Butte County Resource Conservation District Small Forest Landowner Assistance Program Feather Falls 2024 – SNC 962-RFFCP
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023050543
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Butte County Resource Conservation District Small Forest Landowner Assistance Program Feather Falls 2024 – SNC 962-RFFCP
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/11/2024
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would authorize funding from grant agreement 962-RFFCP to be used for implementation of the Butte County Resource Conservation Districts’ Small Forest Landowner Assistance Program on private properties in the Feather Falls area. The purpose of the project is to maintain, repair, and restore property that was damaged or destroyed as a result of the 2020 North Complex Fire emergency. The intent is to restore pre-disaster conditions so the small forest landowners can safely rebuild, maintain ingress-egress routes, utilize their land and reduce the likelihood of a future fire disaster. To achieve this, standing dead trees and brush would be removed using manual and mechanical means, logs would be decked, and excess woody biomass would be scattered, removed, burned on site, and/or (where safe) piled for wildlife habitat, as dictated by fuels levels on each unit. Pile-burns and underburns may be conducted on some properties. Where natural regeneration is not sufficient, native confers and hardwoods may be replanted. Herbicide may be sprayed, in accordance with label directions, on invasive species. The direct beneficiaries of the project are the forestland’s owners and their immediate families and neighbors. The project would also benefit mid-seral-forest-dependent wildlife.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Feather Falls
Counties
Butte
Regions
Northern California
Zip
95966
Other Location Info
The project’s 20 units comprise a total of ~170 acres across the Berry Creek, Oroville Dam, and Forbestown USGS quadrangles, including parts of T20N R05E section 21, 25, and 36; T20N R06E sections 14, 29, and 31; and T21N R05E sections 28 and 34.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Pub. Resources Code, section 21080, subd. (b)(3); CEQA Page 2 of 2 Guidelines section 15269, subd. (a);
Reasons for Exemption
The project is statutorily exempt under Sections 21080, subd. (b)(3) of the Public Resources Code and CEQA Guidelines, section 15269, subd. (a) as the project is one to maintain, repair, and restore property that was damages or destroyed as a result of the 2020 North Fire Complex Emergency. On August 18, 2020, Governor Newsom issued an emergency declaration pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act commencing with Section 8550 of the Government Code for fires affecting the State of California. Further, this project is categorically exempt under section 15304 of the CEQA Guidelines as a minor alteration to land and no exceptions to exemption under section 15300.2 of the CEQA Guidelines are applicable.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines, section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is statutorily exempt under Sections 21080, subd. (b)(3) of the Public Resources Code and CEQA Guidelines, section 15269, subd. (a) as the project is one to maintain, repair, and restore property that was damages or destroyed as a result of the 2020 North Fire Complex Emergency. On August 18, 2020, Governor Newsom issued an emergency declaration pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act commencing with Section 8550 of the Government Code for fires affecting the State of California. Further, this project is categorically exempt under section 15304 of the CEQA Guidelines as a minor alteration to land and no exceptions to exemption under section 15300.2 of the CEQA Guidelines are applicable.
County Clerk
Butte
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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