Vanauken Creek Habitat Enhancement
Summary
SCH Number
2025051102
Public Agency
California Wildlife Conservation Board
(WCB)
Document Title
Vanauken Creek Habitat Enhancement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/23/2025
Document Description
This implementation project will enhance fish habitat by improving pool habitat, channel structure, and complexity through by implementing the placement of instream structures in Vanauken Creek. This project is intended to address a lack of instream wood resulting from historic land use impacts and logging. The structures will create scour pools where project sites are flatwater runs, provide cover and shade habitat and existing pools, and provide slow water refugia during high flows. Strategic grading at several locations will reconnect floodplains and reverse channel incision. Additionally, the project will include forest thinning in the riparian area. Vanauken Creek is located in Humboldt County. [Proposition 1, Water Code Section 79733]. WCB Project Tracker ID: 2025012.
Contact Information
Name
Rebecca Fris
Agency Name
Wildlife Conservation Board
Job Title
Deputy Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
~16 west of Garberville
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Northern California
Parcel #
215-162-030-000, 215-162-021-000, 215-162-022-000
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
21080.56
Reasons for Exemption
The project is statutorily exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 21080.56 of the Public Resources Code (Statutory Exemption for Restoration Projects). Therefore, the project may be found to be exempt from environmental review of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
County Clerk
Humboldt
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
Disclaimer: The Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) accepts no responsibility for the content or accessibility of these documents. To obtain an attachment in a different format, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. For more information, please visit LCI’s Accessibility Site.