Martin Griffin Preserve Native Coastal Prairie Restoration Project

Martin Griffin Preserve Native Coastal Prairie Restoration Project

The California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) directs implementation of vegetation treatments within the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CAL FIRE’s) State Responsibility Area (SRA) to serve as one component of the state’s range of actions to reduce wildfire risk, reduce fire suppression efforts and costs, and protect natural resources as well as other assets from wildfire. The California Vegetation Treatment Program Final Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) evaluates the environmental impacts of the CalVTP. The PEIR has been prepared under the direction of CEQA lead agency, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board), in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code [PRC] Section 21000 et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines. Using the Project-specific Analysis (PSA) in reliance on the PEIR, CAL FIRE or other project proponents evaluate each vegetation treatment project intended to implement the CalVTP as a later activity addressed by the PEIR to determine whether the later activity qualifies as within the scope of this PEIR or requires additional environmental documentation or its own independent environmental review. Pursuant to the Conservancy’s obligation as a responsible agency under CEQA, Conservancy staff have reviewed the PSA prepared by Audubon Canyon Ranch under the PEIR for the Martin Griffin Preserve Native Coastal Prairie Restoration Project and find that the proposed project is within the scope of the PEIR.

Marin

Northern California