Cannibal Island Restoration Project
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024041277
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1
(CDFW)
Document Title
Cannibal Island Restoration Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/1/2026
Document Description
The Project will enhance and reconnect full tidal exchange to approximately 500 acres of former tidal marsh habitat through the removal of degraded water control structures, excavation of historic slough channels, and enhancement of natural marsh topography. Increased tidal exchange and connectivity will promote recovery and maintenance of tidal marsh habitats that support a variety of native fish, wildlife, and plant species, including Sensitive Natural Communities (SNC), rare plants, and State and Federal Endangered Species Act-listed fish, such as Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and others. Improvement of tidal channel networks will accommodate natural sediment transport and marsh plain accretion processes, thereby increasing the resilience of this landscape to sea level rise. WCB Project Tracker ID: 2025130.
Contact Information
Name
Shawn Fresz
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist Supervisor
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
The Project is located 3 miles west of the town of Loleta, Humboldt County California within the Eel River estuary (coordinates 40.653, -124.289).
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Public Resources Code section 21080.56
Reasons for Exemption
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, as lead agency, determined that the Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to the Statutory Exemption for Restoration Projects (SERP), Public Resources Code section 21080.56, as a project that meets all of the following conditions: (1) the Project is exclusively to conserve, restore, protect, or enhance, and assist in the recovery of California native fish and wildlife, and the habitat upon which they depend; or is exclusively to restore or provide habitat for California native fish and wildlife; (2) the Project may have public benefits incidental to the Project's fundamental purpose; (3) the Project will result in long-term net benefits to climate resiliency, biodiversity, and sensitive species recovery; and includes procedures and ongoing management for the protection of the environment; and (4) Project construction activities are solely related to habitat restoration.
County Clerk
Humboldt
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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