North Fork Ranch Frost Ponds

North Fork Ranch Frost Ponds

The North Fork Ranch Frost Pond project is a request to construct and operate three reservoirs (frost ponds) that would store water to be used for frost protection at the North Fork Ranch Vineyards. The project also includes the construction of new underground pipelines that would extend between each of the proposed reservoirs and the existing vineyard irrigation system. The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors determined that an EIR is required for the project. A proposed Final MND (SCH No. 2017061009) was previously prepared for the project.

New Cuyama

Santa Barbara

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

Water Facilities (Type: Three Agricultural Water Storage Reservoirs (frost ponds))

Use Permit

Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Vegetation, Wildlife