Wavecrest Eucalyptus Grove Fire Resiliency Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024080948
Public Agency
San Mateo County Resource Conservation District
(SMCRCD)
Document Title
Wavecrest Eucalyptus Grove Fire Resiliency Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/23/2024
Document Description
The San Mateo Resource Conservation District (RCD) in partnership with Coastside Land Trust, CAL FIRE and Xerces Society, proposes to do a multi-benefit vegetation treatment in a 4.5 acre eucalyptus grove on the Wavecrest blufftops in Half Moon Bay to increase community wildfire resiliency and improve monarch overwintering habitat. The project will reduce fuels to decrease the risk of fire to the local neighborhoods and infrastructure. This work will address stand health in the eucalyptus grove and create microclimatic conditions favored by monarchs and decrease the chance of the habitat being lost to fire. Removing eucalyptus saplings encroaching into the meadows will also help maintain the coastal prairie ecosystem.
Contact Information
Name
Sara Polgar
Agency Name
San Mateo Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Conservation Program Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Half Moon Bay
Counties
San Mateo
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Parcel #
065-011-150
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4. California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15304
Reasons for Exemption
This project involves minor private alterations which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees, or adversely impact sensitive plant or wildlife species.
County Clerk
San Mateo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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