Butte Mountain Community Fuel Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025101523
Public Agency
Amador Resource Conservation District
(ARCD)
Document Title
Butte Mountain Community Fuel Reduction Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/31/2025
Document Description
This project will reduce hazardous vegetative fuels on small non-industrial privately owned parcels southeast of Jackson in the vicinity of Butte Mountain in Amador County. The project will connect previously treated areas to the north and south of the project area to enhance the continuity of wildfire risk reduction in the Wildland-Urban Interface/Intermix around Jackson. Between 51 and 75 acres within the 90-acre area assessed for biological and cultural resources will be treated by a combination of means to reduce or remove incompatible vegetation within the fuel reduction area. 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.
Contact Information
Name
Todd Bertwell
Agency Name
Amador Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Jackson
Counties
Amador
Regions
Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Section 25, T6N R11E; Sections 19,30 T6N R12E, MDBM. Portions of the Mokelumne Hill USGS 7.5 Minute Quad
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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