Pine Mountain Club Vegetation Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026031232
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Pine Mountain Club Vegetation Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Public or Private Recreation Areas / Recreation-Forestry (RF) zoning designation
Document Description
The proposed project consists of the Kern County Fire Department’s (KCFD) implementation of vegetation treatment activities within an area of up to 212.42 acres in Kern County. The project would include manual and mechanical vegetation treatments and prescribed burning activities, including broadcast burns and pile burns, to reintroduce fire to the landscape, reduce heavy fuel loading, mitigate the risk of large wildfire, provide biological benefits, and support training opportunities for KCFD staff. Treatment activities would involve brush removal, trimming, tree felling and pruning, handline construction in steep or sensitive areas, and mechanical treatments using masticators, chippers, bulldozers, feller bunchers, and cable yarders to reduce fuels, create and maintain control lines, and establish fuel breaks. Vegetative slash generated by these activities would be treated through prescribed burning, chipping, or cable yarding, with broadcast burns occurring throughout the project site and contained using handlines, dozer lines, and/or non-burnable fuel breaks.
Contact Information
Name
Andrew Kennison
Agency Name
Kern County Fire Department
Job Title
Deputy Chief Wildland Operations
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Brandi Cummings
Agency Name
SWCA Environmental Consultants
Job Title
Principal Planning Team Lead
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Pine Mountain Club
Counties
Kern
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Cerro Noroeste Rd
Zip
93252
Total Acres
212.42
State Highways
166
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
Peak to Peak Mountain Charter school
Waterways
two intermittent drainages that converge within the project site to form a seasonal tributary to
Township
TWP 9
Other Location Info
Nearest community: Pine Mountain Club
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Development Types
Other (Hazardous Fuel Reduction)
Local Actions
Vegetation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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