AmCo Stewardship Project - SNC 1370
Summary
SCH Number
2022060108
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
AmCo Stewardship Project - SNC 1370
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/6/2022
Document Description
The primary purpose of the project is to improve forest health and create fire-resistant and fire-tolerant conditions on a minimum of 413 acres of forested land administered by the Bureau of Land Management by reducing stand densities via fuels reduction and commercial thinning activities in the identified units. The project would improve fire protection in the WUI by reducing potential wildfire intensity and rate of spread and would improve forest health and vigor by reducing stand densities and inter-tree resource competition. Commercial thinning and fuels reduction in the WUI may help mitigate the extreme fire behavior observed during wildfires throughout California in the past decade. These management approaches would also mimic the effects of lower severity wildfire and create conditions more suitable for the reintroduction of prescribed fire.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Ciotti
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Grants & Reimbursements Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Amador City
Counties
Amador
Regions
Northern California
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
risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under 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 to conduct fuel reduction activities on a minimum of 413 acres of federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The actions to be undertaken by this project were reviewed in their entirety pursuant to NEPA through an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The Decision Notice and FONSI for the project were signed by the Bureau of Land Management, Mother Lode Field office on October 15th, 2021.
County Clerk
Amador
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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