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North Yuba Landscape Resilience Project
Landscape-scale forest restoration in the North Yuba River watershed to improve forest health and resilience, reduce high-severity wildfire risk, protect communities, and secure water supplies on about 210,000 acres of National Forest land.1
Facts from USDA Forest Service public records, each linked by number to its source; checked November 13, 2026. Section notes by ePlan.
At a glance
- Where
- North Yuba River Watershed, from New Bullards Bar Reservoir up to the Sierra Crest along Highway 49; Nevada, Plumas, Sierra and Yuba Counties, California.1
- Size
- About 210,000 acres of National Forest land within a 275,000-acre planning area2
- Lead agency
- USDA Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River Ranger District1
- Review
- Environmental impact statement, with staged records of decision2
- Legal citation
- 36 CFR 218.5 and 218.7 (comment and pre-decisional objection review of draft RODs)2
- Status
- Second Record of Decision signed September 23, 20253
Timeline
Documents USDA Forest Service published
- PDFNYLRP ROD 2 NotificationLtr20250923Posted September 23, 2025
- PDFNYLRP Final ROD 2 20250923Posted September 23, 2025
- PDFNYLRP ROD 1 Appendix APosted July 13, 2023
- PDFNYLRP ROD 07122023Posted July 12, 2023
- PDFNYLRP ROD 1 Notification SignedPosted July 12, 2023
- PDFNYLRP FEIS Errata 7.11.23Posted July 12, 2023
- PDFNorth Yuba phase 1 IRA approvalPosted July 7, 2023
- PDFNYLRP Draft ROD 1 Galloway Rattlesnake SkinnerPosted April 7, 2023
- PDFNYLR FEIS Appendix E RTCsPosted April 7, 2023
- PDFNYLR FEIS Appendix A FinalPosted April 7, 2023
What the documents say
NYLRP ROD 2 NotificationLtr20250923
- Announcement of decision
- The Forest Supervisor announces the second ROD approving work in the Jaybird, Bluebird and Ladybird areas plus meadow, fen and aspen restoration in three meadows.3
NYLRP Final ROD 2 20250923
- Introduction and Background
- Describes the 275,000-acre Landscape and Sub-project #2, about 29,000 acres with 15,600 NFS acres approved, plus 724 acres elsewhere.2
- Relationship of this Decision to Previous and Subsequent Decisions
- Explains staged decision-making: one Final EIS, separate RODs; ROD 1 covered Galloway and Rattlesnake Skinner, and more RODs will follow for other areas.2
- Decision
- Selects Alternative 2 for Jaybird, Ladybird and Bluebird areas and 724 acres of meadow, fen and aspen work; no additional NEPA supplementation needed.2
- Actions Approved in this ROD
- Approves prescribed fire, thinning, 1- to 3-acre openings, tree planting, road work, and possible herbicide use on tanoak; final prescriptions are field-fitted before implementation.2
NYLRP ROD 1 Appendix A
- Treatment Units in Galloway and Rattlesnake Skinner Areas
- Tables list approximate acres by treatment unit and type, such as prescribed fire, PAC and variable density thinning, and strategic fuel area thinning, for Galloway units.4
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Sources
- North Yuba Landscape Resilience Project: Forest Service project pagefs.usda.gov
- NYLRP Final ROD 2 20250923usfs-public.app.box.com
- NYLRP ROD 2 NotificationLtr20250923usfs-public.app.box.com
- NYLRP ROD 1 Appendix Ausfs-public.app.box.com