acres
60
State Highways
1
Waterways
Waddell Creek
Township
9S
Range
4W
Other Location Info
Last Chance Road in Santa Cruz County, approximately 0.60-mile east of State Route 1
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Santa Cruz
Final Environmental Document Available at
820 Bay Avenue, Suite 136, Capitola, CA 95010
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
No
(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)
(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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