Climate Resilience Planning for Key Sacramento River Watersheds
Summary
SCH Number
2019058293
Public Agency
California Wildlife Conservation Board
(WCB)
Document Title
Climate Resilience Planning for Key Sacramento River Watersheds
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/23/2019
Document Description
The purpose of this project is to develop risk versus resilience maps and identify specific restoration and conservation actions by modeling climate risk, species range, habitat and connectivity data. This will provide decision-support and help prioritize conservation investments. This project advances the planning recommendations laid out in the Pacific Forest Trust's 2017 "Risk Assessment of California Key Source Watershed Infrastructure."
Contact Information
Name
John P. Donnelly
Agency Name
CDFW
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
WCB
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Counties
Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity
Other Location Info
The approximately 7 million-acre project area, characterized as forest ecosystem, is
comprised of the Feather, Pit, McCloud, Upper Sacramento and Trinity watersheds which span eight northern California counties. Approximately 62% of the project area is in public ownership, versus 38% in private ownership. These watersheds supply the Oroville, Shasta, and Trinity reservoirs which are critical water supply features of the State Water Project and Central Valley Project.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15262
Reasons for Exemption
Project involves only environmental analysis or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved, adopted, or funded.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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