WIP Capacity Subgrant – CHIRP Nisenan (SNC 1722RFFCP)
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023010202
Lead Agency
Nevada County
Document Title
WIP Capacity Subgrant – CHIRP Nisenan (SNC 1722RFFCP)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
9/6/2024
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) would provide funding to the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) to utilize Nisenan traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) forest-management practices to restore culturally important species, reduce hazardous fuels, return cultural burning, and plant native species on approximately 10 acres of a CHIRP-owned property closely associated with the Nisenan tribe located just outside Nevada City. This project is part of a larger effort to adopt restoration-, conservation-, and education-based management plans for the 32-acre property and will provide an opportunity for knowledge transfer and TEK practice for Nisenan tribal members. The management plans for the overall property include construction of approximately 3,700 feet of trail, installation of interpretive signage, fencing, retaining walls, a well and water storage tank, a native plant garden with irrigation, as well as removal of non-native, invasive plant species, fuel reduction, and the return of cultural burning throughout the subject parcel. Funds will be used to develop a TEK Cultural Restoration and Monitoring Plan, support partnership building and TEK knowledge sharing, prepare pre-burn areas, hire subcontractors (preferably tribal crews) as necessary, and provide stipends to compensate tribal members for their time and participation in the burn, as well as invasive plant removal and native plantings.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Nevada City
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Northern California
Parcel #
005-101-002
State Highways
20, 49
Other Location Info
Assessor’s Parcel Number 005-101-002 (no situs address) in Nevada City, CA, accessed via Old Downieville Highway. Approximately one mile southwest of the Highway 49 and Highway 20 intersection in Nevada City.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Nevada
Final Environmental Document Available at
Nevada County Planning Department, 950 Maidu Avenue, Suite 170, Nevada City, CA 95959
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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