The Nature Conservancy, 2020 CAL FIRE Forest Resilience Project Grant– Tahoe National Forest, French Meadows Forest Restoration
Summary
SCH Number
2022100390
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
The Nature Conservancy, 2020 CAL FIRE Forest Resilience Project Grant– Tahoe National Forest, French Meadows Forest Restoration
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/19/2022
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to The Nature Conservancy to conduct fuel reduction treatments, including thinning, mastication, pile burning, and prescribed fire on the French Meadows Project located in Tahoe National Forest. These treatments will improve forest and watershed health and resilience, enhance wildlife habitat, and reduce the risk of uncharacteristic, high severity wildland fire, consistent with management direction in the Tahoe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) (USDA, 1990) as amended by the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment Record of Decision (SNFPA ROD) (USDA, 2004), collectively referred to as the Forest Plan.
Contact Information
Name
Jamie Sammut
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Placer
Regions
Northern California
Township
15N
Range
13E
Section
25
Other Location Info
USDA Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest American River Ranger District: T15N, R13E Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36; and T15N, R14E, Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14-17, 19-22, 24, 26-34, 36 of the Mount Diablo Base Meridian.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Public Resources Code Section 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to 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 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 was signed by the Tahoe National Forest on December 10, 2018.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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