Wadulh Lagoon Tidal Wetland Enhancement
Summary
SCH Number
2024010532
Public Agency
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Wadulh Lagoon Tidal Wetland Enhancement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/19/2024
Document Description
The Project is designed to benefit native fish, wildlife, and plant species by restoring tidal process and ecosystem function to a diked agricultural pasture. The parcel where the Project will occur was purchased by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in 2010 and was transferred to the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2023 and is part of the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The Project includes 1) breaching and lowering approximately 2,000 linear feet of the Mad River Slough Levee, 2) excavating and grading 3.5 acres of low-lying areas of the pasture to elevations that will support eelgrass (Zostera marina), 3) excavating a tidal channel network, 4) placing approximately 27,000 cubic yards of native fill to raise low-lying areas to elevations that will support salt marsh, 5) constructing two cross levees, and 6) removal of invasive plant species. The completed project will restore and protect 62.1 acres of intertidal salt marsh, brackish marsh, freshwater emergent wetlands, and fringe wetlands.
Contact Information
Name
Jill Demers
Agency Name
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
unincorporated area
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Lanphere Road west of Mad River Slough Bridge
Other Location Info
Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, owned by US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
California Public Resources Code, Division 13, section 21080.56
Reasons for Exemption
The Project meets the qualifying criteria set forth in California Public Resources Code, Division 13, section 21080.56 for the Statutory Exemption for Restoration Projects (SERP). The CDFW Director concurs with the Lead Agency Determination and will post Concurrence at https://wildlife.ca.gov/Notices/CEQA.
County Clerk
Humboldt
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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