The Watershed Research and Training Center, “Trinity Community Protection and Landscape Resilience Project - Phase 2” – Weaverville Community Forest
Summary
SCH Number
2024100821
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
The Watershed Research and Training Center, “Trinity Community Protection and Landscape Resilience Project - Phase 2” – Weaverville Community Forest
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/18/2024
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to The Watershed Research and Training Center to conduct manual and mechanical fuel reduction treatments to maintain and improve the vegetation conditions, fuel loadings, and predicted fire behavior conducive to a low to mixed-severity fire regime within the Weaver Basin in Trinity County. Treatments include manual thinning and piling, pile and broadcast burning, and mastication. These treatments will reduce wildfire risks to local resources and community members, 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
Trinity
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
472
Other Location Info
Portions of T34N, R10W, Secs 14, 23, 24, 27, 34, and 36; T33N, R10W, Secs l & 2; T33N, R9W, Sec 6; T34N, R9W, Secs 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 & 34 MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory 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 Shasta -Trinity National Forest NEPA Weaverville Community Forest Fuels and Recreation Project, Phase 1 Categorical Exclusion and Decision Memo signed on February 8, 2021.
The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/stnf/landmanagement/projects
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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