NBFIP - Joy Ridge
Summary
SCH Number
2022120181
Public Agency
Sonoma Resource Conservation District
Document Title
NBFIP - Joy Ridge
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/8/2022
Document Description
Minor Alteration to Land: The project is located near the town of Bodega, CA, approximately 1.5 miles North of the post office. The project will be taking place across the boundaries of 17 private properties. Project area slopes are moderate and aspect is all encompassing. Vegetation (in descending order of prominence) is primarily redwood, California bay-laurel, tanoak, Douglas-fir, coast live oak and associated species. Treatments will target roughly 30-300 trees per acre with the majority of basal area to be treated in trees ranging from 6-12” DBH for removal and follow-up treatment involving piling of residual material. Residual trees within this size class, will be spaced such that no tree will be closer than 14 feet to another unless within a coppiced group of trees. Treatments in all units will cut down trees within contract specification (all under 12” DBH), and this material will either be scattered to a height not to exceed 18” off the ground, chipped, or piled for habitat or later burning. Some trees larger than 12”DBH may be treated, but these trees shall be limited to those determined to be dying or an imminent hazard due to either Sudden Oak Death disease (Phytophthora ramorum) or otherwise determined and marked by a Registered Professional Forester or their qualified designee. Work will largely be completed using hand crews. Operational limitations for watercourses shall include a no operation buffer without clearance from a qualified Registered Professional Forester or qualified biologist determining non-presence of species listed under the Federal or State Endangered Species Act; these limitations shall take place within 50 feet for Class II watercourses and 75 feet for Class I watercourses for side slopes under 50%; side slopes over 50% shall include an additional 25-foot buffer.
Contact Information
Name
Jason Wells
Agency Name
Sonoma/ Gold Ridge RCD
Job Title
Forester
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Sebastopol
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Joy Ridge Road
Zip
95465
Total Acres
106
Township
6 N
Range
10 W
Section
9, 16
Base
Mt. Diab
Other Location Info
Closer to Bodega/Occidental than Sebastopol
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15304 Minor Alteration to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt because the planned activities meet the definition of “forestry” in PRC§753, and have been reviewed and approved by a Registered Professional Forester in consultation with experts from other pertinent fields who have attested that the activities proposed in this project will only have the potential for at most impacts that are less than significant to the environment, having provided adequate measures for avoidance of sensitive environmental resources. Project activities will not involve the removal of healthy, mature, or scenic trees, and will not result in a substantial alteration of the current function of the land. Project specific analysis is on file at the RCD.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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