West Fork Carson and Monitor Pass Project - SNC 1300
Summary
SCH Number
2021070341
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
West Fork Carson and Monitor Pass Project - SNC 1300
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/16/2021
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for hazardous fuels reduction treatments on at least 494 acres of federal land within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The primary goals of the treatments are to reduce the risk of high severity wildfire, as well as restoring aspen stands and protecting watershed function. The treatments would provide increased resilience to wildfire, protect aspen stand habitat from conversion to conifer forest, and increase carbon sequestration in surrounding trees through the removal of small-diameter conifers.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Ciotti
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Markleeville, CA
Counties
Alpine
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Four treatment areas centered at approximately 38°45'16.10"N and 119°57'02.50"W; 38°40'09.39"N and 119°36'48.06"W; 38°41'17.98"N and 119°37'52.38"W; 38°41'33.26"N and 119°38'26.15"W
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
State code number: Public Resources Code Section 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to prescribed fire, thinning, or fuel reduction projects undertaken on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the NEPA if the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for fuel reduction treatments on at least 494 acres of federal land within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The proposed activities were reviewed in their entirety under NEPA in the West Carson River Habitat Improvement Project Decision Memo signed in September 2019 and the Monitor Pass Habitat Restoration Project Decision Memo signed in March 2016.
County Clerk
Alpine
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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