Grass Valley Collaborative Fuels Reduction Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026100723
Public Agency
Nevada County Resource Conservation District
Document Title
Grass Valley Collaborative Fuels Reduction Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/20/2026
Document Description
The purpose of this project is to implement a variety of vegetation management and fuels reduction treatments within the Wildflower Ridge Preserve to improve forest health, promote native species, eradicate invasive species, and establish a strategic fuel break. Treatment methods may vary based on site conditions, vegetation composition, ecological objectives, and available funding. These efforts are intended to reduce hazardous fuel loading, improve the ecological resilience of the preserve, and interrupt the continuity of combustible vegetation to help limit the spread of wildfire during a catastrophic fire event. The project may include future or supplemental treatments if additional funding opportunities become available during the term of this Agreement, subject to coordination with Bear Yuba Land Trust.
Contact Information
Name
nathan alcorn
Agency Name
Nevada County RCD
Job Title
Program Director Nevada County RCD
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Grass Valley
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Rough and Ready Hwy and Ridge Road
Zip
95945
Total Acres
128.25
Jobs
20
Schools
Yuba River Charter School
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4, 15304
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt from CEQA under Class 4, Minor Alterations to Land 15304, because it consists of minor alterations to the condition of land and vegetation that do not involve the removal of healthy, mature, or scenic trees. Activities are limited to understory thinning of small-diameter trees and brush, pruning to reduce ladder fuels, hand cut/ hand pile, pile burning, broadcast burning, and chipping or scattering of biomass resulting in no substantial change to the existing function of the land, no significant erosion or sedimentation, and no take of endangered, rare, or threatened species.
County Clerk
Nevada
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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