Blue Rush Forest Restoration Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019038340
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Blue Rush Forest Restoration Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/14/2019
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide $999,960 in funding to the Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council for forest fuel reduction treatments on 450 acres of federal lands within the Sierra National Forest. If funding allows, the project would also include fuels treatments on an additional 200 acres, and associated revegetation, education, and outreach activities.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Ciotti
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to prescribed fire, thinning, or fuel reduction projects undertaken on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the federal NEPA ii the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for fuel reduction activities on up to 650 acres of federal land within the Sierra National Forest. The actions to be undertaken were reviewed in their entirety pursuant to NEPA as documented in a Decision Memo (DM) for a Categorical Exclusion (CE). The final CE/DM was signed by the Sierra National Forest on February 15, 2018.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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