Southern Humboldt Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Program – Mail Ridge
158 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019012052
Lead Agency
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Southern Humboldt Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Program – Mail Ridge
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
9/18/2025
Document Description
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE) is providing funding to the Humboldt County Resource Conservation District to help implement treatments on up to 1,996 acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA) lands located within private industrial timberlands southeast of the confluence of the main stem and South Fork Eel River and on privately owned lands in the Fort Seward and Pratt Mountain areas of Mail Ridge in Humboldt County. The Humboldt County Resource Conservation District has prepared a Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) and Addendum for the project as a later activity covered by the California Vegetation Treatment Project (CalVTP) Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Mail Ridge Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project. The proposed treatment types (i.e., wildland-urban interface fuel reduction, fuel break, and ecological restoration) and treatment activities (i.e., prescribed burning, including broadcast and pile burning, mechanical treatment, manual treatment, prescribed herbivory, and herbicide application) are consistent with those evaluated in the CalVTP Program EIR. Chaparral or coastal sage scrub vegetation types do not occur within the treatment, thus, PRC § 4483 would not apply. Maintenance treatments would involve the same vegetation treatment types and activities used in the initial treatments. The purpose of these treatments is to promote forest and watershed health, reduce fuel load, and demonstrate efficacy of climate beneficial prescriptions.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Johnson
Agency Name
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Chief
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Name
Jill Demers
Agency Name
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Katrina Henderson
Agency Name
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Program Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
1996
Other Location Info
Portions of State Responsibility Area (SRA) lands located within private industrial timberlands southeast of the confluence of the main stem and South Fork Eel River and on privately owned lands in the Fort Seward and Pratt Mountain areas of Mail Ridge in Humboldt County.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Humboldt
Final Environmental Document Available at
This is to certify that the Mail Ridge Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project PSA and Addendum and record of project approval for the CalVTP Program EIR are available to the public on the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection webpage with the environmental documentation associated with individual approved CalVTP projects: https://bof.fire.ca.gov/projects-and-programs/calvtp-homepage-and-storymap/.
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes (Project Specific Analysis and Addendum)
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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