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Date: November 18, 2009
7100
(1900), (2200), (2300), (2400), (2500), (3200), (3400), (4810)
Request for Fiscal Year 2011 National Technology and Development Project
Proposals
Regional Foresters, Station Directors, Area Director, IITF Director, Deputy Chiefs
and WO Directors
This is the annual request for Technology and Development (T&D) project proposals for fiscal
year (FY) 2011 covering seven resource program areas (see chart).
The T&D projects help solve problems faced on the ground. Projects can include applications of
technology such as equipment/tool development, product market searches, and technology
transfer (reports, DVD’s, web sites, and training). Proposals have come from Forest Service
(FS) employees at every level of the Agency. Each year hundreds of project ideas from FS
employees are submitted to the T&D Centers for testing, evaluation, and/or solution.
Employees who identify a particular need sometimes have a proposed solution in mind, but lack
the resources to follow through. This is where the T&D Centers can help. If your proposal is
selected for the T&D program of work, you will be a key contact as the work is planned and
completed.
Generally, funding comes from national program sponsors, not from your local budget. Visit the
Missoula T&D Center (MTDC) web site, http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/, or the San Dimas T&D
Center (SDTDC) web site, http://fsweb.sdtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/, for good examples of past selected
projects.
Prepare your proposals by completing the enclosed project proposal request form for a field
problem that needs to be solved. Return the form at any time to one of the T&D contacts listed,
but no later than the dates shown for timely consideration. You can earmark your proposal for
one or more of the sponsoring programs or allow the T&D program to assign the proposal where
it fits best. Any FS employee may submit proposals. Proposals submitted in a previous year that
were not selected may be resubmitted.
If you have a good idea but are too busy to fill out the proposal form, call or send an e-mail to
one of the T&D contacts listed in the chart. The contact will prepare a proposal on your behalf,
or you can ask a steering committee member for assistance. A complete list of committee
members is on the Centers’ web sites. The T&D program is more concerned with the merit of
your idea than the polish of its presentation.
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Regional Foresters, Station Directors, Area Director, IITF Director,
Deputy Chiefs and WO Directors
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Proposals are evaluated by the appropriate steering committee established by each program
sponsor. Most committees have representation from the Washington Office, regions, stations,
and ranger district levels. Proposals are evaluated on their merit meeting FS Strategic Plan Goals
and Objectives, Chief’s emphasis areas, meeting specific program goals and priorities,
geographic or organizational scope of benefit, and getting work done safely, effectively, and
efficiently. Each committee’s criteria for evaluating and prioritizing proposals are on the
Centers’ web sites.
Everyone who sends in a proposal will be notified that it has been received, and will be notified
again after the appropriate steering committee has evaluated it.
Sponsored
Programs
Watershed, Soil &
Air
Inventory &
Monitoring
Recreation, Heritage,
Wilderness
Reforestation &
Nurseries/Co-op
Forestry
Forest Health/GPS/
Range
Engineering
Forest Management
T&D Contact
Proposal Due
Dick Karsky (Air, MTDC) 406-329-3921
Dexter Meadows (Watershed and Soil,
SDTDC) 909-599-1267x276
Bob Simonson (SDTDC) 909-599-1267x242
2/11/2010
Gary Hoshide (MTDC) 406-329-1029
Dexter Meadows (SDTDC) 909-599-1267x276
Bob Simonson (SDTDC/MTDC)
909-599-1267x242
4/2/2010
Dick Karsky (MTDC) 406-329-3921
3/1/2010
Charlie Showers (MTDC) 406-329-3945
Alan Yamada (SDTDC) 909-599-1267x224
Bob Simonson (SDTDC) 909-599-1267x242
2/26/2010
3/5/2010
5/14/2010
5/14/2010
Please give this letter wide distribution and encourage all to send in their ideas.
/s/ Richard W. Sowa (for):
JOEL D. HOLTROP
Deputy Chief, National Forest System
Enclosure
cc: John Fehr
David S Fallis
Marion Rackley
Kurt Gernerd