FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2009-002
$200,000
$247,980
$447,980
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Deschutes County
Type of Applicant: County
Contact Person: Joe Stutler
Address: 61150 SE 27th Street
City Redmond
Phone: 541-322-7117
FAX: 541-388-2719
Phone (Work/Cell): 541-408-6132
Email: Joest@co.deschutes.or.us
State Oregon
Zip: 97702
Ext.
Call Ahead for FAX:
Project Information
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Name of Project: East & South County fuels reduction project
Proposed Start Date: Jan 2009
Proposed End Date:
City: Afalfa, Sunriver,
State:
County: Deschutes
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 43.850336
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Thinning
120
Treatment (3)
Acres
180
Treatment (2)
Mastication/Mowing
Treatment (4)
Dec 2009
Oregon
2
-121.4578
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
60
Acres
180
0
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Hand Pile
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$2,488.78
0
0
Please indicate how this project relates to a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP):
This community has a wildfire protection plan that follows the Healthy Forest Restoration Act
CWPP guidelines.
yes
This project is identified in the CWPP.
yes
Name of CWPP East & West County, and Sunriver CWPPs
Name of Community at Sunriver, Alfalfa, Brothers, Hampton
Risk:
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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]
In cooperation with USFS, Deschutes County, Project Wildfire & private landowners, this project
will provide defensible space & reduce the hazardous fuels on private and commons lands in
Sunriver and the eastern portion of Deschutes County to reduce the extreme risk of catastrophic fire.
Sunriver is a destination community with up to 15,000 summer residents living in the thick of
ponderosa pine and bitterbrush. Over 75% of the Sunriver area is in Condition Class 3. On the east
side of Deschutes County, the communities of Brothers, Hampton and Alfalfa are threatened by
unchecked juniper forests and grasslands, all in Condition Class 2. These areas are ranked as #1
priorities in the East & West County CWPP. The County is submitting two grants. This grant is
our #1 priority.
The USFS has multiple adjacent fuels projects underway and planned in the Sunriver and east
county areas - East Tumbull, Deadlog and the Sunriver HFRA project. This program will target
fuels reduction (thinning & mowing) on 180 acres in Sunriver and the east side of the county and
will include information & education components aimed at all landowners in these areas.
The project also includes a biomass component to chip and haul all the material for use as hog fuel
to produce clean energy, at no charge to this project.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
Jan - April 09: Advertising, education efforts to encourage homeowner participation in program;
Work with landowners to secure contracts/agreements for treatment projects; coordinate program
and complete projects.
April - Dec 09 Utilize qualified pool of contractors to complete work; align projects with adjacent
federal projects.
Ongoing: Monitor and evaluate progress and effectiveness of program, and complete quarterly
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]
Funding will be utilized for contracted services to create 30-100' of defensible space around
structures and reduce hazardous fuels through thinning and other mechanical fuels treatments. At
an average of $1000 per acre, this project will treat a minimum of 180 acres of private and commons
lands. As outlined in the CWPPs, fuel loads will be reduced to return the landscape to Condition
Class 1 and protect structures from extreme fire behavior.
No grant funds will be used towards the utilization of the resulting biomass. The program will in
fact save money as the biomass companies will chip and haul the debris for free, allowing us to use
funding for additonal fuels treatment work.
Funds will also be used for an education component that targets up to 20,000 residents in these areas
encouraging participation in completing defensible space and fuels reduction projects.
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]
Deschutes County will compile the list of the qualified contractors, provide contract oversight,
monitoring of the treatments and regular reporting. The Forest Service will provide coordination
between the East Tumbull, Deadlog and Sunriver HFRA projects to maximize treatments within the
WUI. Project Wildfire will conduct prevention and education efforts to encourage homeowners to
participate in the program.
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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]
All project agreements will be signed by landowners and require maintenance of the fuels reduction
areas for a minimum of five years. Monitoring will be conducted by visits to the area and mailings
will be sent to participating landowners in three year intervals to provide information and remind
them of their agreements.
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
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]
If landowners do not wish to keep resulting posts, poles and firewood, it will be sold to provide
additional treatments. Other woody slash will be chipped and taken to biomass utilization plants to
produce clean energy for Oregon using partners in this program so that there is no charge to the
county for reducing or transporting the hog fuel. This will reduce the overall cost per acre to treat the
fuels. We will use the decrease in cost per acre to treat additional private lands.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Deschutes County has a working realtionship with T2 Inc. a chipping and hauling contractor that
chips the woody slash and hauls it to Roseburg Forest Products where the hog fuel is used to make
clean energy.
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
Current contracts demonstrate that 50 green tons come from each acre thinned. At $30 per green ton,
the minimum 120 acres to be thinned from this project will yield hog fuel with a value of $180,000.
This will yield 3,000 mega watts of power.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Project Wild
Total
Biomass
Personnel
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$36,000.00
$0.00
$36,000.00
$10,500.00
$0.00
$10,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$46,500.00
$0.00
$46,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$15,480.00
$0.00
$15,480.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$15,480.00
$0.00
$15,480.00
$0.00
$0.00
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 $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
$8,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $8,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$8,000.00
$0.00
$8,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$180,000.00
$180,000.00
$180,000.00
$180,000.00
$360,000.00
$0.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$12,000.00
$6,000.00
$18,000.00
Program coordination
Fringe Benefits
Fringe
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Supplies & advertising
Contractual
$180,000.00
Fuels reduction contractors
$0.00
Biomass partners
Subtotal $180,000.00
Other
$12,000.00
Grant administration
$0.00
Meeting rooms/Expenses
Subtotal $12,000.00
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$57,480.00
$10,500.00
$180,000.00
$447,980.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
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 may require prior
approval by the granting agency.
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