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Application Submission Requirements
1.
Provide the Oregon State Weed Board with one signed original plus 14 copies and an electronic version of your completed application.
2.
Originals must be single sided.
3.
Electronic versions should be emailed to
or can be submitted on a disk.
IMPORTANT! In order to avoid junk mail filters.
Subject line must read as follows: applicantname_oswb_252cycle
4.
Mandatory attachments: must be included or your application will automatically be rejected. These items include: photos of project area, maps of project area, required match form and landowner lists for cost reimbursement projects.
5.
All documents must be postmarked by
December 30, 2011 and mailed to:
Attn: OSWB Grant Program
Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
635 Capitol St NE
Salem, OR 97301
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Project title: (Please use 6 words or less)
Southern Alvord Basin Noxious Weed Project
County or Counties project is located in:
Harney
Oregon Salmon Plan Basin (see Appendix B):
Deschutes Lakes
Grand Ronde Lower Columbia
Hood
John Day
Klamath
Type of Organization:
North Coast
Owyhee/Malheur
Powder
Cooperative Weed Management Area
Political Subdivision (not a state agency)
Institute for Higher Education
Soil & Water Conservation District
Rogue
Umatilla
Umpqua
South Coast
Willamette
Not-For-Profit Organization
Private
Tribe
Watershed Council
OSWB dollars requested: $
22,576.18
Total cost of project: $ 39,088.18
Tax ID# (do not send SSN): 93-0910713
Name of Applicant or Organization: Harney County CWMA
Contact: James Campbell email: hccwma@co.harney.or.us
Address: 450 N. Buena Vista Ave. #10
City: Burns State: Or.
Phone: 541-573-8385 Fax: 541-573-8387
Zip: 97720
Project Manager for Applicant or Organization: James Campbell
Contact: James Campbell email: hccwma@co.harney.or.us
Address: 450 N. Buena Vista Ave. #10
City: Burns State: Or.
Zip: 97720
Phone: 541-573-8385 Fax: 541-573-8387
Fiscal Agent for Applicant or Organization: Soil and Water Conservation Division
Contact: Marty Suter email: marty.suter@or.nacdnet.net
Address: 530 S. Highway 20
City: Hines State: Or.
Zip: 97738
Phone: 541-573-5010 Fax:
Weed Species: (List all state listed noxious weeds pertaining to this project. Use common name plus genus and species.)
Priority weed species: Russian Knapweed (Acroptilon repens) Pepperweed
(Lapidium latifolium)
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Additional targeted weed species: White Top (Lepidium draba), Canada Thistle
(Cirsium arvense)
2. Project Information a. Project location: The project location is south of Fields Oregon and north of
Denio, between the Whitehorse Ranch Road and Cottonwood Fields Road.
Directions to site (required): The site starts 8.2 miles south of Fields, Oregon east of Highway 205. The site ends16.5 miles south of Fields, Oregon east of
Highway 205, including everything up Trout Creek canyon and Cottonwood
Creek canyon to the east of 205.
TRS: T39S R35E through T39S R37E multiple sections. T40S R35E and T40S
R36E multiple sections.
Latitude:
42 06’ 0085”N
Longitude:
118 33’ 13.95”W (center of project sites)
Estimated acreage (net/gross listed by weed species): net: 270/Russian knapweed, 495/Pepperweed, 56/Scotch thistle gross: 1008 total b. Does this project exist within a designated weed district?
Yes No c. Is this part of an established Cooperative Weed Management Area?
Yes No If yes provide name: Harney County CWMA d. Identify which methods of control will be used:
Chemical control Biological control
Manual control Mechanical control
Other (please explain)
In addition to control elements, check all activities that apply (all activities must be directly related to the proposed project) :
Assessment/Management Plan Development
Monitoring Education and outreach
Prevention
Other – Explain:
Survey
–
Restoration
Describe the method of survey planned: e. Have you consulted with ODA staff?
Yes No
If yes who? Patricia (Bonnie) Rasmussen
f. Is this a landowner reimbursement (cost share) project?
Yes No
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If yes, attach a list of landowners with acreage listed by weed species. Provide at a minimum a list of landowners within the project area and if project is funded update the list on a routine basis as landowners commit to the project.
Please see attached spreadsheet. g. Project proposal: In 3 paragraphs (maximum 8,000 characters) give an overview of the project.
This should include: if this is an extension of a previously funded project please include details of past treatments including successes and failures • estimated acreage for treatment • method of control • objectives • restoration component • how this project relates to other projects within the area.
This project is located in the southern portion of the Alvord Lakes sub-basin in the high desert. The climate is semi-arid and rainfall is minimal with the average yearly rainfall between 8 and 14 inches. Cottonwood creek and Trout Creek are two of the main perennial creeks running through the area off the Trout Creek Mountains to the east.
Arizona creek and Catlow creek are two of the main perennial creeks running through the area off the Pueblo Mountains to the west. These four drainages are the focus of this project due to their value by the basin. This area has been dealing with wildfires that covered much of the landscape in 2007 and restoration has been inhibited by the establishment of annual grasses and noxious weeds such as Cheatgrass, Perennial
Pepperweed, Russian Knapweed, White top and Canada Thistle. The noxious weeds listed above are the noxious weeds that we will be addressing with this grant.
There are 7 private landowners that have signed up to actively participate on this grant.
These 7 landowners represent nearly all the privately held land within these four drainages. These landowners will be treating just over 817 acres of noxious weeds in a coordinated fashion to help ensure a high success with the project. The method of control will be to chemically treat each property with Telar XP and Milestone, depending on the weed species. In addition, the use of a surfactant will be used in order to increase the success of the application. The objective of this project is to gain control of these noxious weeds within the drainages, and the portion of the basin they drain into. Each landowner is very interested in reseeding their lands to provide competition to future infestation.
Restoration will be done on a per landowners basis. Pending the results of this treatment, further funds may be sought to competitively seed and spot treat these lands.
There are ongoing projects on the BLM managed lands that fill the areas between each of these private landowners. The BLM in coordination with Harney County spends several days, and about $10,000 dollars on the lands they manage in this area each year. In addition, Harney County has an ongoing vegetation management program on the ROW’s in this area.
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h. Is the project part of an existing weed management plan?
Yes No (if yes, provide the name of the plan) i. Does the project fit within the grant cycle time line? (See report deadlines in section I page 3) Yes No
Please outline the proposed schedule: (if chemical application is involved please indicate the timing of treatment) The Perennial Pepperweed and the will be sprayed ????
j. Are there additional partners? Yes No
Who are the additional partners and what are their roles and responsibilities?
Each landowner within this grant is a partner. These landowners include; Nolan Edward,
Sis Edwards, Ross Defenbaugh, Eddie Casey, Pete Casey, Ron Sullivan, Ernie Guertin, and Lorin Sherburn. Each of these landowners will be performing the chemical application on their property. Each landowner has demonstrated a need to learn how to properly mix their chemicals, and calibrate their spray equipment. For this reason, a field representative from the chemical supply company will be utilized to train each landowner on how to batch mix the chemical in their tanks and be assisted in calibration of their equipment. Nolan Edwards will spend 35 hours of his time to treat his 240 acres with his own tractor boom system. Sis Edwards will spend 25 hours of her time to treat her 168 acres with her own tractor boom system. Ross Defenbaugh will spend 40 hours of his time to treat his 155 acres with his ATV and backpack system. Ernie Guertin will spend 15 hours of his time to treat his 84 acres with his tractor spray equipment. Eddie
Casey will spend 10 hours of her time to treat her land using her ATV spray equipment.
Pete Casey is leasing Ron Sulivan’s land and agreed to treat Sulivan’s land and his own. Pete will spend 25 hours on the land he has leased from Ron Sulivan, and 5 hours on his land with his ATV spray equipment to treat these lands. Harney County is contributing their vehicle and the fuel to use for transportation to the treatment sites.
Harney County is also contributing their GIS computer to use for data entry and data storage. Burns BLM in coordination with Harney County is going to be treating the BLM managed lands with their “SWAT” crew, and private contractors, in and around the project sites. Having them spray this land in conjunction with the private land owners spraying theirs is what allows this project an anticipated high success rate. k. How does this project relate to other projects (BLM, USFS or local projects) completed or planned? If the project is related to work funded in part with another grant from OWEB (i.e. restoration, land acquisition, or technical assistance), list the OWEB grant number and briefly describe the relationship to this proposal.
One landowner in this area, but not represented on this grant, is currently awaiting the results of an OWEB grant. With this landowner and the landowners in this grant, all the private lands in these four drainages are going too treated at the same time.
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l. How will restoration be a part of your project? If restoration is not a component of this project please explain.
Restoration is not a part of this project due to the time constraints of the grant cycle.
Since chemical application will be done late next summer and early fall, there is no time left to perform competitive seeding prior to September 28, 2012. As stated above, each landowner is highly interested in reseeding their lands to protect the areas currently occupied by the noxious weeds. The issue is that reseeding cannot take place until
November due to the lack rainfall this area receives. Pending the results of the application, future funds may be sought from the OSWB or OWEB to assist the landowners with their restoration needs. m. If this project protects a high priority species or habitat, please give a brief description of the species or habitat/land use designation.
The proposed treatment area is a wintering ground for the depressed Mule Deer and
Antolope populations of the Pueblo Mountians and the Trout Creek Mountians.
Improving the feed in these areas will enhance these wintering grounds. All of the private lands up the Trout Creek drainage and Cottonwood drainage are designated critical to the Sage Grouse by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Also all three of the targeted drainages contain perennial creeks that are occupied by native fish. The noxious weed infestation is causing bank degradation on all four of these creeks. Also all of these perennial creeks are acting as conduits by the noxious weeds to infest more land used by the wildlife and fish downstream, including TumTum Lake, which is used by waterfowl. n. If the project is expected to benefit salmon/steelhead or salmon/steelhead habitat, briefly describe the project’s specific goal and purpose related to salmon/steelhead and how the project will provide the benefit.
N/A
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o. How will success be determined, what elements will be monitored/evaluated and by whom, how often and for how long? Who will maintain the project and for how long?
95% plus elimination of the listed weeds by landowner on their properties. The results of the application will be monitored by the Harney County CWMA, and experienced members of the CWMA will evaluate the results of the chemical application. The CWMA will establish three monitoring point early next spring and use these site to assist them in this evaluation. p. Which elements of the project will OSWB funds be used for? Be specific to activity and reiterate the timing of the activity.
The OSWB funds will used to pay for the chemicals needed to treat the noxious weeds on the privately held properties listed on this grant. The OSWB funds will also be used for project management. Project management will consist of maintaining the project records and traveling back and forth from the project location. There are five trips planned to these project sites during the grants cycle. The project site is 140 miles south of Burns, therefore the trips to the project site, and the work to perform once we arrive takes a full day. Also, due to the cold climate in the project area the monitoring points will need to be established next spring, so one trip will be needed to establish monitoring points early next spring. One trip will be needed to instruct the landowners on how to mix and calibrate, with the assistance of a chemical supply representative.
Three trips to monitor the progress of the project.
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Assessment/Action Plan Budget
Itemize projected costs in each of the following categories.
Include only the amount requested from OSWB:
Personnel or Contract Services:
Project Management
Sub-Total
Travel and Per Diem: (use Appendix A as a guide)
Sub-Total
Supplies/Materials: (use Appendix A as a guide)
Herbicide and Surfactant
$ 2000.00
$
$
$
$ 2000.00
$
$
$
$
$
$ 18523.80
$
$
$
Sub-Total:
Total:
Project Administration @ 10%:
$
$
$
$
18523.80
20523.80
2052.38
Grand Total: $ 22576.18
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Project Narrative
From this point on, use as much space as necessary to concisely answer the questions.
1. What is the present situation? Describe the current conditions at the project site(s).
The Southern Alvord Basin sets between the Trout Creek Mountains, and the
Pueblo Mountains. Although this area receives very little rainfall, it has several meadows along the perennial creeks that flow off these mountains and into the basin. The perennial creeks also irrigate much of basin either naturally, or by manmade irrigation ditches. Nearly all of the noxious weed infestations in this grants area are located along these four creeks or their irrigation ditches, and these creeks are acting as conduits for the spread of these noxious weeds.
Some of the landowners in the Southern Alvord Basin have been attempting to fight of the noxious weeds listed in this grant for some time. The issue is there have been many of the landowners that either did not know the importance of controlling these noxious weeds, or they lacked the funds to fight them off.
Although these sites share the same issues, their levels of infestations are different. Two of the landowners within this grant only need assistance along their perimeter due to their past control efforts, while the others have a large scale issue on their land. No matter the level of infestation, they all understand that if this is not approached in a coordinated fashion, then controlling these infestations will prove to be impossible. Although the sites in this grant spread out over a lot of area, they all share the same water. The serious lack of rainfall makes these creeks vitally important to not only the private landowners, but the people and wildlife that use the public lands around their lands.
2. What are you proposing to do? Supply sufficient detail to match the project’s complexity and technical difficulty so that its viability can be evaluated.
The Harney County CWMA will visit each site early next spring to establish monitoring points. Then we will take photographs from these locations to establish the base line infestation. During the summer the Harney County CWMA will deliver the chemical to the private landowners. Both the private landowners and the Harney County CWMA believe that a need exists for some education on these noxious weeds and some education on how to use the chemicals they are going to use. For this reason the Harney County CWMA, in conjunction with a chemical supply field representative, will hold an educational meeting with the landowners. This will allow us to train them on better identification of their noxious weeds, and ensure they know how to batch mix their chemicals and calibrate their spray equipment.
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In mid to late summer, depending on the weed species, the landowners will treat their noxious weed infestations. The Harney County CWMA will then begin to evaluate the success of these treatments by visiting the sites. More photographs will be taken from the previously established monitoring points to assist everyone in this evaluation. In late summer and early fall the Harney County CWMA along with the landowners will determine the success of the treatment and formulate a restoration plan for each site.
3. Using a bulleted list: Explain the projects goals and objectives.

Control the spread of Russian knapweed, Perennial Pepperweed, and
Canada thistle

Engage and then empower the landowner in the process of noxious weed control through education and providing them with a network of people that can help

Educate the landowners on how to identify new infestation, and teach them the importance of gaining control quickly

Improve the habitat in the Southern Alvord Basin for wildlife, waterfowl, and ranch needs

Protect both their lands and the BLM managed lands in the area from uncontrolled noxious weed infestations.
4. How does this project fit into the statewide and/or local weed management objectives?
The Harney County CWMA members spend countless hours and tens of thousands of dollars each year in control efforts of the noxious weeds listed in this grant. Without engaging the private landowner and assisting them with the needs on their lands, these CWMA member efforts will always be hampered.
This part of Oregon is heavily dependent on springs that create perennial creeks, and protecting these small waterways is a focus for this CWMA.
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List agencies/organizations from which funding is anticipated for the proposed project.
The Oregon State Weed Board now requires 25% match for projects, however if you concerns with this requirement please contact the
ODA Grant Program Coordinator at 503-986-4622.
Show all anticipated funding sources, and indicate the dollar value for cash and in-kind contributions. Be sure to provide a dollar value for each funding source.
For all funding please provide within the “use of contribution” column exactly what the cash/in-kind will be used for, this helps the OSWB gain a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities the partners will have with the project. Check the appropriate box to denote if the funding status is secured or pending. In the Amount/Value Column, provide a total dollar amount or value for each funding source. Match should be directly related to the noxious weed project. OWEB funding is no longer eligible for match toward OSWB grants, SWCD and Watershed Councils must provide proof their match is from a source other than OWEB.
Funding Source (Name the Partner) Use of Contribution Cash
In-kind
Secure d
(x)
Pending
(x)
Amount/Value
Sample Agency
OSWB
$ 22,576.18
$2,500
N/A
X $2,500
$22,576.18
Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
BLM
Harney County
Landowners
Total Estimated Funds (add all
GIS mapping, and ATV use
Project management, Chemical
Treatment, Administration
Treatment of noxious weed on
BLM managed lands within the project area
Treatment of ROW that run through project area and county vehicle to monitor project
Noxious weed treatment costs
(The total should equal the total cost
N/A
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$ 10,000.00
$ 1,500.00
$ 5012.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$ 10,000.00
$ 1,500.00
$ 5012.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
*$ 39,088.18
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amounts in the far-right Column): of the project on page 1 of the application)
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Legal Requirements
Agreements:
I/We, Harney County Cooperative Weed Management Area of Harney County,
Oregon, hereby make application for financial assistance under the terms and conditions of the Oregon State Weed Board in the amount of $22,576.18. The total cost of the project is $39,088.18.
I/We understand that if this proposal is funded, I/we will be required to: Sign a
Grant Agreement containing terms and conditions upon which funds will be released, including submission of necessary permits and documents, a certification to comply with state, federal and local regulation, and a release of liability for the State of Oregon; I/We understand that any changes from the original project proposal will require approval from ODA followed by a request for amendment to the agreement; Obtain landowner, monitoring and maintenance agreements; Certify that the project complies with state, federal and local regulations; Provide interim report to the Oregon State Weed Board and a final report at the completion of the project.
Signed: Date:
Title: Harney County CWMA Coordinator
Mandatory attachments:
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Maps highlighting specific area of project activities
Photos (please use the same photo points as you will use on interim and final reports should this project be awarded)
For landowner reimbursement projects acreages listed by weed species
Required match form
– landowner list with
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(all types except ATV,
RTV – such as truck mounted spray unit)
(based on federal rates)
(based on federal rates)
(based on federal rates)
* These rates are a compilation of rates provided by various sources to the Nevada State Department of Agriculture for their US Forest Service State and Private Forestry Assistance Grants and The Oregon
Department of Agricultures average daily use rate of like equipment. These rates are simply a recommendation, not standard set rates by any local, state or federal entity. The rates will be used to help guide the OSWB in determining if rates supplied within a proposal are inflated. The rates have been increased by 10% due to cost of living on 11/2011.
** These rates are taken directly from the Federal allowable per diem rates, the rates provided are merely the average rates for Oregon, the OSWB recognizes that some projects exist within higher cost counties additional rates for those counties can be found at: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?queryYear=2008&contentType=GSA_BASIC&conten tId=17943&queryState=Oregon&noc=T
Appendix B
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Oregon Salmon Plan Basin Map
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