Giant Sequoia National Monument Restoration and Stewardship Phase Two (SNC 1666)
Summary
SCH Number
2024030328
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Giant Sequoia National Monument Restoration and Stewardship Phase Two (SNC 1666)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/11/2024
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) would provide funding to the Save the Redwoods League to implement project #1666 Giant Sequoia National Monument Restoration and Stewardship Phase Two in partnership with Sequoia National Forest. The project will reduce hazardous fuels loads on approximately 1,462 acres to protect monarch giant sequoias, restore fire and drought resistance, promote reforestation in areas that previously burned, prepare for more regular use of prescribed fire, and to improve habitat complexity across the area. Activities include, but are not limited to: manual and mechanical fuels reduction; biomass removal; broadcast burning, pile burning, and air curtain burning where feasible; road maintenance, as needed, to safely access treatment areas and minimize impacts from road use. The proposed project is part of the larger (approximately 40,000 acre) Castle Fire Ecological Restoration Project planned by the Sequoia National Forest.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Legal Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
near Camp Nelson
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Three miles north of Camp Nelson and five miles east of Camp Nelson.
Other Information
Sequoia National Forest, Western Divide Ranger District, Tulare County. Two project areas 1) Near Alder Creek Grove, three miles north of Camp Nelson, center approximately at -118.638, 36.188 degrees. 2) Near Freeman Creek Grove, five miles east of Camp Nelson, center approximately at -118.515, 36.143 degrees.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Pub. Resources Code, section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
Public Resources Code, section 4799.05 statutorily exempts from CEQA projects for prescribed fire, reforestation, habitat restoration, thinning, or fuel-reduction projects, or to related activities included in the project description, undertaken, in whole or in part, on federal lands to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) if the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The SNC would provide funding to the Save the Redwoods League to conduct fuels reduction and forest-health treatments for recreation area protection, habitat protection, and forest resilience in the Sequoia National Forest. The proposed project was reviewed in its entirety under NEPA in the Castle Fire Ecological Restoration Project Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, and Decision Notice signed Dec. 28, 2023.
County Clerk
Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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