Nevada and Placer County Cooperative Landscape Resilience Project (USFS Lands)
Summary
SCH Number
2025100626
Public Agency
Truckee Fire Protection District
Document Title
Nevada and Placer County Cooperative Landscape Resilience Project (USFS Lands)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/14/2025
Document Description
The US Forest Service has authorized Tahoe Donner Association to treat a 150’ buffer (55 acres) on federal lands adjacent to TDA property. TDA will implement fuels reduction treatments to reduce the vertical and horizontal continuity of fuels via thinning from below. Manual and mechanical treatments will include removal of trees up to 10-inches diameter at breast height (dbh), followed by mastication and/or chipping of removed vegetation. The project is intended to: 1. achieve increased resiliency to the threat of wildfire to the town of Truckee and surrounding United States Forest Service (USFS) lands, 2. Enhance protection of nearby developed private properties, and 3. provide ecosystem restoration by improving forest health and resilience to climate change.
Contact Information
Name
Dillon Sheedy
Agency Name
Truckee Fire Protection District
Job Title
Forester
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Name
Ben Gwerder
Agency Name
Tahoe Donner Association
Job Title
Forestry Program Director
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Truckee
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Northern California
Zip
96161
Total Acres
55
State Highways
Interstate 80
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Airports
Truckee Tahoe Airport District
Schools
Truckee High School / Truckee Elementary
Waterways
Truckee River
Base
MDBM
Other Location Info
T17N R16E Sections 7, 8 ; T17N R15E Section 12
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Public Resources Code 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to fuel reduction, reforestation, and habitat restoration projects undertaken, in whole or in part, on federal lands to reduce the risk of high severity wildfire that have been reviewed under the NEPA, if the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The proposed project was reviewed in its entirety under NEPA and approved under Categorical Exclusion USDA-22c-USFS (CFR 7, Subtitle A §1b.4) signed October 7, 2025.
Public link to document: https://www.tahoedonner.com/members/land-forestry/land-management-forestry/
County Clerk
Nevada
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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