TreePeople San Bernardino National Forest Post-Fire Recovery & Resilience – Apple & El Dorado Fires
Summary
SCH Number
2026050358
Public Agency
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
(CAL FIRE)
Document Title
TreePeople San Bernardino National Forest Post-Fire Recovery & Resilience – Apple & El Dorado Fires
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/8/2026
Document Description
CAL FIRE is providing funding to TreePeople to implement reforestation treatments on federal lands within the San Bernardino National Forest. Treatments include site preparation, invasive weed abatement, multi-species reforestation, and rare conifer monitoring within the fire-scar footprints of the 2020 Apple Fire and El Dorado Fire. These treatments will be critical to restore forest health, by increasing carbon storage, improving watershed health, and promoting wildfire resilience.
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
Thierry Rivard
Agency Name
TreePeople
Job Title
Director of Conservation Strategies
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Riverside, San Bernardino
Regions
Countywide
Total Acres
943
Other Location Info
Portions of San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF) Front Country and Mountaintop Ranger Districts within the 2020 Apple and El Dorado wildfire burn scars
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 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), if the primary role of a state or local agency is providing funding or staffing for those projects. The proposed project was reviewed under the NEPA Apple and El Dorado Post-Fire Restoration Project Finding of Applicability and No Extraordinary Circumstance (FANEC), signed March 25, 2026.
The NEPA record of project approval is available to the General Public at:
https://treepeople.org/resource/environmental-compliance/
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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