License agreement for North Tahoe Fire Protection District River Road Fuels 1 Treatment
Summary
SCH Number
2025110903
Public Agency
California Tahoe Conservancy
Document Title
License agreement for North Tahoe Fire Protection District River Road Fuels 1 Treatment
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/21/2025
Document Description
The Conservancy action will be to execute a short-term license agreement with North Tahoe Fire Protection District to authorize hazardous fuel reduction on Conservancy owned parcels. The Conservancy’s grant of a license agreement will support but is not necessary for North Tahoe Fire Protection district’s forest health treatments to reduce wildfire risk, improve forest stand resilience, and enhance public safety along the Highway 89 evacuation corridor. Specific activities authorized by the license agreement include the hand thinning of small-diameter trees with chainsaws, removal of ladder and surface fuels with chainsaws and manual equipment, and construction of burn piles for later disposal on the four Conservancy Parcels.
Contact Information
Name
Adam Henriques
Agency Name
California Tahoe Conservancy
Job Title
Associate Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
unincorporated area
Counties
Placer
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Granlibakken Road and Kimberly Drive
Zip
96145
Total Acres
10.12
Parcel #
095-120-018, 095-120-005, 095-120-006, 095-110-016, 094-180-021
State Highways
Highway 89
Schools
Tahoe Lake Elementary School
Waterways
Lake Tahoe, Truckee River
Township
15N
Range
16E
Section
7, 12
Base
MDM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, § 15304, Minor Alterations to Land (See also Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 12102.4)
Reasons for Exemption
The project’s direct impacts to Conservancy parcels are minor alterations to land that will not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry purposes as marked by a registered professional forester. This is consistent with § 15304. The direct impacts on the Conservancy parcels also qualify as defensible space Exemption for wildfire risk reduction within 200 feet of a legal structure under 21080.49(c).
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Statutory Exemption Pub. Res. Code 21080.49, Wildfire Risk Reduction Projects
Reasons for Exemption
The project’s direct impacts to Conservancy parcels are minor alterations to land that will not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry purposes as marked by a registered professional forester. This is consistent with § 15304. The direct impacts on the Conservancy parcels also qualify as defensible space Exemption for wildfire risk reduction within 200 feet of a legal structure under 21080.49(c).
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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