Ray-Mar Ranch Conservation Easement Project - SNC1430-LC
Summary
SCH Number
2022120396
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Ray-Mar Ranch Conservation Easement Project - SNC1430-LC
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/15/2022
Document Description
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy would provide funding for the California Rangeland Trust to conduct planning and due diligence activities for a potential future conservation easement to be placed on the approximately 3,004-acre Ray-Mar Ranch. Specific actions include completing an appraisal, baseline conditions report, phase one environmental site assessment, management plan, and contracting with a biologist and archaeologist to document habitat and cultural/historic resource needs. The potential future conservation easement on the Ray-Mar Ranch would connect two large conservation easements held by California Department of Fish and Wildlife on the west bank of Salt Springs Valley Reservoir creating an approximate 10,550-acre protected greenbelt.
Contact Information
Name
Mary Akens
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Job Title
Legal Counsel
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
3 mi SE of Rancho Calaveras
Counties
Calaveras
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Western Calaveras County along Rock Creek Road, adjacent to Salt Springs Valley Reservoir and approximately three miles southeast of the community of Rancho Calaveras. APNs 050-024-002, -018; 050-025-007, -008, -009, -032; 050-30-002, -011, -016, -020, -022.
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
Calaveras