Boy Scouts of America Camp Hi-Sierra Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan (SNC1277)
Summary
SCH Number
2021060099
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Boy Scouts of America Camp Hi-Sierra Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan (SNC1277)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/4/2021
Document Description
The project involves developing a Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan (NTMP) that will allow the Boy Scouts of America to manage and protect their 100-acre property in the Hwy 108 corridor near Long Barn, CA. Development of the NTMP will include inventory of all roads and crossings; development of accurate GIS maps depicting project boundaries, roads, landings, crossings, sediment discharge points, silviculture boundaries, watercourses, erosion hazard ratings, drafting sites, operational reference points, yarding methods, watershed and other cumulative impact assessment areas and past projects; cruising of all stands; scoping and analysis of protected wildlife species known or likely to occur in the project area; development of a botanical scoping list; survey for protected wildlife species discovered during the scoping phase; and archaeological survey, preparation of a confidential archaeological addendum, recording of discovered sites, and flagging protection buffers around sites of potential significance.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Ciotti
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Long Barn
Counties
Tuolumne
Regions
Northern California
Zip
95335
State Highways
Highway 108
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15262: Feasibility and Planning Studies
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies, of the CEQA Guidelines. This project involves only the planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded. The planning project does not require the preparation of a Negative Declaration or Environmental Improvement Report but does require consideration of environmental factors. The project is also categorically exempt under CEQA Section 15306, Information Collection (Class 6), because it consists of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes, or as part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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