The California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) adopted by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board) evaluates the potential environmental effects of implementing qualifying vegetation treatments that reduce the risk of wildfire throughout the State Responsibility Area in California. It was designed for use by many State, special district, and local agencies to accelerate vegetation treatment project approvals by finding them to be within the scope of the PEIR. This finding that the proposed treatments are within the scope of the PEIR must be supported by a Project Specific Analysis (PSA).
The Humboldt County Resource Conservation District (HCRCD) was awarded a CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant for the Mattole and Salmon Creek Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project. This project covers two separate project areas that are disparately located, one in the larger Mattole watershed (Mattole River and McGinnis Creek) and the other in the Salmon Creek watershed. The Mattole and Salmon Creek Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project PSA specifically addresses activities in the project area located in the larger Mattole watershed. This PSA describes the proposed treatment project and assesses the potential impacts of that project along with the applicability and effectiveness of Standard Project Requirements (SPRs) and mitigation measures contained in the PEIR in reducing the potential project-specific impacts.