Mount Crossman Community Fuel Break
Summary
SCH Number
2025071088
Public Agency
Amador Resource Conservation District
(ARCD)
Document Title
Mount Crossman Community Fuel Break
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/25/2025
Document Description
This project will construct a community fuel break on prominent ridges just north of Buckhorn. This (NOTE: 4500 ft, plus 2600 ft) 1.4-mile fuel break encompasses an area of approximately 85 acres.
The objective of the project is to create a shaded fuel break approximately 400 to 500 feet wide. This fuel break will protect hundreds of habitable structures directly adjacent to the fuel break from catastrophic fire, will protect the communities of Buckhorn and Pioneer and will protect water quality in the Mokelumne River watershed. The project will utilize a combination of treatments to reduce or remove incompatible vegetation within the fuel break. These treatments may include mechanical mastication, hand thinning and chipping, piling and burning, pruning, the application of herbicides and/or other treatment methods. Ground fuels and brush will be masticated, and small conifer and hardwood trees will be thinned. Property owners included in the project have signed Right-of-Entry agreements to allow project work to be performed on their properties. The project area has been flagged on the ground with flagging.
The intent is for this Notice of Exemption to cover ongoing maintenance of the project in perpetuity.
Contact Information
Name
Todd Bertwell
Agency Name
Amador Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Amador
Regions
Northern California
Township
7N
Range
13E
Other Location Info
Unincorporated areas outside Pioneer and Buckhorn
Other Information
T7N R13E Sections 9, 10, 15, 16
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
14CCR§15304 Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
This project fits under the description for a Class 1 Categorical Exemption to CEQA. Amador RCD staff conducted an environmental review to confirm that no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of a Notice of Exemption for this project. The Amador RCD has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture and forestland/timberland, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use planning, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation/traffic, utilities and service systems, or wildfire. Documentation of the environmental review completed by the Amador RCD staff is kept on file at the Amador RCD office in Jackson, CA.
County Clerk
Amador
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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