FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
OREGON Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
2012-000
$ 200,000.00
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization OREGON DEPT OF FORESTRY/ Douglas Forest Protective Assoc.
Type of Applicant:: STATE
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/ Douglas FPA , Patrick Skrip, South Unit Forester
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
Project Information
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Name of Project: JORDAN CREEK
Proposed Start Date: 06/01/2012
Proposed End Date: 12/31/2014
PROJECT CARs (per Risk Assessment list): Riddle (RFPD) and Canyonville So Umpqua (DFPD)
NAME OF CWPP COMMUNITY (if different than CAR above): Canyonville, Riddle
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County: Douglas
Congressional District:
http://www.co.douglas.or.us/planning/wildfire_plans/pdfs/AppendixB.pdfhttp://www.co.douglas.or.us
/planning/wildfire_plans/pdfs/AppendixB.pdfhttp://www.co.douglas.or.us/planning/wildfire_plans/pdf
Latitude (decimal degrees): 42.9239
Longitude (decimal degrees): -123.3032
s/AppendixB.pdf
105
Total Footprint Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Hand Pile
10
Mastication/Mowing
10
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
ca
145
Lop and Scatter
50
HandPile Burn
10
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Chipping
10
Brush removal
25
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 1,379.31
Pruning
10
Thinning
20
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
Douglas County, South County Appendix B
http://www.co.douglas.or.us/planning/wildfire_plans/pdfs/AppendixB.pdf
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Project Area Description
All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee.
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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]
This fuel reduction (105 acres) project is located in southern OR near Canyonville within the
Douglas Co. Canyonville S. Umpqua CWPP area & is considered high risk in the 2006 Statewide
Risk Assessment & the 2010 Statewide Forest Resource Assessment/Strategy. The focus is on
landscape treatments of shaded fuels breaks, defensible space (25 homes), prevent. educ., &
improvement of ingress/egress for protection of 60 homes. Vegetation types are mixed conifer
hardwoods, blackberry, buck brush & manzanita & logging slash. Fuel loading ranges from 12001700 stems/acre. Treatments include thinning, pruning, chipping, lop/scatter, piling & burning.
The project area is within a Fire Regime III with much of it in a Condition Class of 3. Topography
is broken with many intersecting drainages and the average slope is over 40%. Over time fires have
been suppressed & use of fire in managing the landscape has nearly ceased. The project area
covers private ownership intermingled with lands managed by BLM & the Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Tribe of Indians (Tribe). The Tribe has completed numerous fuel treatment projects & is
planning an additional 64 acres in 2012 (Creekside Projects). The area has a relatively high density
of single family dwellings with over 400 homes scattered throughout the hills & is adjacent to key
infrastructure: solid waste transfer sites, water treatment facilities, effluent ponds, water reservoirs
for the City of Canyonville & the Tribe’s RV park/resort. The area has high recreational use with a
rod & gun club & Alder Creek Children’s Forest (80 acres used to educate local youth about
sustainable forests, watersheds and communities). Ignition risks are: industrial forest activities,
landowners, recreationists & motorists.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
*Summer 2012-Fall 2012: Planning & begin prevent educ & community outreach
*Fall 2012-Winter 2012/13: Identify treatment specs, unit layout, & landowner signature of fuel
reduction agreement
*Spring 2013- Fall/Winter 2014: Prioritize, schedule DFPA Fuels Crew & accomplish project work
*Fall 2014-Winter 2014: Report status (successes & failures) to the Douglas Local Coordinating
Group (DLCG) & sub-committee. Final project completion by DFPA crews, compile & record all
project accomplishments to ODF, update data bases & prepare final narrative accomplishment
reporting.
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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]
Funds will be used to create shaded fuel breaks & improve ingress/egress routes to isolated
dwellings throughout the rural area (105 acres) primarily by thinning. Additional types of
treatments include pile & burn, brush reduction & chipping for roadside egress clearance, lop &
scatter, defensible space (25 homes), & use of a masticator/mowing machine. The project is
designed to maintain at least a 70% canopy closure in the timber stands & thin under story
regeneration. This high percentage of canopy retention will help retard invasive species of Scotch
broom & Himalayan black berries. The high cost per acre of the treatment is a direct result of the
high number of stems per acre & the fact that because of slope issues the majority of work requires
manual labor instead of mechanical methods.
Prevention education is a key element in the project & substantial time will be spent on establishing
relationships in the community via home visits, mailings, PSAs, & town hall meetings. An
education demo for fire prevention will be staged at the Alder Creek Children’s Forest to promote
our fire prevention message during the annual summer camp.
Grant funds will be used:
 76% in wages for Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA) crews to perform the fuel
reduction work; a Natural Resource Specialist Officer/Forest Officer for 6 months’ time to
plan, provide technical assistance & prevention education to landowners; &, 4 months’ time
for an Office Assistant to provide administrative support, maintain project records &
process financial documents;
 5% for local contractors, landowners & cooperators for equipment rental and cost share;
 19% for vehicle use, chipper/saw maintenance, flagging, education materials, signs,
mailings, plastic & indirect.
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]
*DLCG: Coordinate fuel reduction projects on private, ODF, USFS, BLM, DFPA & Tribal lands
within Douglas Co. CWPP’s: monitoring will be done by DFPA & reported to DLCG & ODF
*DFPA: Administer the project & use its seasonal fire crews to perform work
*Tribe forester: Provide technical assistance when developing prescriptions
*So. Umpqua Canyonville Fire Dist: Provide staff for prevention. education, community mtgs &
landowner contacts
*BLM’s Fuels Specialist: Provide technical assistance when writing prescriptions & help identify
sensitive and/or invasive species
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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 sign a Fuel Reduction Agreement requiring maintenance of the property for 5 years.
Monitoring will be done through patrols & site visits, distributing Firewise pamphlets and other
prevention materials & reinforcing maintenance needed at a 3 & 5 year intervals. Ongoing community
mtgs with stakeholders will be instrumental in maintaining community awareness of fire hazards.
Shaded fuel breaks with a 70% canopy closure will slow growth & retard germination of invasive
species. This has been a key to success in the longevity of the fuel treatments completed by the Tribe.
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]
Biomass utilization resources for the project area are limited but the landowners will be encouraged to
utilize the materials for post & poles, composting and firewood.
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: Jay Walters, Tribal Forester, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, (NFPORS)
Phone Number: (541) 677-5581
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
$20,262.00
$72,835.00
$7,752.00
$100,849.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$20,262.00
$72,835.00
$7,752.00
$100,849.00
$51,433.00
$51,433.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$51,433.00
$0.00
$51,433.00
Subtotal
$977.00
$0.00
$977.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$977.00
$0.00
$977.00
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
Educ. Materials/Signs/Mailing
Chipper/chainsaws/ Maintenance
Plastic / Flagging
Subtotal
$2,156.00
$7,440.00
$760.00
$10,356.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,156.00
$7,440.00
$760.00
$10,356.00
$8,000.00
$2,450.00
$10,450.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$8,000.00
$2,450.00
$10,450.00
$25,935.00
$0.00
$25,935.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$25,935.00
$0.00
$25,935.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
Forest Officer
DFPA Fuels Crew
Office Asst.
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
OPE
Subtotal
Travel
Vehicle use by Foresters
Equipment
Supplies
Contractual
Masticator
Landowner Payments
Subtotal
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.