2025-2026 Truckee Tahoe Airport District (TTAD) Forest Fuels Reduction
Summary
SCH Number
2025061406
Public Agency
Northstar Community Services District
Document Title
2025-2026 Truckee Tahoe Airport District (TTAD) Forest Fuels Reduction
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/30/2025
Document Description
The 18-month project is scheduled to begin as early as July 1st, 2025 (weather depending) and will expire on December 31, 2026. The project’s funding mechanism is through Truckee Tahoe Airport District (TTAD), wildfire mitigation funds. The project focuses on various methods of forest fuels reduction designed to reduce forest fuels beyond the 300’ zone. Forest fuels reduction work will provide a buffer zone to protect residential/commercial structures, infrastructure, and natural resources. The focus of this project is priorities from the 2022 Northstar Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Contact Information
Name
Joe Barron
Agency Name
Northstar Community Services District
Job Title
Forester
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Truckee
Counties
Placer
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Northstar Drive and Highway 267
Zip
96161
Airports
Tahoe Truckee Airport District
Other Location Info
Project work is located within the boundary of the Community of Northstar, which lies within Sections 29, 31 32, T17N, R17E, MDB&M.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§15304 - Minor Alteration to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The project’s main emphasis is to reduce the abundance of fuels within the
Districts Wildfire Prevention Zone (WPZ). This project is designed to mitigate the effects of a wildfire occurring within or outside the Northstar Community Services District Boundary which is chosen by CAL FIRE as existing within a Very High Fire
Severity Area.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§15307 - Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources
Reasons for Exemption
This project will help prevent wildfires from occurring and to protect the cultural resources that exist within and outside the boundaries of the Northstar Community Services District and as a part of the Martis Valley Complex.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§ 1038(b))
Reasons for Exemption
This Exemption allows for the removal of dead, diseased, dying and pest infected, green trees and biomass which is identified as a wildfire/forest health issue.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§ 1038(c)(6))
Reasons for Exemption
This Exemption allows for the removal of dead, diseased, dying and pest infected, green trees and biomass which is identified as a wildfire/forest health issue.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§ 1038(d))
Reasons for Exemption
This Exemption allows for the removal of dead, diseased, dying and pest infected, green trees and biomass which is identified as a wildfire/forest health issue.
County Clerk
Placer
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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