Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road Fuels Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025041250
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road Fuels Reduction Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/25/2025
Document Description
CAL FIRE, Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District and North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District propose vegetation management along both sides of Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road between Highway 1 and Rockpile Road, within the public road right-of-way or on private lands up to 100 feet from the road edge to reduce wildfire intensity by minimizing ladder fuels and preventing ground-level fires from reaching tree canopies. All work will be done by hand using chainsaws, hand tools, and chippers. Understory vegetation (shrubs, brush, and small trees under six inches DBH at 4.5 feet) will be removed or thinned, and larger trees will be limbed so the lowest branches are at least six feet above the ground. Dead, dying, or hazardous trees may be removed or trimmed. Cut materials will be chipped, piled for burning, or left on site to decompose, with chip depth limited to one foot. Heavy equipment will remain on the road prism, and no ground-disturbing activities are proposed.
Contact Information
Name
Johannes Hoevertsz
Agency Name
Sonoma County Pubic Infrastructure
Job Title
Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Healdsburg, Unincorporated, Geyserville, Annapolis, Cazadero
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Portions of Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Rd between Highway 1 to Rockpile Road
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301(c)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15301 (c) Maintenance of existing highways and streets The removal of dead, dying and hazardous trees is a maintenance activity of an existing public facility involving no expansion of use.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4; California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15304(i)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15304 (i) Minor Alterations to Land - Fuel management activities within 30 feet to 100 feet of structures to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation, provided that the activities will not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or significant erosion and sedimentation of surface waters. The understory fuel reduction is a minor alteration to land that involves fuel management activities within 100 feet of structures.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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