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/Central Oregon Dist-The Dalles Unit
Type of Applicant:: STATE
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/ David Jacobs
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/djacobs@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
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Name of Project: SPORTSMAN’S PARADISE FUEL REDUCTION
Proposed Start Date: 6/1/12
Proposed End Date: 6/30/15
PROJECT CARs (per Risk Assessment list): Wasco County
NAME OF CWPP COMMUNITY (if different than CAR above): Wasco County CWPP Sportsman's Paradise, Dufur, Taylorville, Camp Baldwin
County: Wasco
Congressional District: 1
Latitude (decimal degrees): 45.24 39
Longitude (decimal degrees): -121.17 21
350
Total Footprint Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
ca
Thinning
350
HandPile Burn
300
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
1110
Hand Pile
300
Biomass Removal
60
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Machine Pile
50
Machine Pile Burn
50
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$225.23
0
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
Wasco County CWPP
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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.
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]
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This is a priority fuel reduction (350 acres) project in the Wasco County CWPP which is a high risk
area per 2006 Statewide Risk Assessment & 2010 Statewide Forest Resource Assessment/Strategy
in the following communities: Sportsman’s Paradise, Taylorville, Camp Baldwin (Boy Scout camp)
and Dufur. This area consists of over 189 permanent and seasonal residences. This project will
fund cost share incentives for individual landowners to complete thinning and fuel treatments of
overstocked Douglas fir/pine/oak fuel type which is currently in a fire regime condition class
(FRCC) 3.
There are three on-going Federal projects by the Barlow Ranger District of the Mt. Hood N.F that
are immediately adjacent to the proposed grant work:
 Billy Bob Fuels Treatment project in the Camp Baldwin community (1000 acres);
 Sportsman's Paradise Fuels Reduction west of Sportsman’s Paradise/Taylorville (1,280
acres);
 East Fivemile Project west of Dufur (750 acres).
This project also has a direct benefit to Dufur and The Dalles watersheds which are both in close
proximity to this project area.
Funds will also be used to work with homeowners to complete ongoing WUI defensible space
treatments by providing risk assessments, prevention educational materials, and outreach within
these priority communities. This area is heavily used by hunter and recreationists alike and
prevention efforts will focus on reducing the number of recreational and hunter caused fires.
Project Timeline
All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee.
Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
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*Summer 2012-2015: Conduct prevention education outreach and risk assessments; provide
technical assistance to landowners, develop treatment specifications & sign cost share agreements
with landowners
*Summer 2012 - Fall 2014: Landowners complete fuel treatments; continue prevention education
efforts & enroll new landowners under cost share agreements
*2015: Monitor landowner projects, inspect projects for completion & approve cost share payments;
finalize grant documentation & prepare accomplishment narrative
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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]
Grant funds will be spent on thinning and fuel treatment work on 350 acres of Douglas fir/ pine/oak
fuel type. Including all treatment options, the project would effectively treat 1110 total acres.
These funds would be used to cost share with the landowner for the total treatment of the site with
the objective of reducing the fuel hazard and improving forest health. Landowners will be expected
to provide defensible space around their homes, then reduce the fuel loading on the remaining land.
ODF will work with landowners in securing contractors and provide overall project administration
oversight.
Funds will be used:
 60 % for landowner cost share payments;
 25% for wages of a ODF forester who will oversee and administer the project; meet one-onone with landowners to provide technical assistance, prevention education, risk assessment,
site unique treatment specifications, and development of a landowner cost share agreement;
monitoring; and, inspection after work has been completed for compliance with agreement
standards and approval of cost share payments;
 the remaining 15% of funding will be used for expenses associated with prevention
education supplies and activities, vehicle use for the ODF Forester and indirect costs.
Grant funds will also fund prevention efforts that target citizens traveling and recreating in this high
risk area. In addition fire prevention materials will also be distributed to landowners living within
the WUI.
Coordination between ODF and the USFS projects will be ongoing to provide the most efficient use
of equipment and resources on the ground for fuels treatment work. Firewood may be made
available to low income families within the communites.
Interagency Collaboration
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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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]
*ODF: Administer grant; provide prevention education & technical assistance; conduct site
assessments, recommend fuel treatments & enroll landowners (agreements)
*USFS (Mt Hood NF): Staff time to coordinate with ODF on most efficient use of equipment &
resources on the ground & to identify landowner opportunities to coorindate underburning
*Dufur Volunteer Fire Department: Staff time & equipment to assist ODF/ USFS burning as a
training tool for FD fire fighters
*Community Action Program & County Health Depart: Identify residents in need of excess
firewood created by treatments
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Project Longevity / Maintenance
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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Clearly describe how the proposed treatments will be maintained over time. [500 Characters
Maximum]
Landowners will sign a 10 year agreement to maintain the project. ODF personnel will monitor
annually & provide technical assistance to assure the area is maintained for a minimum of 10 years.
Landowners will be provided prevention and education materials every 3 years to assist them in
continued maintenance. In addition, SB360 Oregon law requires landowners to recertify the
maintenance upkeep every 5 years.
Overall the vegetation is expected to go from a FRCC 3 down to a FRCC of 2 in most treatment areas
and, where fire is introduced, down to a FRCC 1.
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
except as noted below
If yes, how is it planned to be used, or what is the end-result (wood products, steam/energy,
mulch etc.) [500 Characters Maximum]
Firewood will be an end product. In the areas of the project where there is easy access to piles, low
income families will be able to apply for and receive this assistance. ODF in conjunction with CAP
(Community Action Program) will coordinate the availability of the firewood created and will work
with local County Health Department to determine citizen need.
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: Kim Valentine
Phone Number: 541-467-2291
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
$41,250.00
$0.00
$41,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$41,250.00
$0.00
$41,250.00
Subtotal
$21,037.50
$0.00
$21,037.50
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$21,037.50
$0.00
$21,037.50
Forester vehicle use for travel
To and from project sites
Subtotal
$4,050.00
$0.00
$4,050.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,050.00
$0.00
$4,050.00
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
Copies, printing, postage,
Prevention educ materials
Subtotal
$1,242.50
$0.00
$1,242.50
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,242.50
$0.00
$1,242.50
$150,000.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$32,420.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$32,420.00
$0.00
$32,420.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$32,420.00
$250,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$250,000.00
Forester/NFP Coordinator
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
OPE
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Contractual
Landowner Cost Share
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.