The Butte Creek – Buck Mountain Project (2025-26)
178 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019012052
Lead Agency
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
The Butte Creek – Buck Mountain Project (2025-26)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
7/2/2026
Document Description
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is providing funding to help implement vegetation treatments on State Responsibility Area (SRA) Lands south of the unincorporated community Dinsmore in Humboldt County, California. The Humboldt County Resource Conservation District (HCRCD) has prepared a Project Specific Analysis (PSA) and Addendum for the Butte Creek – Buck Mountain Project as a later activity covered by the California Vegetation Treatment Project (CalVTP) Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on June 11, 2026, which entails implementation of vegetation treatments on up to 6,414 acres; CAL FIRE is providing funding to Cottrell Ranch, LLC to implement treatments on up to 2,361 acres. The proposed treatment types (Ecological Restoration, WUI Fuel Reduction, and Fuel Break) and treatment activities (e.g., manual and mechanical treatments, prescribed burning, including both broadcast and pile burning, and herbicide application) 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, and have been designed to avoid type conversion in areas where chaparral and/or coastal sage scrub plant communities may be 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
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
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
Leslie Moore
Agency Name
Cottrell Ranch, LLC
Job Title
Member
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
unincorporated community Dinsmore
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Northern California
Total Acres
2,361
Other Location Info
South of the unincorporated community Dinsmore, 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
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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