Trail Connection to Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Summary
SCH Number
2025100342
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
Trail Connection to Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/8/2025
Document Description
??The Sonoma County Regional Parks Department proposes the construction of a minor new recreational facility: a 400-linear-foot multi-use trail. This trail will be 3-feet wide with a native earth surface and will connect the existing Los Alamos parking lot at Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve (Hood) to the existing Salt Creek trail, providing an improved, safe, and designated link to the Sugarloaf Ridge State Park (Sugarloaf) trail system. The facility is designed for non-motorized, multi-use recreation, including pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian use.
?Construction Methodology and Impact Minimization:
?The trail has been situated to avoid impacts to the existing wetlands and riparian corridor on site.
?The construction will be limited to the use of hand tools by volunteers, minimizing ground disturbance. To prevent erosion, the trail will be built as a full bench cut, on contour, out sloped, and designed with rolling grades.
?No grading, tree removal, or mechanized equipment will be required. Standard BMPs will be employed to prevent construction run-off.
?The work will be scheduled to avoid the sensitive bird nesting season. An on the ground biological resources study reports no sensitive species found or expected in the project area.
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?The project constitutes a public enhancement connecting the substantive trail systems at Hood and Sugarloaf and protects natural resources by directing visitors to designated, properly constructed trails. ?
Contact Information
Name
Laura Saunders
Agency Name
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Job Title
Planning Technician
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Rosa
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Los Alamos Road at Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve
Zip
95401
Total Acres
0.027
Parcel #
030-050-01, 030-050-016
State Highways
Highway 12
Railways
none
Airports
none
Schools
none
Waterways
Salt Creek, Van Buren Creek, Neal Creek, tributaries to Santa Rosa Creek and Sulphur Creek
Township
7N
Range
6W
Section
06
Base
MtD
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 3 (CEQA Guidelines §15303 (d))
Reasons for Exemption
??This project qualifies for a Class 3 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guidelines §15303 - Minor New Facilities), specifically subsection (d): "Construction and location of limited numbers of new... foot trails, equestrian trails, and bicycle trails..." as a small, non-motorized trail that will not require substantive grading or the removal of any mature trees.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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