Sherwins Area Trails and Trailhead Expansion - SNC1485-RT
Summary
SCH Number
2022120380
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Sherwins Area Trails and Trailhead Expansion - SNC1485-RT
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/15/2022
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for Mammoth Lakes Recreation to partner with Inyo National Forest and the Town of Mammoth Lakes to develop a proposed action and complete CEQA and NEPA environmental analysis for the expansion of the Sherwins Trailhead and creation and reconstruction of 19 miles of multi-use, non-motorized trails so that they are shovel-ready for potential future implementation. Planning and analysis would include consideration of an additional paved parking area with ADA accessible parking stalls and an ADA accessible picnic area with shade structure, new trail construction and reconstruction of user-created trails, and new wayfinding signage on the trails. If implemented in the future, the trails and trailhead expansion would improve year-round access and connection to the current Mammoth Lakes Trails System and beyond to hundreds of miles of regional trails, including the John Muir, High Sierra, and Pacific Crest Trails.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Legal Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Town of Mammoth Lakes
Counties
Mono
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Town of Mammoth Lakes and Inyo National Forest land adjacent to the south to the Town of Mammoth Lakes, accessed by Sherwin Creek Road off of Old Mammoth Road, across from Mammoth Creek Park. Sherwins Trailhead and surrounding trails.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under Section 15306 Information Collection (Class 6) because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. This project does not fall within any exceptions to the categorical exemption.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 6 Section 15306 Information Collection
Reasons for Exemption
The project is Statutorily Exempt under Section 15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies as the project only involves planning studies for possible future actions which the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board has not approved, adopted, or funded; there is no legally binding effect on later activities. The project is also categorically exempt under Section 15306 Information Collection (Class 6) because it consists of basic data collection and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a disturbance to environmental resources. The proposed activities are for information gathering purposes and are part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. This project does not fall within any exceptions to the categorical exemption.
County Clerk
Mono