Pine Flat-Briggs Ranch Fuel Break
Summary
SCH Number
2023020590
Public Agency
Sonoma Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Pine Flat-Briggs Ranch Fuel Break
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/24/2023
Document Description
The project is located near the town of Geyserville, CA, approximately 6.8 miles East-Southeast of the fire station. The area was burned in the 2004 Geysers fire and severely burned in the 2019 Kincade Fire. This project will provide a "calming zone" for future fire activity in the area so that firefighting responses will be enhanced. Project area slopes are moderate, on a trending ridge, and aspect is all encompassing. Vegetation is primarily coast live oak, California bay-laurel, Douglas-fir, grey pine, chamise, manzanita, and associated species. Treatments will target dead and dying trees, as well as small brush and other woody fuels to discontinue fuel connectivity within the project area. Live mature trees will be treated when prescribed by a Registered Professional Forester. Treatments may take place either utilizing hand crews or mechanized equipment, and may include mastication or pile burning. The project area has been surveyed for sensitive environmental features by a Registered Professional Forester and a Professional Archaeologist, and the project will avoid impacts to identified resources.
Contact Information
Name
Jason Wells
Agency Name
Sonoma RCD
Job Title
Forester
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Healdsburg
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
6000 Pine Flat Road
Zip
95441
Total Acres
73
Township
10N
Range
8W
Section
29, 30
Base
Mt. Diab
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 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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