Mid-Klamath Watershed Council Forest Health Grants: Klamath National Forest Prescribed Fire and Vegetation Management Projects
Summary
SCH Number
2022100397
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Mid-Klamath Watershed Council Forest Health Grants: Klamath National Forest Prescribed Fire and Vegetation Management Projects
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/19/2022
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to the Mid-Klamath Watershed Council to conduct fuel reduction treatments, including hand cut/ hand pile, mechanical thinning & piling, and invasive plant removal, as well as Cultural and prescribed burns, which include understory burn prep, pile & and understory burning on USFS lands. These treatments will reduce wildfire risks to local resources and community members, promote native plant and wildlife species, and improve forest resiliency.
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
Siskiyou
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Klamath National Forest, Happy Camp & Oak Knoll Ranger Districts: Township (T).16N. Range (R) 7E., Sections 1, 2, 11-14 and 24; T.17N.R.7 E., Sections 1, 2, 11-13, 24, 25, 35, and 36; T.18N.R.7E., 1-3, 10-15, 22-26, 35 and 36; T.19N.R.7E., Sections 33-36; T16N.R.8E., Sections 4-6, 7-9, 15-18, 19-20 and 28-30; T17N.R8E., Sections 4-6, 7-9, 16-21, and 28-33; T18N.R8E., Sections 7-9, 16-21, and 28-33; Humboldt Meridian.
T.45N.R.10W., Sections 6 and 7; T46N.R10W., Sections 19, 29,
and 30-32; T.45N.R.11W., Sections 1-18; T46N.R.11W.,
Sections 3-10 and 13-36; T47N.R.11W., Sections 7-10, 15-22,
and 27-34; T.45N.R12W., Sections 1-21; T.46N.R12W., Sections
1-36; T47N.R12W., Section 7,8, and 13-36; T37N.R11W, Sections 3-12 and 14-18; T.38N.R25W, Section 25 Mount Diablo 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 proposed project was reviewed in its entirety under five NEPA documents: 1) Happy Camp Fire Protection Commercial Thinning (Phase 2) Environmental Assessment and Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact signed on 5/22/07; 2) Thom-Seider Vegetation Management and Fuels Reduction Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (R5-MB-232) and Record of Decision signed on 4/13/2011; 3) Westside Fire Recovery Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (R5-MB-287b) and Record of Decision signed on 2/29/2016; 4) Happy Camp Fire Protection 03 Decision Memo signed on 3/9/04; and 5) Petersburg Pines Restoration Project Environmental Assessment and Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact signed on 8/1/12.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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