FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
OREGON Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
2012-000
$ 250,000.00
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization OREGON DEPT OF FORESTRY/ NEO District /LaGrande Unit
Type of Applicant:: STATE
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith / Jamie Knight
Address: 2600 STATE STREET
City SALEM
State OREGON
Zip: 97310
:
:
Phone: 503 945 7341
Ext.
FAX:
Call Ahead for FAX:
Phone (Work/Cell):
Email: msmith@odf.state.or.us/ jknight@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
2
Name of Project: BAKER-UNION FUELS TREATMENT
Proposed Start Date: 09/30/2012
Proposed End Date: 12/31/2015
PROJECT CARs (per Risk Assessment list): Union County, Baker County
NAME OF CWPP COMMUNITY (if different than CAR above: Baker County - Black Mt
Subdivision, Stices Gulch & Auburn Gulch; Union County - Catherine Creek, Medical Springs
County: Baker/Union
Congressional District: 2
Latitude (decimal degrees): 45.594
Longitude (decimal degrees): -117.861
426
Total Footprint Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
ca
Thinning
301
Mastication/Mowing
125
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
1005
Chipping
25
Hand Pile
139
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Machine Pile
138
Hand Pile Burn
139
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 248.76
Machine Pile Burn
138
0
Please indicate how this project relates to a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP):
This project is identified within a completed CWPP?
yes
no
Is the project adjacent to ANY federal land fuels reduction projects completed within the last
three years or planned with the next three years?
yes
no
Is the project in a high priority landscape area identified in the Statewide Assessment?
yes
no
Name of CWPP
Baker County CWPP and Union County CWPP
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Project Area Description
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Provide a brief overview of the project and the project area. (If applying for a fuels reduction
project, identify vegetation types, fire regime) [1500 Characters Maximum]
Proposal is for combined fuel reduction (426 acres) in Baker & Union Counties to mitigate
hazardous fuel loads within the WUI areas of Black Mt., Stices Gulch, Auburn Gulch located in
Baker County, along with the Catherine Creek & Medical Springs WUI’s in Union County. These
are considered high risk communities per the 2006 Oregon Statewide Risk Assessment/ 2010
Statewide Forest Resource Assessment Strategy.
Vegetation types consist predominantly of mixed conifer stands with heavy brush & overstocked
conifers in the understory. Juniper eradication will be a component of the Auburn project area,
where it has encroached on the targeted mixed conifer stands. As a result of past & current fire
suppression efforts & lack of active management, many stands are Fire Regime Condition Class 2 or
3. The primary goal of this project is to shift these stands towards a desirable lower risk or a FRCC
Condition Class 1 rating. Proposed project boundaries are all adjacent to recent past, present or
future Wallow Whitman National Forest fuels treatment projects such as: the Sundry/Rooster Rock,
Little Dean, Wilson, Stices Interface (Baker County) Medical Springs & South Fork (Union
County).
Nine (60 acres) NRCS EQIP Forestry projects are contracted to begin on private forestland in 2012,
many of which are located in our proposed project areas & would dovetail with this grant. Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) funds are being used to treat additional acres within the
ODF District boundary.
The goal is to maximize fuel reduction benefits to all landowners & provide larger scale community
fuel breaks across the landscape for maximum protection benefits to the identified CARs.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
*September 2012-December 2013—Contact landowner, conduct assessments, provide prevention
education and cost-share agreements
*December 2013-June 2015—Monitor and inspect landowner projects and continue to engage
additional landowners in enrolling under cost share agreement for project activities.
*September 2013-December 2015—Complete project inspections and approve final landowner
payments, report accomplishments. Prepare final reports.
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Scope of Work
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Provide a brief scope of work which clearly describes how grant funds will be spent. (This
should be more specific than the project description) [1500 Characters Maximum]
This landowner cost share project is for thinning overstocked stands; treat/remove slash generated
from the thinning; as well as treat/remove pre-existing ladder fuels & dead/down material (426
acres). Funds will be used:
*primarily (70%) for cost share payments to landowners;
*ODF forester wages (14%) to provide field/fiscal administration; provide risk assessments &
unique site fuel treatment specifications for each project; entering into cost share agreement with
landowners; one-on-one landowner prevention education; inspection of project sites to assure
specifications have been met & authorization of cost share payment;
* 1% will also be used under an agreement between ODF & Baker County Fire Prevention Coop to
carry out public prevention education & outreach to landowners using the Living with Fire brochure
and/or Firewise Communities USA literature; &,
* 14% for vehicle use for forester travel to/from project sites, postage/ brochures/ supplies for
prevention education & indirect costs.
ODF will prioritize project sites based on: (1) highest understory stocking density; (2) private land
projects directly adjacent to the USFS fuel projects; &, (3) adjacency to other fuel projects on
private land.
In significant juniper encroachment areas, juniper eradication (sparing only old growth decadent
juniper trees) coupled with an effective slash treatment will best protect the communities. These
practices will help meet the goal of moving the forestland in these WUI’s back towards a Condition
Class 1.
Biomass utilization will be encouraged on all projects where it is economically practical & markets
exist, including the Warm Hearts Warm Hands program.
Interagency Collaboration
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Specify the private, local, tribal, county, state, federal and/or non-governmental [501(c)(3)]
organizations that will contribute to or participate in the completion of this project. Describe
briefly the contributions each partner will make (i.e. – donating time/equipment, funding, etc.)
[500 Characters Maximum]
*Landowners will enroll under cost share agreements & perform or pay a portion of project costs
*ODF, Forest Service, BLM, OR Dept of Fish & Wildlife, NRCS, FSA, OSU extension, Rural Fire
Depts: will advertise project availability, provide prevention education
*Baker CO Fire Prevention Coop will advertise cost-share opportunities, provide educational
assistance & increase public awareness of benefits of fuel reduction, & provide technical advice to
landowners
*ODF will coordinate with other fuel reduction projects in the area (i.e., NRCS, OR Watershed
Enhancement Board)
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Project Longevity / Maintenance
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Clearly describe how the proposed treatments will be maintained over time. [500 Characters
Maximum]
Landowners will sign a 10-year maintenance agreement. ODF will conduct spot checks to ensure
maintenance requirements are met. Mailings will be sent at 3 year intervals to remind landowners of
their obligation to maintain the project & offer technical them assistance. Fuel reduction projects will
reduce stocking levels to a density which will remain viable over the time that the average tree will
grow to become economically viable as commercial thinning. Project will create fuel conditions that
ensure fires stay on the ground under most burning conditions for at least 10 years.
Biomass Utilization
All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee.
For the purpose of this application, biomass utilization is defined as any practicable end-use of the material that
has value, or the trading of capital for the woody material.
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Biomass from treatment(s) will be utilized. (check one)
yes
no except as noted below
1) If yes, how is it planned to be used, or what is the end-result (wood products, steam/energy,
mulch etc.) [500 Characters Maximum]
Whenever practical and cost-effective, landowners will be encouraged to have biomass material
removed from the project area and transported to processing facilities for use as post and pole, pulp
wood, chips and hog fuel for steam energy, and firewood, and other fledgling biomass opportunities
that are locally emerging. In Union County, the Warm Hearts Warm Homes program collects,
processes, and distributes wood to low-income and elderly citizens that would otherwise be unable to
collect the fuel needed for the winter months.
FACTS REPORTING
Please identify your local US Forest Service staff person who is responsible to enter data into the US Forest Service FACTS reporting system.
Name: Kat Naughton
Phone Number: (541)962-8563
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
$26,000.00
$0.00
$26,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$26,000.00
$0.00
$26,000.00
$8,840.00
$0.00
$8,840.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$8,840.00
$0.00
$8,840.00
Subtotal
$3,600.00
$0.00
$3,600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,600.00
$0.00
$3,600.00
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal
$1,000.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
Cost-Share Agreements
Baker County Fire Prev. Coop.
Subtotal
$175,320.00
$3,000.00
$178,320.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$175,320.00
$3,000.00
$178,320.00
$32,240.00
$0.00
$32,240.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$32,240.00
$0.00
$32,240.00
$250,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$250,000.00
NRS1/NRS2
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
OPE For Field Staff
Subtotal
Travel
Forester Travel To/From Project
Equipment
Supplies
Postage, brochures, supplies
Contractual
Other
INDIRECT
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income1
1
Program income is the gross revenue generated by a grant or cooperative agreement supported activity during the life of the grant.
Program income can be made by recipients from fees charged for conference or workshop attendance, from rental fees earned from
renting out real property or equipment acquired with grant or cooperative agreement funds, or from the sale of commodities or items
developed under the grant or cooperative agreement. The use of Program Income during the project period will require prior
approval by the granting agency.