Cojo Headquarters Fuels Reduction
Summary
SCH Number
2025020019
Public Agency
California Conservation Corps
(CCC)
Document Title
Cojo Headquarters Fuels Reduction
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/3/2025
Document Description
The focus of this fuel reduction effort is to remove downed/dead vegetation in areas closest to existing access roads and structures, where health and safety is at highest risk from fire. Removed vegetation will be hauled from the site via trucks with trailers to a staging area 1/2 mile away from the grove for processing. No live trees would be trimmed or cut.
This fuel reduction project will aid in protecting the community from catastrophic wildfires as well as protecting the overwintering site for the monarch butterfly. The monarch butterfly is a threatened species and there is a push to protect the overwintering sites to aid in rebuilding the population.
Contact Information
Name
Jeffrey Schwarzschild
Agency Name
California Conservation Corps
Job Title
Lead Counsul
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Lompoc
Counties
Santa Barbara
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
25
Other Location Info
Jack & Laura Dangermond Preserve
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4; California Code Regulation, Title 14, Section 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The fuel reduction is scheduled to occur between March 1 and May 1 to minimize the effects on overwintering monarch butterflies. The project sponsor has also added measures to the project description (including surveys by biological monitors) to minimize the impacts the project will have to existing natural resources. The project will not include the removal of mature, scenic trees.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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