NBFIP - Bennett
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025070266
Public Agency
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
NBFIP - Bennett
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/7/2025
Document Description
**Unit 1 (Mixed Hardwood - 2.6 acres): **Objective: Increase stand health and resilience by reducing competition among small diameter trees. Recommended: Remove 100% of trees <4” DBH, thin 4-8” DBH trees to 18-foot spacing. Slash to be piled and burned. **Unit 2 (Oak Woodland - 1.4 acres): ** Objective: Enhance stand resilience, reduce fuels, and promote native deciduous oaks. Recommended: Remove 100% of Douglas-fir <4” DBH, 80% of Pacific madrone <4” DBH, 80% of Douglas-fir 4-8” DBH, prune all to 10 feet, target 100-125 trees per acre. Slash to be piled and burned.**Unit 3 (Oak Woodland - 1.3 acres):** Objective: Enhance resilience, reduce fuels, and support native deciduous oaks. Recommended: Remove 100% of Douglas-fir <4” DBH, 80% of Douglas-fir 4-8” DBH, prune all to 6 feet, target 100-125 trees per acre. Slash to be piled and burned.**Unit 4 (Roadside Fuel Break - 0.5 acres):** Objective: Extend a roadside fuel break, clearing shrubs and small Douglas-fir trees. Recommended: Remove 100% of shrubs, Douglas-fir <4” DBH, prune all to 10 feet. Slash to be piled and burned.
Contact Information
Name
Ned Formaker
Agency Name
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Forestry Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Northern California
Zip
95482
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4; California Code of Regulations; Title 14; Code 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt because the planned activities meet the definition of "forestry" in PRC§753, and have been reviewed and approved by a Registered Professional Forester in consultation with experts from other pertinent fields who have attested that the activities proposed in this project will only have the potential for impacts that are, at most, less than significant to the environment, having provided adequate measures for avoidance of sensitive environmental resources. Project activities will not involve the removal of healthy, meture, or scenic trees, and will not result in a substantial alteration of the current function of the land. Project specific analysis is on file at the RCD.
County Clerk
Mendocino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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