King Range Forest Health and Community Protection (BLM)
Summary
SCH Number
2025040609
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
King Range Forest Health and Community Protection (BLM)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/11/2025
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to complete forest fuel reduction activities within the King Range National Conservation Area (KRNCA), including the management of shrubs and dead trees from overstocked stands. Treatments activities include manual removal, chipping, mastication, or biomass removal using ground-based equipment. These activities will complete a network of shaded fuel breaks to decrease the severity of wildfire, help protect the communities surrounding the KRNCA from wildfire, increase forest health, and help develop safe ingress and egress routes during a wildfire.
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
Marissa Vossmer
Agency Name
US DOI Bureau of Land Management
Job Title
Forester
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project / Responsible Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
100
Other Location Info
Portions of R2S T2W, R3S T1W, R3S T1E, R4S T1E, R5S T1E HBM and
Smith Etter Road, King Range Road, Saddle Mountain Road, Kaluna Cabin
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 NEPA Hazard Removal and Vegetation Management Programmatic Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-CA-9000-2018-0002-EA, February 2019) and Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) prepared by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI-BLM-CA-N030-2024-0005-DNA, August 2024).
The NEPA records of project approval are available to the General Public at:
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2030074/570
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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