West Lassen Headwaters Landscape Restoration Project (SNC1548)
Summary
SCH Number
2023030184
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
West Lassen Headwaters Landscape Restoration Project (SNC1548)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/6/2023
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, in coordination with the South Lassen Watershed Group, to complete planning and environmental compliance on approximately 99,128 acres of National Forest system lands and 11,887 acres of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The purpose of the project is to identify and plan for activities that will restore ecological resilience to the landscape in diverse habitats, ranging from oak woodland to high-elevation conifer forest. Activities considered through the planning effort will include forest health treatments, meadow restoration, and prescribed fire. Plans for restoration actions will be prioritized in proximity to communities, and along strategic fire management features. Roughly half of this landscape is located within the wildland-urban interface.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Legal Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Landscape of public lands surrounding Mill Creek
Counties
Plumas, Tehama
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Landscape of 111,000 acres of public lands on Lassen National Forest and Lassen National Park in Tehama and Plumas counties, near the communities of Mineral and Mill Creek. Project center at approximately 40.19’17N / 121.27’21W.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under Section 15306 Information Collection because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. SNC has independently reviewed the project and determined that no exception under Section 15306 applies.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15306 Information Collection
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under Section 15306 Information Collection because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. SNC has independently reviewed the project and determined that no exception under Section 15306 applies.
County Clerks
Plumas, Tehama
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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