San Diego's Last Mixed Conifer Forest
Summary
SCH Number
2023010562
Public Agency
Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego
Document Title
San Diego's Last Mixed Conifer Forest
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/26/2023
Document Description
The Fire Safe Council of San Diego County and five implementation partners seek to perform fuels reduction, reforestation, and pest management on state, tribal, and
private lands within Palomar Mountain to prevent catastrophic forest habitat loss. We aim to work collaboratively to protect this priority landscape against wildfires and other environmental threats, while increasing carbon sequestration and habitat space for owls to ensure protection to San Diego communities, wildlife, and forests. As part of this collaborative treatment project, the tribe is proposing Fuel Breaks Units 1-4. These units are along the "Palomar Divide Truck Trail." Mastication and/or brush removal is proposed 100' on each side of the road to establish a "sheltered fuel break." Sheltered fuel breaks retain significant vegetation as habitat for animal populations. For Fuel Break Units 1-4, approximately 50-70 percent of the brush and small diameter trees are proposed for removal within the 200' overall fuel break area. These units are approximately 138 acres combined.
Contact Information
Name
Stan Murvin Hill
Agency Name
RCD Greater San Diego County
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Canfeild Rd
Total Acres
138
Jobs
3
Railways
NA
Airports
NA
Schools
NA
Waterways
NA
Township
T9S
Range
R1W
Section
23-25
Base
San Bern
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
“CEQA does not apply to fuel reduction, reforestation, & habitat restoration projects undertaken, in whole or in part, 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 "Pauma Forest Management Plan", dated March 15, 2018. "FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT"' FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PAUMA BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDlANS,
SAN DIEGO COUJ\TY, CALIFORNIA. Dated 1/24/2016.
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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