Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area Fuel Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026070365
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1
(CDFW)
Document Title
Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area Fuel Reduction Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/10/2026
Document Description
CDFW will conduct fuel reduction treatments including prescriptive or cultural fire, hand treatment, mastication, chipping, pile burning, and prescriptive grazing. Associated work includes creation of control lines for prescriptive or cultural fire, and some existing roadways may be improved to act as control lines or provide safe egress during fire resiliency treatment efforts. Follow up maintenance includes prescriptive or cultural fire, hand treatments, and prescriptive herbivory.
Contact Information
Name
Teresa Spade
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
unincorporated area - Siskiyou County, Hornbrook
Counties
Siskiyou
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Copco Road near the confluence of Scotch and Camp Creeks
Zip
96044
Total Acres
5015
Parcel #
several
State Highways
none
Railways
none
Airports
none
Schools
none
Waterways
Klamath River
Township
48N
Range
many
Section
many
Base
MDBM
Other Location Info
Sections 17, 19, 29, 30, and 31, T48N, R05W, Sections 13, 15, 23, 25, 35, & 36, T48N, R06W, MDB&M
Other Information
Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 040-020-010, 040-020-030, 041-010-030, 040-020-050, 041-010-020, 040-030-030, 041-040-020, 041-040-030, 040-030-070, 040-030-080, 040-030-090, 040-030-100, 040-030-110, 040-030-120, 040-030-130, 040-030-140, 040-030-150, 040-030-160, 040-030-170, 040-030-180, 040-030-190, 041-040-130, and 041-040-150
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301, Class 1, 15304, Class 4, and 15308, Class 8
Reasons for Exemption
The project does not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees. The project is not expected to result in the taking of rare, endangered, or threatened plant or animal species, or significant erosion or sedimentation to surface waters.
County Clerk
Siskiyou
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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