Defensible Space and Vegetation Modification
Summary
SCH Number
2020090084
Public Agency
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Document Title
Defensible Space and Vegetation Modification
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/3/2020
Document Description
Establish defensible space around Department structures at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, consistent with the Department's 2009 "Guidelines for the Protection of Structures from Wildland Fire", where an over-accumulation of native and non-native vegetation of various age classes and dead and downed material have created excessive fuel loading. Vegetation modification activities will target all DPR structures, including historical buildings, the visitor center and museum, park residences, maintenance facilities, fuel tanks, and other appurtenant structures. Vegetation modification and fuel reduction will also target infestations of invasive trees along corridors that could carry wildfire, such as around the old mill site and parking lot on Main Street (Highway 49). Vegetation modification will occur within 130 feet of structures, in accordance with the Department's 2009 "Guidelines for the Protection of Structures from Wildland Fire."
Contact Information
Name
Jim Micheaels
Agency Name
Department of Parks and Recreation
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
Department of Parks and Recreation
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Counties
El Dorado
Other Location Info
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301, 15304
Reasons for Exemption
Work consists of removal of individual members or populations of plants that pose an imminent danger to park resources and the removal of dead and down woody material with hand crews to reduce fire hazard, included as "Resource management projects" in the Department of Parks and Recreation's list of exempt activities, in accordance with CCR § 15300.4.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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