Mountain Meadows Forest Health and Watershed Restoration #8GG23627
Summary
SCH Number
2025041390
Public Agency
Honey Lake Valley Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Mountain Meadows Forest Health and Watershed Restoration #8GG23627
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/29/2025
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to expedite priority restoration measures in high severity burn areas on approximately 3,303 acres of privately owned timberland (owned by RRF Westwood LLC and managed by W. M. Beaty & Associates) within proximity to the community of Westwood. Funding supports the broader goal to reforest approximately 18,000 acres burn at a high severity in the Dixie Fire footprint. Funding provided through the Forest Health Program will focus entirely on treatment of fire killed trees by chipping or mastication, herbicide application, and purchase and planting of seedlings. The project supports a year-round local workforce, enabling continued operations of wood processing facilities, while improving forest health,watershed conditions, and reducing fuel loads near the communities of Westwood and Clear Creek.
Contact Information
Name
Kelsey Siemer
Agency Name
Honey Lake Valley Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Ryan Hillburn
Agency Name
RRF Westwood LLC's
Job Title
Chief Forester
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Susanville
Counties
Lassen
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
The project footprint is within Lassen County and will conduct post fire recovery work on approximately 3,303 acres of privately
owned timberland within portions of the North Fork of the Feather River watershed (specifically within portions of the Mountain
Meadows Creek, Moonlight Pass, and Cooks Creek Planning Watersheds). Work will include site preparation, pre-planting
treatment of competing vegetation, mechanical site preparation, and sowing and planting of seedlings. The target condition for
the treated areas is to have well stocked forests established that are resilient to future natural disturbances such as wildfire,
endemic and exotic pests, drought, and increased temperatures. Legal Location of T28N R09E Sections 25 and T28N R10E
Sections 9, 15,16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Statutory Exemptions. State code number: Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(3) and 14 CCR Section 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 Dixie Fire. 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).
County Clerk
Lassen
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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