Big Chico Creek Forest Health Restoration Project
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020040195
Lead Agency
Butte County Resource Conservation District
(BCRCD)
Document Title
Big Chico Creek Forest Health Restoration Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Resource Conservation (RC)/Agriculture (AG)/ Timber Mountain (TM)
Document Description
Project partners, including the Butte Co. Fire Safe Council, Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve, Butte Co. Resource Conservation District, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and local private landowners in the Forest Ranch community have designed a 1,500 acre fuel reduction and forest/woodland health improvement project in the Big Chico Creek watershed that ties into other planned and existing defensible fuel zone projects to protect the communities of Forest Ranch and Cohasset. The project would use a variety of techniques, including: mechanical and hand thinning, broadcast and pile burning; grazing; road maintenance, and herbicides to reduce fuel loads, improve access for safety personnel and improve forest/woodland health to prepare for climate change and catastrophic wildlife.
Contact Information
Name
Tim Keesey
Agency Name
Butte County Resource Conservation District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Agency Name
Butte County Fire Safe Council
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Butte
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Hwy 32 and Nopel Ave.
Zip
95942
Total Acres
1,500
Jobs
20
Parcel #
056-010-019-000
State Highways
Hwy 32
Schools
Forest Ranch Elementary School
Waterways
Big Chico Creek
Township
23N
Range
02E
Section
12
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
West of the community of Forest Ranch in the Big Chico Creek watershed
Other Information
Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve and neighboring landowners
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrology/Water Quality, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
Attachments
Environmental Document
State Comments
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