(RFFCP2022) WIP Capacity Subgrant - Sierra Nevada Alliance (1739- RFFCP)
Summary
SCH Number
2025010526
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
(RFFCP2022) WIP Capacity Subgrant - Sierra Nevada Alliance (1739- RFFCP)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/16/2025
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) would provide funding to the Sierra Nevada
Alliance (Grantee) to participate in the Tribal Capacity Building Program (Project). The
Tribal Capacity Building Program is a part of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity
Program focusing on capacity building efforts to improve forest health and fire resiliency. The Grantee would partner with SNC to provide technical assistance to tribal organizations helping them to develop the skills to identify, prioritize, plan, raise funds for, and execute forest health and fire resiliency projects; no projects have yet been identified. The Project’s proposed activities would include delivery of workshops and training sessions, participating in meetings, and engaging with subcontractors to provide one-on-one technical support. The Project’s purpose would be to provide technical assistance to Tribal Capacity Building Program participants, helping them to lead or participate in priority programs and activities that advance tribal efforts that could potentially improve forest health and fire resiliency, facilitate greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and/or increase carbon sequestration in forests in California’s Sierra- Cascade Region. Further no specific future implementation project or projects have yet been identified.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jenny Hatch
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Alliance
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
None – general outreach and planning activities only
Counties
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, Southern California
Other Location Info
General communication, outreach, and planning activities across all or part of 24 counties within Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s service area.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061, subd. (b)(3); PRC, Section 21102 and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262
Reasons for Exemption
These activities are exempt under the commonsense exemption under Section 15061, subd. (b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines which states that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question This funding will support capacity building efforts including the delivery of workshops and training sessions, participating in meetings, and providing technical assistance for early-stage planning and prioritization of currently unidentified, potential future projects related to forest health and fire resiliency. They are early-stage planning activities; no specific projects have yet been identified, nor have they been approved, adopted, or funded. There will be no ground or resource disturbance. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. Additionally, the project would be statutorily exempt under Pub. Resources Code, section 21102 and CEQA Guidelines, section 15262 exempting feasibility and planning studies as the activity involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded. Further, there is no legally binding effect on later activities. (Common Sense Exemption – CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061, subd. (b)(3) and Statutorily Exempt under Pub. Resources Code, Section 21102 (Feasibility and Planning Studies) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262)
County Clerks
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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