Vegetation Management at Helen Putnam Regional Park
Summary
SCH Number
2026080899
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
Vegetation Management at Helen Putnam Regional Park
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/25/2026
Document Description
Helen Putnam Regional Park is a 216-acre wilderness park southwest of Petaluma. The project aims to reduce fire hazards in the wildland-urban interface and maintain healthy grasslands and oak woodlands using targeted grazing, manual fuel reduction, and prescribed fire. Scope of work includes targeted grazing, selective limbing and thinning of woody material, and implementation of prescribed fire including pile and broadcast burning of woody material and grasslands. Burns will occur during appropriate weather conditions, in compliance with an approved smoke management plan, and may include re-burning all or part of burn units. Control lines will utilize existing roads, trails, and constructed handlines. Burns will be conducted using hand ignition and other standard prescribed fire methods. If work takes place within bird nesting season, surveys will be conducted to identify and avoid sensitive nesting areas. Ground disturbance will be minimal and limited to areas determined to have no impact to sensitive resources such as cultural resources and/or special status species.
Contact Information
Name
Hattie Brown
Agency Name
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Job Title
Natural Resources Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Petaluma, Unincorporated
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Chileno Valley Road and Western Ave
Zip
94952
Total Acres
216
Parcel #
019-120-039, 020-080-012, 020-030-042
Railways
SMART
Schools
Happy Day Presb, You and Me Children's, Carpe Diem, PJUH
Waterways
San Antonio Cr, Petaluma R, Armstrong Cr, Weise Cr, Marin Cr
Township
4N
Range
7W
Section
05
Base
MDBM
Other Location Info
Helen Putnam Regional Park, 411 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, Section 15304: Minor Alternations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves minor alteration to vegetation and land that does not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees. The project consists of standard activities for fuel management.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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