American Forests, “Collective Recovery: Strategic partnerships for landscape-scale sequoia grove management” – Windy Fire Emergency Stabilization
Summary
SCH Number
2025020194
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
American Forests, “Collective Recovery: Strategic partnerships for landscape-scale sequoia grove management” – Windy Fire Emergency Stabilization
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/6/2025
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to American Forests to conduct fuels reduction, forest development, reforestation, and timber salvage treatments to mitigate impacts and hazards resulting from prolong drought and the 2021 Windy Fire in Tulare County. Treatment activities include mechanical and manual fuel reduction, biomass removal, tree planting, and pile burning. These treatments aim to 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
Tulare
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
80
Other Location Info
Portions of the Tulare River Indian Reservation; T22S, R30E;
T22S, R31E; and T23S, R31E, MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
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 Tule River Reservation and Bureau of Indian Affairs “Windy Fire Emergency Stabilization and Salvage Sale Projects” NEPA Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, signed June 13, 2023. NEPA coverage for this project is 2,539 acres, with initial treatments at 80 acres.
The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at:
https://tulerivertribe-nsn.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2023/05/TULE%20RIVER%20WINDY%20FIRE%20EA%20UNSIGNED%20FONSI_15May23.pdf
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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