Spanish Flat Fuel Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025080924
Public Agency
El Dorado County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Spanish Flat Fuel Reduction Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/21/2025
Document Description
The overall objectives the project is to return forests and wildlands to a more natural, fire resilient condition and to ensure that the exposure of human assets and communities to wildfire risk has been reduced. The Project area and surrounding communities have been identified as a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) defense zone where the focus is on protecting life and property. The proposed Project will continue efforts to modify forest conditions to reduce fuel loads and prepare forests for long-term stewardship through practices such as mechanical and hand treatments and prescribed fire.
Contact Information
Name
Mark Egbert
Agency Name
Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Kelsey
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Shoo Fly, Spanish Flat, Traverse Creek
Zip
95667
Total Acres
636
Jobs
5
State Highways
193
Township
11N
Range
10E
Section
12-24
Base
MDM
Other Location Info
Garden Valley and Georgetown United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Quadrangles; T11N, R11E Sections 5 and 6: T12N R10E, Sections 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36; and T12N R11E Sections 19, 30, 31, and 32
Garden Valley USGS Quadrangle; T11N R10E, Sections 12 and 13; and T11N
R11E, Sections 7 and 18
Spanish Flat North: Garden Valley USGS Quadrangle; T11N R10E, Sections 1, 11, and 12
Garden Valley USGS Quadrangle; T11N R10E, Sections 12, 13, and 24;
and T11N R11E, Section 18
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4 Sec 15304 Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
Project involves minor alteration of vegetation, including fuel management activities to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation. The activities do not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or significant erosion and sedimentation of surface waters. According to the Department of Fish and game's Natural Diversity Database, there are no listed plants or animal species affected by the project. There will be no impact to historic or cultural resources due to lack of ground disturbance.
County Clerk
El Dorado
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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