Coast Ridge Forest Council Fort Ross Road Vegetation Management
Summary
SCH Number
2022020698
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
Coast Ridge Forest Council Fort Ross Road Vegetation Management
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/28/2022
Document Description
Sonoma County proposes to fund fuel reduction on 9.3 miles of Fort Ross Road. Fuel reduction work will encompass the removal or pruning of dead, dying, or hazardous trees along roads and around structures to provide defensible space and a wildfire calming zone around Fort Ross Road. The project grant also entails understory fuel reduction that will occur to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation in the project area. Vegetation and trees to be removed will be cut at grade, with stumps remaining in place. Heavy equipment will remain along the road prism, and no ground disturbing activities will occur Slash and debris will be disposed of onsite via mulching or lop and scatter.
Contact Information
Name
Robert Aguero
Agency Name
Permit Sonoma
Job Title
Senior Environmental Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Cazadero
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Seaview Road
Zip
95421
Total Acres
0.1
Parcel #
000-000-001
Waterways
South Fork Gualala River, Ward Creek, Pole Mountain Creek
Township
08N
Range
12W
Section
20-23
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
Present Land Use/Zoning/General Plan Designation: County ROW
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 (c) Maintenance of existing highways and streets and Section 15304(i)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections, Section 15301 (c) Maintenance of existing highways and streets and 15304 (i) Minor Alteration to Land - Fuel management activities within 30 to 100 feet of structures to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation, provided that the activities will not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or significant erosion and sedimentation of surface waters. The understory fuel reduction is a minor alteration to land that involves fuel management activities within 30 to 100 feet of structures.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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