Plumas Disadvantaged Communities- Chester
Summary
SCH Number
2026010234
Public Agency
Feather River Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Plumas Disadvantaged Communities- Chester
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/9/2026
Document Description
The proposed 60.5-acre project is composed of several treatment units located within and surrounding the Plumas County communities of Chester, and Lake Almanor, California. The silvicultural treatment within the project will be a mastication of conifers up to and including 12 inches DBH, and surface fuels. Approximately 80% of surfaces fuels shall be treated, with an requirement of surface fuel removal within 5 feet of overstory conifer dripline. Vegetation will be altered to provide at least 10 feet from the top of the surface fuel to the bottom of the live crown of adjacent conifers. A general horizontal and vertical discontinuity of fuels will be created through the implementation of this prescription. Conifer snags exceeding 12” DBH exist throughout the project units. Snags exceeding 12” DBH shall be grapple piled for burning according to the specifications below. Post-treatment woody residue within treatment units shall be no greater than six inches in depth, and shall not be piled against residual vegetation.
Contact Information
Name
Michael Hall
Agency Name
Feather River Resource Conservation District
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Chester
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Township
29N
Range
7E
Section
31
Base
MDM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15304 Minor Alterations to land (Class 4)
Reasons for Exemption
This project fits under the following class of Categorical Exemption: 15304 Minor Alterations to Land allows minor alteration of vegetation including fuel management activities to reduce volume of flammable vegetation, provided the activities do not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant/animal species or cause significant erosion and sedimentation of waters. The project, as designed, is consistent with the use of a Categorical Exemption.
County Clerk
Plumas
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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