Cosumnes Culture and WaterWays - Ladies Valley Restoration and Cultural Resources Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025040243
Public Agency
El Dorado County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Cosumnes Culture and WaterWays - Ladies Valley Restoration and Cultural Resources Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/4/2025
Document Description
The project site is within the indigenous homeland of the Sierra Miwok tribe. It was used by the Miwok as a winter village site and there is abundant evidence of this use including many cultural resources. The extensive stands of valley and blue oak and the Cosumnes River provided food sources for the Miwok. The presence of native plants used for food, medicine and basketry are indicative of the site’s value for gathering.
This project has four components: 1) use of prescribed fire to improve grassland habitat and help reduce the cover of exotic plants and noxious weeds; 2) implementing management in the riparian zone of the Cosumnes River to enhance its habitat and employing Traditional Ecological Knowledge to restore and enhance cultural resource values throughout the property; 3) creation of a shaded fuel break at the property boundaries and along access roads to reduce the potential for fires to spread to or from the property and to provide staging areas for fire fighters; and 4) outreach to the general public, tribal members and others to engage them in education about the cultural and ecological values of the site and to encourage their participation in volunteer projects supportive of the first three components.
Contact Information
Name
Mark Egbert
Agency Name
El Dorado Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Kimberley Petree
Agency Name
Cosumnes Culture and WaterWays (CCaWW)
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Placerville
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Oak Hill
Zip
95667
Total Acres
300
Jobs
4
Parcel #
046-032-27, 046-041-43, 046-041-01, 046-041-44, 046-041-45, 046-041-46, 046-041-47
State Highways
US Hwy 50
Waterways
Cosumnes
Township
9N
Range
11E
Section
15, 16
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
Driving Directions: From Placerville, take Pleasant Valley Road traveling east to Oak Hill Road, turn right, continue on Oak Hill Road for 3.2 miles. Turn left on Moccasin Trail and continue until the road splits. Continue onto Metate Trail into the property.
The project site is within the indigenous homeland of the Sierra Miwok tribe. It was used by the Miwok as a winter village site and there is abundant evidence of this use including many cultural resources. The extensive stands of valley and blue oak and the Cosumnes River provided food sources for the Miwok. The presence of native plants used for food, medicine and basketry are indicative of the site’s value for gathering.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4; Sec 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The Project involves alterations of vegetation, including fuel management activities to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation. The activities do not result in the taking of endangered rare, or threatened plant or animal special or significant erosion and sedimentation to surface waters. There will be no impact to historic or cultural resources due to lack of ground disturbance.
County Clerk
El Dorado
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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