Twin Lakes Estates Beaver Coexistence Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026030050
Public Agency
Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Twin Lakes Estates Beaver Coexistence Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/2/2026
Document Description
Twin Lakes Estates is a 55+ mobile home park in Shasta Lake, California. The project site is a small manmade pond (reservoir) bounded on the upstream side by the clubhouse structure, which straddles the creek, and on the downstream side by an earthen dam with a concrete spillway. Beavers are present in the reservoir and have blocked the concrete outlet spillway, raising the pond level by 8-10 inches and causing damage from flooding of nearby buildings and infrastructure. Foraging beavers have also caused damage to trees surrounding the reservoir, increasing risk to human safety and infrastructure from falling trees. The Twin Lakes Estates Beaver Coexistence Project will install one beaver exclusion fence across a manmade spillway with one floating pond leveler installed into this fence to manage water levels (a common flow device strategy called pipe-and-fence). This project will also protect 20 large deciduous trees with fencing to protect them from beaver foraging.
Contact Information
Name
Andrea Claassen
Agency Name
Western Shasta Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Project Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Shasta Lake
Counties
Shasta
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Shasta Park Road and Twin Lakes Drive
Zip
96019
Total Acres
2
Parcel #
006-800-021
Township
33N
Range
5W
Section
25
Base
MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; Section §15301
Reasons for Exemption
A Class 1 exemption (CCR Section §15301) covers the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. WSRCD has determined that the objectives of beaver coexistence and flood risk reduction and the implementation activities as designed for this project will result in minor alterations to private structures/facilities involving no expansion of use and therefore fit within the CCR Section 15301 exemption. WSRCD has reviewed this report and determined that the project’s implementation will result in multiple benefits, including reducing human-wildlife conflict with beavers, as well as reduction of risks from flooding and falling trees, thus improve public safety and protection for communities, human lives, and property. WSRCD has determined that: there will be no significant adverse impacts on endangered, rare, or threatened species or their habitats; there will be no significant adverse impacts to soils, hydrology, or water quality; there are no hazardous materials at or around the project site; the project will avoid adverse impacts to all archeological resource sites; the project will not result in cumulatively significant impacts; and the project will have no significant adverse effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Shasta
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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