Upper Butte Creek Forest Health Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026070148
Lead Agency
Butte County Resource Conservation District
(BCRCD)
Document Title
Upper Butte Creek Forest Health Project
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Federal Forest Service land
Document Description
The Upper Butte Creek Forest Health Project (UBC Project) is a forest and watershed restoration project spanning almost 20,000 acres around the Butte County communities of Jonesville and Butte Meadows, California. To restore a natural range of variation in forest composition and structure, biodiversity, and meadow health, and to improve the area’s transportation network as well as its instream habitat, the project’s activities include: Manual and mechanical thinning; Prescribed fire; Post-wildfire reforestation including the use of herbicides for site preparation; Meadow, riparian, and stream restoration to improve hydrological and aquatic function, including through process-based restoration; Road route realignment; Invasive plant management; and establishment of strategic fuel breaks and maintenance of access routes to improve emergency response ingress and public egress capability.
Contact Information
Name
Wolfgang Rougle
Agency Name
Butte County Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Planning and Watershed Program Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Jonesville
Counties
Butte, Plumas, Tehama
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Humboldt Rd and Jonesville Tie Rd
Zip
95942
Total Acres
19,826
State Highways
32
Waterways
Butte Creek
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, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 2 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Development Types
Other ( Not a development; wildfire risk reduction project)
Local Actions
Funding (wildfire mitigation project)
Project Issues
Air Quality, Biological Resources, Transportation, Vegetation, 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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