National Forest Foundation, “Trapper Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Project - NYLRP ROD 1”
Summary
SCH Number
2026021070
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
National Forest Foundation, “Trapper Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Project - NYLRP ROD 1”
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/27/2026
Document Description
CAL FIRE is providing funding to the National Forest Foundation to implement mechanical and manual treatment activities, including prescribed burning (pile and broadcast), hand thinning, mastication, and ground-based mechanical thinning. These activities are intended to improve and restore forest health and resilience, reduce the risk of resource-damaging wildfire, protect and secure water supplies, and protect communities from the effects of high-severity wildfire and climate change in the North Yuba River watershed within the Yuba River Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest.
Contact Information
Name
Shannon Johnson
Agency Name
California Department of Foresty and Fire Protection
Job Title
Staff Chief
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Maggie Cummings
Agency Name
National Forest Foundation
Job Title
Central Sierra Senior Program Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Counties
Sierra, Yuba
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
1128
Other Location Info
Portions of Nevada Yuba River watershed within the Tahoe National Forest, from New Bullards Bar Reservoir on the west up to the Sierra crest along State Route 49 to the east.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
PRC 4799.05(d)(1)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA does not apply to fuel reduction, reforestation, & 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 the April 2023 North Yuba Landscape Resilience Project NEPA Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), July 2023 Errata to the FEIS, and the Project Record of Decision (ROD), signed July 12. 2023. NEPA coverage for the North Yuba Landscape Resilience Project is 210,000 acres, with initial treatments at 1,128 acres.
The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/tahoe/projects/59693
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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