Calforests Disaster Recovery of Private Land – Sierra Pacific Industries – Dixie Fire
Summary
SCH Number
2025050803
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
Calforests Disaster Recovery of Private Land – Sierra Pacific Industries – Dixie Fire
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/20/2025
Document Description
CAL FIRE would provide funding to expedite priority restoration measures in high severity burn areas on approximately 3,750 acres of privately owned timberland owned and managed by Sierra Pacific Industries within proximity to the community of Westwood, California. Funding supports the broader goal of post fire recovery and forest health and resiliency. CAL FIRE funding, as it relates to on the ground treatments, will focus entirely upon tree and woody debris removal (chipping, mastication, cut, piling, burning), site preparation, control of competing vegetation, tree planting, and post planting vegetation control. The project supports a local workforce within a census designated priority population. In addition to the short-term benefit of restoring and reforesting severely burned forested acres, implementation of the project would promote resilience in the natural ecosystem services, such as overall watershed improvements through improved regulation of surface runoff and groundwater infiltration, increased uptake of carbon dioxide, provide for slope stabilization, and restoration of lost forest-based habitat for species that rely upon these environments.
Contact Information
Name
Topher Byrd, RPF # 3068
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Job Title
Forester II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Unincorporated Area
Counties
Lassen, Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Other Information
Within portions of T28N R07E Section 1; T28N R08E Section 6; T29N R07E Section 36; T29N R08E Sections 30, 31; T28N R09E Sections 01, 11, 12, 13; T28N R10E 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18; T29N R10E Section 32 (MDB&M)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Declared Emergency
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(3); 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).
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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