Whitebark Institute, “Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP): Phase I Priority Acres” - Inyo National Forest (USFS)
Summary
SCH Number
2024121151
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Whitebark Institute, “Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP): Phase I Priority Acres” - Inyo National Forest (USFS)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/26/2024
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to the Whitebark Institute to conduct forest health treatments to reduce the potential of uncharacteristic high-severity wildfire and to improve forest health, resistance, and resilience on Inyo National Forest lands around the Town of Mammoth Lakes. Treatment activities include ecological thinning, fuels reduction, including prescribed burning, and restoration using hand, mechanical, and aerial methods to restore landscape structure and composition and achieve desired conditions as defined in the 2019 Land Management Plan for the Inyo National Forest. The purpose of these treatments is designed to create ecosystems and communities that are able to adapt to future disturbances and climate change.
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
Mono
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
2185
Other Location Info
Portions of Inyo National Forest in Mono County
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 Inyo National Forest Eastern Sierra Climate and Communities Resilience Project NEPA Environmental Assessment and Decision Notice, singed September 19, 2024. NEPA coverage for this project is 43,700 acres, with initial treatments at 2,185 acres.
The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61827
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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