Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, “Northern Mendocino County Forest Health Collaborative” North Red Mountain Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Pr
Summary
SCH Number
2023110056
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, “Northern Mendocino County Forest Health Collaborative” North Red Mountain Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Pr
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/2/2023
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to the Mendocino County Resource Conservation
District to conduct vegetation and forest management treatments including prescribed fire (pile burning and understory burning), manual felling, mechanical treatments, including mastication, chipping, and biomass removal. These treatments will aid in decreasing the severity of wildfire, help protect the communities surrounding the North Red Mountain area from wildfire, promote native plant and wildlife species, and improve forest resiliency.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Johnson
Agency Name
California Department of Foresty and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Chief
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
997
Other Information
North Red Mountain Region in the vicinity of Piercy, CA
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical 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 the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arcata Field Office’s NEPA North Red Mountain Forest Health
and Fuels Reduction Environmental Assessment (#DOI-BLM-CA-N030-2020-0015-EA), Decision Record, and Finding of No Significant Impact, signed November 2, 2020. The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/home.
County Clerk
Mendocino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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