As a California state entity, we are required to post certain environmental compliance documents on our website.
Note: CEQAnet is California’s official database of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents. View all of our CEQA documents.
Current Requirements
Pub. Resources Code, Sec. 4137
California Public Resources Code section 4137 requires state entities to post information about the hazardous fuel-reduction and vegetation-management projects they fund beginning with projects funded from the 2022 – 2023 fiscal year. We are required to post a description of any maintenance plan in place, a description of any mitigation required and whether it’s been completed, and develop a standardized protocol for monitoring implementation. If a project has mitigation requirements, we link to the environmental compliance documents that detail those requirements.
We administer grants to support hazardous fuel-reduction and vegetation-management projects through our Forest and Watershed Health Grant Program. This program has been funded by the General Fund since Fiscal Year 2022 – 2023. All projects under this program must meet the long-term maintenance and monitoring requirements set by the General Fund and the program’s grant guidelines and agreements. All grantees are required to maintain the project site for a minimum of 10 years, during which we monitor project sites every two years.
Note: we are a funding entity and do not utilize a permit mechanism, and Section 4123 of the Public Resources Code does not apply to us.
Pub. Resources Code, Sec. 4799.05
California Public Resources Code section 4799.05 exempts lead state entities engaged in certain forestry activities from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) when the environmental impact of those activities was analyzed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). When we utilize this exemption, we must post a notice of this exemption and describe where the federal NEPA environmental analysis is available.
Project Postings
Project 1692: Alpine Meadows and Olympic Valley Fire Protection Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2024 (amended September 2024) for the National Forest Foundation to partner with Tahoe National Forest to implement fuels-reduction treatments on National Forest lands in Placer County. Project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1666: Giant Sequoia National Monument Restoration and Stewardship Phase Two
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2024 for Save the Redwoods League to partner with Sequoia National Forest to implement vegetation-management treatments on National Forest lands in Tulare County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1663: Northwest End Royal Gorge Fuels Reduction
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2024 for the Truckee Donner Land Trust to implement vegetation-management treatments on Truckee Donner Land Trust property in Placer County. The treatments are under Timber Harvesting Plan No. 2-23-00120-PLA, Royal Gorge with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as Lead Agency, and the SNC as a responsible agency:
Project 1654: South Fork Sacramento Fire Resilience
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2024 for the U.S. Forest Service, Shasta-Trinity National Forest to implement vegetation-management treatments on National Forest lands in Siskiyou County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1647: Taylorsville Community Defense Zone Implementation
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2024 for the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment to implement fuels-reduction treatments on private lands around the community of Taylorsville in Plumas County. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304.
Project 1644: Soldier Mountain WUI Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2024 for the Fall River Resource Conservation District to partner with Lassen National Forest to implement fuels-reduction treatments on National Forest lands in Shasta County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1639: Parker Peak Forest Restoration and Resilience Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2024 for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to implement vegetation-management treatments on the Tule River Indian Reservation, with lands held in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in Tulare County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
- Project 1639 CEQA Notice of Exemption
- Project 1639 NEPA environmental analysis (Windy Fire Emergency Stabilization and Salvage Sale Projects)—available upon request
Project 1637: Little Deer Creek Landscape Resilience Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2024 for the Yuba Watershed Institute to partner with the Bureau of Land Management to implement vegetation-management treatments on federal and private lands in Nevada County. The treatments on federal land are statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1) and the treatments on private lands are categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 15304:
Project 1636: Forest Projects Plan Phase One-B
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2024 for the Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority to partner with Eldorado National Forest to implement vegetation-management treatments on National Forest lands in Amador County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1632: Claremont Forest Resiliency Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2024 for the Mule Deer Foundation to partner with the Plumas National Forest to implement vegetation-management treatments on National Forest lands in Plumas County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1571: Reducing Wildfire Risks on Inyo Craters Landscape
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for the California Deer Association to partner with Inyo National Forest to implement vegetation treatments on National Forest lands in Mono County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1567: American Valley Community Services District Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for the Plumas County Fire Safe Council to implement fuels-reduction treatments on American Valley Community Services District in Plumas County. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304.
Project 1564: Antelope Creek WUI Forest Health and Fuel Reduction Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for the Sierra County Fire Safe and Watershed Council to implement fuels-reduction treatments across California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Tahoe National Forest lands in Sierra County. The federal land treatments are statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1); the state land treatments are under the Antelope Valley and Smithneck Creek Wildlife Area Land Management Plan Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as Lead Agency, and the SNC as a responsible agency.
- Project 1564 CEQA Notice of Exemption
- Project 1564 NEPA environmental analysis (Cottonwood Fire Vegetation Management Project)—available upon request
- Project 1564 Antelope Valley and Smithneck Creek Wildlife Area Land Management Plan Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project 1562: Sequoia National Forest Wildfire and Forest Hazard Mitigation Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 (amended in October 2023) for Tulare County to partner with Sequoia National Forest to implement fuels-reduction treatments on National Forest lands in Tulare County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
- Project 1562 CEQA Notice of Exemption
- Project 1562 NEPA environmental analysis (Pier Fire Roadside Hazard Tree Mitigation)
- Project 1562 NEPA environmental analysis (Castle Fire North Road Hazard Tree Mitigation Project)
- Project 1562 NEPA environmental analysis (Region 5 Post-disturbance Hazardous Tree Management Project—Southern Sierra Zone Hazard Tree Mitigation Environmental Assessment)
Project 1555: Improving Forest Resilience on Modoc National Forest
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for the California Deer Association to partner with Modoc National Forest to implement fuels-reduction treatments within the Warner Mountain Ranger District in Modoc County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1553: Sierra-at-Tahoe Caldor Recovery Phase Two
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for the El Dorado Resource Conservation District to Partner with Eldorado National Forest to implement fuel-reduction treatments within the Sierra-At-Tahoe Resort on Eldorado National Forest lands in El Dorado County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1551: Improving Landscape and Watershed Health Through Restoring Fire Regimes in Lassen Volcanic National Park: Phase Three
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment to partner with Lassen Volcanic National Park to implement vegetation treatments within Lassen Volcanic National Park in Shasta County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1550: Hoyt-Purdon Fuel Reduction and Prescribed Fire Implementation Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for American Rivers to implement fuels-reduction treatments on private lands within Nevada County. The SNC is Lead Agency under the California Vegetation Treatment Program Environmental Impact Report:
Project 1549: Marian Creek Fire Recovery Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for the Feather River Resource Conservation District to partner with Collins Pine Company to implement fuel-reduction and planting-preparation treatments on private property in Plumas County. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304.
Project 1547: Magalia Forest and Wildfire Resilience Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for the Butte County Fire Safe Council to implement vegetation-management treatments across private lands in Butte County. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304.
Project 1544: Sarah Priest Fuels Reduction Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for the American Indian Council of Mariposa County/Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation to implement fuels-reduction treatments on the Sarah Priest Tribal Allotment, which is owned and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in Mariposa County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
- Project 1544 CEQA Notice of Exemption
- Project 1544 NEPA environmental analysis (SARA Priest Allotment HRC Free Use Cutting) – available upon request
Project 1542: Upper Yuba Headwaters Forest Restoration Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) to implement fuels-reduction treatments on land owned and managed by NID in Nevada and Sierra counties. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304.
Project 1536: Medicine Lake Volcano Forest and Fire Restoration
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for the Pit Resource Conservation District to partner with the Modoc National Forest to implement fuel-reduction treatments within the Medicine Lake Area, in Siskiyou County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1532: Reds Meadow Two—Eastern Sierra Climate and Communities Resilience Project
Status: active.
Funding in March 2023 for the Whitebark Institute to partner with Inyo National Forest to implement fuels reduction treatments on National Forest lands in Madera and Mono counties. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1528: Bullskin Ridge Fuel Break
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for the Shasta County Fire Safe Council to implement fuels-reduction treatments along Bullskin Ridge in Shasta County. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304.
Project 1516: Caldor Fire Restoration Project—Phase One
Status: active.
Funding awarded in June 2023 for the Great Basin Institute to partner with the Eldorado National Forest to implement fuels-reduction treatments on National Forest lands in El Dorado County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1514: McKays Strategic Fuelbreak
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for the Calaveras County Office of Emergency Services to partner with Stanislaus National Forest to implement fuels-reduction treatments on National Forest lands in Calaveras County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1507: ‘Inimim Forest Restoration Project—Phase 3
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 (amended in December 2024) for the Yuba Watershed Institute to partner with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to implement vegetation treatments on BLM’s ‘Inimim Forest in Nevada County. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1368: Alder Creek Sequoia Resilience Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in March 2023 for Save the Redwoods League (SRL) to implement vegetation treatments in and around the SRL-owned Alder Creek sequoia grove, located in Tulare County. The SNC is Lead Agency under the California Vegetation Treatment Program Environmental Impact Report. One stand-alone activity is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 21080(b)(3) and 15269(a):
Project 1322: Michigan Bluff Community Protection Project
Status: active.
Funding awarded in July 2021 (amended in April 2024) to authorize the National Forest Foundation to partner with Tahoe National Forest to establish roadside fuel breaks in the Tahoe National Forest. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 1200.2/1330.1: Crestview Fuel Break Project Amendment
Status: active.
Funding approved in May 2024 for the Amador Fire Safe Council to partner with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to implement vegetation-management treatments on BLM land in Amador County. The treatments on federal land are statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
Project 962-RFFCP: WIP Capacity Program Subgrant—Butte County Resource Conservation District
Status: active.
Funding awarded February 2022 with Notices to Proceed with Small Forest Landowner Assistance Program (SFLAP) implementation in August 2023 and September 2024 for the Butte County Resource Conservation District to implement the SFLAP, reducing hazardous fuels on private lands in Butte County. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304 and statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080, subd. (b)(3) and CEQA Guidelines section 15269, subd. (a). This project is funded by the California Department of Conservation Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program, so alternate maintenance and monitoring requirements apply.
Project 959-RFFCP: AB2551 Watershed Coordinator Grant—Modoc Resource Conservation District
Status: active.
Funding awarded in January 2024 with Notices to Proceed with treatments in May and September 2024 for the Modoc Resource Conservation District to partner with the Fort Bidwell Tribe to implement fuels-reduction treatments on the Fort Bidwell Indian Community, with lands held in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in Modoc County. This project is funded by the California Department of Conservation Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program, so alternate maintenance and monitoring requirements apply. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):
- Project 959-RFFCP CEQA Notice of Exemption
- Project 959-RFFCP NEPA environmental analysis (TR-4432.b—P5 52518T Fort Bidwell FY 2024 WUI Eastern Fuel Break Maintenance)—available upon request
- Project 959-RFFCP NEPA environmental analysis (TR-4432.b—p5 52518T FY24 WUI Western Fuel Break Maintenance Fort Bidwell)—available upon request
Project 954-RFFCP: AB2551 Watershed Coordinator Grant—North East Subregion
Status: active.
Funding awarded June 2021 with a Notice to Proceed with treatments in June 2024 for the Modoc Resource Conservation District to implement fuels-reduction treatments on private lands in Modoc County. Project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15304. This project is funded by the California Department of Conservation Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program, so alternate maintenance and monitoring requirements apply.
Project 937-B-LGPP: LGPP Crystal Basin Forest Health Activities Workplan
Status: active.
Funding awarded in April 2024 for the Great Basin Institute to partner with Eldorado National Forest to implement fuel-reduction treatments on National Forest lands in El Dorado and Placer counties. This project is funded by the U.S. Forest Service, so alternate maintenance and monitoring requirements apply. Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4799.05, subd. (d)(1):