Dixie Fire Humbug Area Reforestation
Summary
SCH Number
2024041007
Public Agency
Feather River Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Dixie Fire Humbug Area Reforestation
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/24/2024
Document Description
The 2,196 acre project area, which was burned in the 2021 Dixie Fire, will implement landscape level site preparation and reforestation. CAL FIRE Forest Health grant funding, in addition to landowner contributions, will support removal of unmerchantable burned trees from the project area, control of competing vegetation with herbicide and planting of conifer seedlings to expedite reforestation. Restoring this area to a forested landscape will benefit the local wildlife species, reduce fire risk to the Lake Almanor basin, support a local workforce, enable continued operations of wood processing facilities, improve forest health and watershed conditions, increase the storage of CO2, reduce fire fuel loads and continue the land owner’s legacies of sustainable forest management.
Contact Information
Name
Michael Hall
Agency Name
Feather River Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Quincy
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Waterways
Yellow Creek
Other Location Info
T26N, R06E Sections 2, 10 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25 & T27N, R06E Sections
34, 35 & T27N, R07E Section 3.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Declared Emergency
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(3); 15269(a)
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to CEQA Section 21080(b)(3) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a) a project is exempt from CEQA when it
"maintain[s], repa1r[ s], restore[s] ... property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster in a disaster stricken
area in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act,
commencing with Section 8550 of the Government Code." Implementation of the project would restore forested landscapes,
restore carbon sequestration capacity of targeted forested landscapes, restore and increase capacity as it relates to above
and below ground carbon storage, and restore forest habitat destroyed by the Dixie Fire. The action is therefore exempt from
CEQA because it would restore property damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster for which a sta te of emergency was
proclaimed, pursuant to CEQA Section 21080(b)(3) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a).
County Clerk
Plumas
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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