Tahoe Forest Gateway – Zrelak Acquisition (SNC #1803-LC)
Summary
SCH Number
2025060360
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Tahoe Forest Gateway – Zrelak Acquisition (SNC #1803-LC)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/9/2025
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy has approved a grant in the amount of $545,000 to the 40 Acre Conservation League for the Tahoe Forest Gateway-Zrelak Acquisition project (Project) consisting of a 26-acre acquisition of two separate properties in the community of Alta / Blue Canyon just west of Emigrant Gap, along Highway 80 in Placer County. The Project, led by the 40 Acre Conservation League (League) is adjacent to the League’s existing 650-acre Tahoe Forest Gateway property that was purchased in early 2024, and for which the League is currently exploring the potential to provide public recreation opportunities. The League will acquire fee title to two adjacent parcels from a single willing seller, with the intention of incorporating them into the Tahoe Forest Gateway property. The intent of the acquisition is to conserve forest health on the property; protect and preserve historic structures on the site, including the Blue Canyon Bar/house, a two-person stone jailhouse, and a cookhouse; and potentially provide recreation access from the Tahoe Forest Gateway to public lands to the south. However, no management plan has yet to be developed, approved, or funded at this point.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
General Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Darryl Lucien
Agency Name
40 Acre Conservation League
Job Title
40 Acre Conservation League Advisor
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Alta
Counties
Placer
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
700 Blue Canyon Road, Alta, CA 95701. APN #062-252-015-000 and 016-000. Adjacent to Highway 80, just west of Emigrant Gap, between Blue Canyon and Nyack, approximately 70 miles east of Sacramento, just west of the Nyack Road exit.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15325
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is strictly for the fee title acquisition of property. There is no management plan for the property yet in development, approved, or funded. The Project is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15325, Transfers of Ownership of Interest in Land to Preserve Existing Natural Conditions and Historical Resources. This consists of transfers of ownership of interests in land in order to preserve open space, habitat, or historical resources. The intent of this fee title acquisition is to improve and conserve forest conditions and historic structures on the property and potentially add to the public recreation access at the Tahoe Forest Gateway property. The Project specifically fits example 15325 (e) the acquisition, sale, or other transfer to preserve historical resources and (f) acquisition, sale, or other transfer to preserve open space or lands for park purposes. (CEQA Guidelines, Section 15325, Transfers of Ownership of Interest in Land to Preserve Existing Natural Conditions and Historical Resources)
County Clerk
Placer
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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