Building Wildlife-Friendly Resilience in Working Landscapes - Roots 179
Summary
SCH Number
2025080275
Public Agency
California Wildlife Conservation Board
(WCB)
Document Title
Building Wildlife-Friendly Resilience in Working Landscapes - Roots 179
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/7/2025
Document Description
The goal of this project is to create hedgerow plantings and artificial nest boxes for birds that will provide habitat for beneficial arthropods (e.g., native bees), birds, and other vertebrate wildlife. The proposed 3,180-ft. hedgerow plantings are on a property that uses no insecticides, which can serve as a refuge embedded in an intensively and conventionally managed vineyard and cropland landscape. They are buffered from neighboring vineyards and insecticide drift by roads, but have connectivity to irrigation water conveyance channels that have threads of existing habitat. The installation of three barn owl nest boxes and four nest boxes for small songbirds, like bluebirds and tree swallows, will support these species to expand into habitats that previously may not have been available to them. (WCB Project Tracker ID: 2022065).
Contact Information
Name
Rebecca Fris
Agency Name
Wildlife Conservation Board
Job Title
Deputy Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Clarksburg
Counties
Yolo
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
043-210-001-000
Township
07N
Range
04E
Section
30
Other Location Info
APN: 043-210-001-000; Township 07N Range 04E Section 30; USGS 7.5' Quad - Clarksburg; The project will be implemented on the edges and within a private property in Yolo County managed for livestock production. Total project area is 3.04 acres.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CCR Section 15333 - small habitat restoration projects
Reasons for Exemption
WCB has determined that the objectives of enhancement and restoration of wildlife and pollinator habitat, and the implementation activities as designed for this project, will result in the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of habitat for fish, plants or wildlife not to exceed five acres in size.
County Clerk
Yolo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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