Vallejo Home Ground Squirrel Abatement Program
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021020245
- Public Agency
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- Document Title
- Vallejo Home Ground Squirrel Abatement Program
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 2/11/2021
- Document Description
- Reduce and control the ground squirrel population around the historic Vallejo Home and surrounding core area at Sonoma State Historic Park to protect cultural resources and reduce damage to the buildings and landscape. Control methods have been selected that avoid the use of baits and poisons. Work will utilize a combination of the following methods over time: • Utilize enclosed exterior trap boxes and CO2 traps positioned strategically around the property by a licensed pest control company to trap squirrels; • Treat squirrel tunnels with carbon monoxide. • Backfill squirrel tunnels with a slurry of dirt and organic material from existing squirrel mounds near the tunnels; and • Utilize a tractor to rip the soil up to a depth of 20 inches in certain locations to destroy squirrel tunnels.
- Contact Information
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Cyndy Shafer
California Department of Parks and Recreation, Bay Area District
Lead/Public Agency
845 Casa Grande Road
Petaluma, CA 94954
Phone : (707) 769-5652
cyndy.shafer@parks.ca.gov
Location
- Counties
- Sonoma
- Regions
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Other Location Info
- Sonoma State Historic Park
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Class: 1, 4 Section: 15301, 15304
- Reasons for Exemption
- Project consists of maintenance and minor alterations of existing public facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing, and is included as “pest removal” in the Department of Parks and Recreation’s list of exempt activities in accordance with CCR §15300.4; and the minor public alterations in the condition of land which does not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 13254_SSHP Vallejo Home Ground Squirrel Abatement Program FinalNOE_2 PDF 217 K
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