ytt Good Fire Promotion Program
Summary
SCH Number
2025041072
Public Agency
California State Coastal Conservancy
(SCC)
Document Title
ytt Good Fire Promotion Program
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/22/2025
Document Description
Notice of exemption for Coastal Conservancy approval of grant funding to ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit to initiate the Good Fire Promotion Program. The project consists of preparing a cultural burn management plan, training yak tityu tityu yak tilhini Northern Chumash Tribal members, purchasing equipment and supplies for cultural burns, and conducting a series of cultural burns totaling 8-30 acres on Johnson Ranch Open Space in San Luis Obispo County. The cultural burn management plan will span several years and include planning for approximately 60 individual cultural burns covering an estimated 1,000 acres of public and private lands in San Luis Obispo County conducted in partnership with interested landowners.
Contact Information
Name
Kostoula Vallianos
Agency Name
State Coastal Conservancy
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
San Luis Obispo
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
Coordinates are for Johnson Ranch Open Space where a series of cultural burns will occur. Projects included in the cultural burn management plan will be located throughout San Luis Obispo County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15262 because
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is statutorily exempt under Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15262 because it involves planning for possible future actions that have not yet been approved or funded. Consistent with Section 15262, the projects will consider environmental factors.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is categorically exempt under 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15304 because the project involves minor alterations in the condition of vegetation without the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15306
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is also categorically exempt under California Code of Regulations Section 15306 because it involves data collection and research activities that will not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.