Blue Lake Rancheria - Good Fire Healing Coalition
Summary
SCH Number
2026050002
Public Agency
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Blue Lake Rancheria - Good Fire Healing Coalition
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/1/2026
Document Description
The Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR), with the support of the Humboldt County Resource Conservation District, will be implementing eco-cultural burns and restoration activities in and near Blue Lake, CA under the 'Good Fire Healing Coalition' project (Project). The Project centers on the return of traditional fire management regimes to pyrodependent ecosystems. Implementation objectives include 1) improved forest health and wildfire resilience, 2) minimization of conifer encroachment in historic prairies, and 3) enhancement of ecological benefits to forest and prairie ecosystems within BLR's ancestral footprint. Project activities include manual forest thinning, mechanical thinning with using small equipment, invasive species management, fuels reduction, livestock management and exclusion fencing, Native species planting and seeding, and prescribed fire (broadcast, pile, and cultural burning) on the landscape; these activities would have minimal to no ground disturbance. The project area is 240 acres on BLR fee-title land, known as Leavey Ranch.
Contact Information
Name
Jill Demers
Agency Name
Humboldt County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Blue Lake, in Blue Lake and unincorporated area near Blue Lake
Counties
Humboldt
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
West End Road
Zip
95525
Total Acres
240
Parcel #
516-191-004-000, 516-181-007-000, 516-181-008-000, 516-191-009-000, 516-201-002-000
State Highways
299
Schools
Blue Lake Elementary
Waterways
Mad River
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15304, Class 4
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15304. Pursuant to Section 15304, Class 4 consists of minor public or private alterations of vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees. The project involves removal of small diameter understory trees and brush species to reduce the vertical and horizontal continuity of forest fuels. The trees being removed are in a suppressed state and are not considered healthy.
Review by Humboldt County Resource Conservation District staff confirmed that no exceptions apply that would preclude the use of a notice of exemption for this project. No significant adverse effects were identified during the evaluation process.
County Clerk
Humboldt
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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