Tenmile Creek Watershed Forest Health Project (2024-17)
168 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019012052
Lead Agency
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Tenmile Creek Watershed Forest Health Project (2024-17)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
3/9/2026
Document Description
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is providing funding to help implement treatments on up to an additional fifty-five (55) acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA) Lands in the Tenmile Creek Watershed near Laytonville in Mendocino County. CAL FIRE previously provided discretionary action for grant funded treatments for up to 1,908 acres on November 13, 2024. The Mendocino County Resource Conservation District approved a Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) and Addendum for the Tenmile Creek Watershed Forest Health Project as a later activity covered by the California Vegetation Treatment Project (CalVTP) Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on September 26, 2024, and amended the PSA and Addendum on November 18, 2025, to include an additional 55
treatment acres. The treatment type (ecological restoration) and treatment activities (manual treatments and prescribed burning) for the additional 55 acres are consistent with those evaluated in the CalVTP Program EIR and the writ of mandate issued by the Superior Court of San Diego County on November 14, 2025 in California Chaparral Institute and Endangered Habitats League v. Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, and pursuant to PRC §4483, have been designed to avoid type conversion in areas where chaparral is present. 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 Foresty and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Chief
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Name
Patrick Higgins
Agency Name
Eel River Recovery Project
Job Title
ERRP Managing Director
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Address
Phone
Email
Name
Doug Turk
Agency Name
Mendocino County RCD
Job Title
Forestry Program Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
55
Other Location Info
Portions of Tenmile Creek Watershed near Laytonville in Mendocino County.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Mendocino
Final Environmental Document Available at
This is to certify that the Tenmile Creek Watershed Forest Health 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/projectsand-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
No
(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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