Modoc Trails Strategy and Concepts - SNC1418-RT
Summary
SCH Number
2022120389
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Modoc Trails Strategy and Concepts - SNC1418-RT
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/15/2022
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding to the Modoc National Forest (MNF) for a planning effort to produce a forest-wide trails strategy, identify one to three site-specific trails, and develop proposed actions for the identified trails. The project area encompasses the entire forest (approximately 1.65 million acres), and will enhance recreation opportunities, information sharing, and partnerships in support of long-term sustainable trails system management across the MNF in portions of Modoc, Lassen, and Siskiyou counties. Specific activities include stakeholder meetings and field reconnaissance and surveys to produce a forest-wide assessment of existing trail resources, maintenance needs, priorities, and develop a high-level strategic planning tool to identify new trail opportunities for the next 20+ years of sustainable, multi-use recreation across the MNF. One to three site-specific recreation amenities will be ground-truthed and prepared for analysis, but environmental compliance analysis is not a part of this project.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Legal Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Regional Planning
Counties
Lassen, Modoc, Siskiyou
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Regional planning over the entire Modoc National Forest
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 Clerks
Lassen, Modoc, Siskiyou