Headwaters to Confluence: Capacity Building and The Removal of All Illegal Public Land Cultivation Sites within Several CDFW Cannabis Priority Watersheds
Summary
SCH Number
2023020454
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cannabis Program
(CDFW)
Document Title
Headwaters to Confluence: Capacity Building and The Removal of All Illegal Public Land Cultivation Sites within Several CDFW Cannabis Priority Watersheds
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/17/2023
Document Description
CDFW's Cannabis Restoration Grant Program awarded United States Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations a grant (Agreement #Q2291203) for the Headwaters to Confluence: Capacity Building and The Removal of All Illegal Public Land Cultivation Sites within Several CDFW Cannabis Priority Watersheds (Project). The Project will assess and cleanup illicit cultivation sites and remove associated non-hazardous infrastructure, toxicants that pose environmental and human health threats, and active and passive water thefts on federal lands. The project will occur within 19 watersheds and up to 83 known cultivation sites while building statewide capacity to address cleanup and remediation.
Contact Information
Name
Margaret M Romo
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cannabis Program
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Butte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Monterey, Nevada, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Sierra, Siskiyou, Yuba
Regions
Statewide
Other Information
The following watersheds will be assessed, reclaimed, and monitored for illicit cannabis activities: Middle South Fork Eel River, Mattole River, San Pedro Creek-Frontal Santa Barbara Channel, Deer Creek, Kelsey Creek-Clear Lake, Lower Van Duzen River, Dry Creek, Bogus Creek-Klamath River, Middle North Yuba River, Waddell Creek-Frontal Ano Nuevo Bay, Rincon Creek-Frontal Pacific Ocean, Seiad Creek-Klamath River, Lower South Yuba River, Lower South Yuba River, Middle Butte Creek , El Toro Creek-Salinas River, Yuba River, Lower North Yuba River, Middle Yuba River, and East Fork Russian River.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Categorical Exemption. State type and section number: Class 4 (California Code of Regulations, title 14, sections 1530
Reasons for Exemption
This project is limited to the assessment and direct removal of refuse, environmental contaminants, and the dismantling of infrastructure from illicit public land cannabis cultivation within watersheds in Santa Barbara, Mendocino, Humboldt, Santa Cruz, Yuba, Butte, Siskiyou, Nevada, Monterey, Lake and Sierra Counties. The Project will not remove any healthy, mature, or scenic trees.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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