Valley Creek Botanical Special Interest Area and Watershed Protection Project (SNC #1146)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019038345
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Valley Creek Botanical Special Interest Area and Watershed Protection Project (SNC #1146)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/18/2021
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for hazardous fuels reduction treatments within the Feather River Ranger District of Plumas National Forest, surrounding the remote communities of La Porte and American House. Forest conditions in the project site are overstocked, with a high level of tree mortality due to bark beetle infestation and drought. Treatments would be aimed at improving forest resiliency to pest and disease infestation, drought-induced tree mortality, and wildfire; as well as protecting life and property.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Ciotti
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
La Porte
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest. South of Little Grass Valley Reservoir, from Goat Mountain in the north to community of American House in the south, surrounding the community of La Porte. The project encompasses all or portions of T. 21 N., R. 8 E., sec. 24-26; T. 21 N., R. 9 E., sec. 2, 3, 5-10, 14-22, 27-32, MDM. Approximately 39°39’28.67”N and 121°1’8.01”W
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
State code number: Public Resources 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 NEPA if 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 treatments within the Feather River Ranger District of Plumas National Forest. The proposed activities were reviewed in their entirety under NEPA in the Sugarloaf Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision signed in September 2014, as well as the Devils Gap Forest Health Project analysis and Decision Memo signed in September 2018 and the Mooreville Ridge Insect and Disease Resilience Project analysis and Decision Memorandum signed in May 2020, with Supplemental Information Report and Decision Memo signed in October 2020.
County Clerk
Plumas
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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