Lockhart-Zayante Vegetation Treatment Project
113 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019012052
Lead Agency
Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Lockhart-Zayante Vegetation Treatment Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
8/22/2024
Document Description
The project would involve implementation of vegetation treatments on up to1,619 acres of land in central Santa Cruz County, including within the sandhills ecosystems. Proposed treatment types are shaded fuel breaks and ecological restoration. Proposed treatment activities are manual vegetation treatments, mechanical vegetation treatments, prescribed burning, herbicide application, and prescribed herbivory. The Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District has prepared a Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum to the Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) to evaluate if the project is within the scope of the CalVTP Program EIR, consider the expansion of treatment outside the treatable landscape analyzed in the CalVTP Program EIR, and consider revisions to standard project requirement and mitigation measures in the CalVTP Program EIR.
Contact Information
Name
Angie Richman
Agency Name
Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Forest health Program Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Various
Counties
Santa Cruz
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Various
Zip
Various
Total Acres
1,619
Other Location Info
Project area is in northern Santa Cruz County, primarily around a prominent ridgeline between Zayante Creek and Lockhart Gulch in the towns of Felton and Scotts Valley. Outlying parcels west of the main contiguous project area are included for ecological restoration and are in the towns of Ben Lomond and Felton. Outlying parcels to the east are in unincorporated Santa Cruz County including within the City of Scotts Valley limits.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Santa Cruz
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://bof.fire.ca.gov/projects-and-programs/calvtp-homepage-and-storymap/environmental-documentation-for-approved-projects/
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 (PSA/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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