Disaster Relief of Private Lands – Redtree Partners LLC
Summary
SCH Number
2025031137
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Disaster Relief of Private Lands – Redtree Partners LLC
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/26/2025
Document Description
The project is focused on restoration measures in high severity burn areas on 366 acres of privately owned timberland (owned and managed by Redtree Partners LP) within proximity to the community of Santa Cruz, California. The broader goal of post fire recovery and outcome focused on forest health and resiliency. Treatments will focus entirely upon tree and woody debris removal (chipping, mastication, piling, burning or transportation), site preparation, control of competing vegetation, tree planting, post planting vegetation control. The project supports a local workforce within a census designated priority population. In addition to the short-term benefit of restoring and reforesting severely burned forested acres, implementation of the project would promote resilience in the natural ecosystem services, such as overall watershed improvements through improved regulation of surface runoff and groundwater infiltration, increased uptake of carbon dioxide, provide for slope stabilization, and restoration of lost forest based habitat for species that rely upon these environments.
Contact Information
Name
Topher Byrd, RPF # 3068
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Job Title
Forester II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Bonny Doon
Counties
Santa Cruz
Regions
Statewide
Total Acres
366
Other Location Info
Township 10S, Range 3W, Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 14 MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Declared Emergency
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(3); 15269(a)
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to CEQA Section 21080(b)(3) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a) a project is exempt from CEQA when it “maintain[s], repair[s], restore[s]… property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster in a disaster stricken area in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, commencing with Section 8550 of the Government Code.” Implementation of the project would restore forested landscapes, restore carbon sequestration capacity of targeted forested landscapes, restore and increase capacity as it relates to above and below ground carbon storage, and restore forest habitat destroyed by the CZU Lightening Complex. The action is therefore exempt from CEQA because it would restore property damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster for which a state of emergency was proclaimed, pursuant to CEQA Section 21080(b)(3) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a).
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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