Feather Falls Campground Construction of Replacement Facilities After North Complex Fire
Summary
SCH Number
2026061101
Public Agency
Butte County Resource Conservation District
(BCRCD)
Document Title
Feather Falls Campground Construction of Replacement Facilities After North Complex Fire
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/24/2026
Document Description
As part of a program of restoration and enhancement of ecological, cultural and recreational resources across the Mooretown Tribal Landscape, Mooretown Rancheria in partnership with Plumas National Forest proposes to rebuild the Feather Falls Campground which was destroyed by the 2020 North Complex Fire. This project falls on Forest Service land. Project activities were analyzed and authorized under the Feather Falls Salvage Project (signed July 9, 2021 ), and BCRCD previously filed a Notice of Exemption under CEQA (June 12, 2025), for a prior version of this project which planned to rebuild a new campground on the exact footprint of the old campground. Subsequently, the new campground's footprint was moved to a slightly different location and three additional sites were added. Resource surveys for the new location were conducted by Plumas National Forest and documented under a FANEC (Finding of Applicability and No Extraordinary Circumstance) on March 26, 2026. The project is still subject to CEQA because it would be carried out using State funding , BCRCD has reviewed all relevant documents and studies and prepared this second notice of exemption under CEQA for the project as revised.
Contact Information
Name
Wolfy Rougle
Agency Name
Butte County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Planning and Watershed Program Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Butte
Regions
Northern California
Township
20N
Range
6E
Section
2,11
Base
MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15269(a)
Reasons for Exemption
The project replaces recreational facilities that were destroyed by the 2020 North Complex Fire, in a disaster stricken area in which a state of emergency was proclaimed on August 18, 2020 by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, commencing with Section 8550 of the Government Code. Furthermore, the replacement campground area has been surveyed comprehensively for sensitive resources, and it has been determined that project activities will have no impact. Therefore, an exemption pursuant to §15269(a) is indicated.
County Clerk
Butte
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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