Save the Redwoods League, “Giant Sequoia National Monument Restoration and Stewardship Project”
Summary
SCH Number
2025030094
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Save the Redwoods League, “Giant Sequoia National Monument Restoration and Stewardship Project”
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/4/2025
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to Save the Redwoods League to reduce hazardous fuel loading that has potential to increase the severity of wildfire in the future for Giant Sequoia groves within the Windy Fire footprint on the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County. Treatments include manual and mechanical fuels reduction and biomass removal, broadcast and pile burning, hazard tree abatement, reforestation, and meadow restoration. 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
Name
Samuel Hodder
Agency Name
Save the Redwoods League
Job Title
President
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
1097
Other Location Info
Portions of Western Divide Ranger District; Sequoia National Forest
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 Sequoia National Forest NEPA Windy Fire Restoration Project Environmental Assessment and Decision Notice-Finding of No Significant Impact, signed December 28, 2023. NEPA coverage for this project is 16,977 acres, with initial treatments at 1,097 acres.
The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62403&exp=overview
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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