Hemlock Landscape Restoration Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019090253
Lead Agency
Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority
Document Title
Hemlock Landscape Restoration Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
9/12/2019
Document Description
The Hemlock Landscape Restoration Project (Project) will improve ecological resilience of forested communities within the Stanislaus National Forest project boundaries through forest, meadow and aspen restoration and fuels management treatments. These treatments are designed to increase resistance to catastrophic wildfire while improving water supply through snowpack accumulation and persistence. This project will result in a forested landscape expected, to withstand catastrophic wildfire and the ecological and water quality damage potentially caused by such events.
Contact Information
Name
Lisa Stuart
Agency Name
Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Calaveras
Other Location Info
The Project is located on the Calaveras Ranger District of the Stanislaus National Forest in Calaveras County, California. The project area is northeast of Arnold and southwest of the Village of Bear Valley, to the north of the North Fork Stanislaus River and South of the Mokelumne River. Elevations within the 14,075-acre project area range between 5,400 and 7,920 feet.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
No
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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