Northstar Tri-Community Forest Fuels Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021080137
Public Agency
Northstar Community Services District
Document Title
Northstar Tri-Community Forest Fuels Reduction Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/9/2021
Document Description
The multi-year project that has the potential to last into the spring of 2023 is privately funded by the Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation (TMRF). The project that has a focus on various methods of forest fuels reduction that is located within and outside the boundary of the community of Northstar. Project focus is as follows:
1. To remove dead, diseased, dying, and pest infected trees that possess a fire hazard and are detrimental to forest health.
2. To perform forest fuels reduction within priority areas identified as evacuation routes and open space common areas. These areas exist within and in proximity to residential and commercial structures and or adjacent to evacuation routes.
3. To treat approved grant project areas so that they meet compliance as per Northstar Ordinance 35-19, Section Number 5.
4. To perform hazardous forest fuels reduction work that focus' on Priority Number One and Three in the recently updated 2021 Northstar Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Contact Information
Name
Joe Barron
Agency Name
Northstar Community Services District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Truckee
Counties
Placer
Other Location Info
The Northstar Community Services District Boundary, Truckee California within, Sections 31, 32, T17N, R17E, MDB&M
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§15304 - Minor Alteration to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The project’s main emphasis is to reduce the abundance of fuels along identified evacuation routes, near or adjacent to residential/commercial properties and infrastructure and to mitigate the effects of a wildfire occurring within or outside the Northstar Community Services District Boundary which is designated as a Very High Fire Severity Area.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§15307 - Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources
Reasons for Exemption
The Northstar Fire Department an entity of the Northstar Community Services District within Placer County and is working under Northstar Ordinance 35-19, Section 5, which relates to fuel treatments within regarding “Wildland Fire Prevention and Defensible Space Requirements”. This project will help prevent a wildfire from occurring and to protect the cultural resources that exist within the Northstar Community Services District and as a part of the Martis Valley Complex.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CAL FIRE 1038 Exemption(s) – 1038 Exemptions 2-21EX-00826-PLA
Reasons for Exemption
This CAL FIRE exemption will be in place by multiple landowners within the Northstar Community Services District boundary. These Exemptions will allow the removal of dead, diseased, dying and pest infected trees and within 300’ of structures and evacuation routes.
County Clerk
Placer
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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