FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2009-013
$199,641
$199,641
$399,282
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Oregon Dept. of Forestry/ COD/Prineville, Sisters
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/ Stuart Otto
Address: 2600 State Street
City Salem
State Oregon
Zip: 97310
Phone: 503-945-7341
Ext.
FAX: 503-945-7416
Call Ahead for FAX:
Phone (Work/Cell):
Email: msmith@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
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Name of Project: Central Oregon Chipping Project
Proposed Start Date: 05/01/2009
Proposed End Date:
City: Madras +
State:
County: Jefferson
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 43.9862
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
12/31/2011
Oregon
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121.3545
200
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Thinning
200
Hand Pile
200
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
600
Chipping
200
0
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 665.47
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 Jefferson Co CWPP, Crook Co CWPP, Bend, Sisters
Name of Community at 3 Rivers, Bend, Sisters, Lapine, Marks Creek, Lofton, Turner Creek.
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]
Project will provide fuels reduction assistance , with chipping services, to home & landowners in
Jefferson, Crook & Deschutes counties to defray the disposal costs and minimize the need for
burning. ODF will work with CWPP groups, local fire departments, county officials, homeowner
associations and landowners to target project implementation areas ( 1st priority will be given to
CWPP groups, homeowners & homeowner associations that are identified as high in their CWPP's
as well as adjoin federal projects.). Most of these locations include ponderosa pine, mixed
ponderosa /lodgepol pine; or mixed ponderosa/western juniper stands that fall in Fire Regimes 1 &
2. ODF will work with fire depts., Project Wildfire and county officials in support of the tri-county
Fire Free Campaign offering grant funds to support chipping of debris that is collected during Fire
Free projects in Central Oregon. This project will also support work on private lands adjoining
these planned Federal projects(to name a few):
Deschutes County:
*The Safer project around Sisters,
*West Tumbul in Bend;
*Myst project between Sunriver & Lapine
In Crook Co. work will be targeted:
*Marks Cr & Mill, Johnson & Mckay Creek adjoining Federal projects;
*Wagner Mt. Trout Cr, and Rocky prescribed burns
In Jefferson Co. treatment would be in Three Rivers, Round Butte adjoining projects
*Round Butte,and
*Juniper Butte.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
*May 2009 -Out reach to CWPP groups, County officials, local Fire Departments, Homeowner
Associations, homeowners and Project Wildfire to identify top priority areas
*June 2009 - August 2009 Prepare agreements to support 2009 Fire Free campaigns
*Spring/Summer/Fall 2009 -Work with selected partners to complete fuels reduction work and treat
slash
*Repeat process for 2010 & 2011 Fire Free campaigns
*Complete grant accomplishment reporting by December 2011.
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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]
Under this grant ODF has 2 tracts to complete chipping of forest fuel residue. The 1st tract is to use
the ODF chipper & staff/employees. Grant Funds would be used to pay wages, operation and
maintenance of the ODF chipper to actually provide and run the chipper.
The 2nd tract is for homeowners & homeowner associations to do fuels reduction on their properties
& stack the residue next to the road. They would hire commerial tree service to chip the residue.
Grant funds would be used to pay for the commercial chipping of the residue. Grant funds would
also be used to support the grinding and chipping of forest fuels collected during Fire Free
programs.
Under past grants ODF & collaborators have treated 259 acres, removed wildland fuel around an
estimated 3,251 homes during 4 Fire Free Campaigns and disposed of approximately 11,142 cubic
yards of material. This funding request would build on this success and continue to meet the fuels
reduction needs of this area.
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]
*Numerous local fire departments, Deschutes County Solid Waste Department, & Project Wildfire
will donate time & funding to support Fire Free projects.
*Most CWPP groups coordinate neighborhood fuels reduction projects by donating time
*Homeowners & homeowner associations donate time & equipment in doing the fuels reduction on
their properties & that of their neighbors.
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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]
Maintenance is the responsiblility of the the homeowner and will be reinforced by Project Wildfire in
Deschutes county and monitored by local fire departments through the tri-county area by Fire Free
campaigns on an annual basis. CWPP groups and homeowner associations will monitor and notify
residents to maintain their property in a fire safe condition and ODF will notify residents on a 5 year
rotation under the Wildland Urban Interface Fire Protection Act.
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]
A portion of the wood residue will be used for mulch around homes and yards by the homeowners.
Some will be used in compost at the Knot Landfill and at Sunriver Environmental. Currently Sylvan
Power is working with the City of LaPine and the Deschutes County Commissioners for a cogeneration plant in LaPine. If that is succsessful then a large amount would be used for energy
production. In Crook County a portion of the debris could be used by Prinville Sawmill Company to
generate steam.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Deschutes County Solid Waste Department
Sunriver Environmental LLC
Sylvan Power
Prineville Sawmill Company
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
We estimate about 600 green tons (3tons/acre Pine and Juniper) that could be removed with an
estimated value of $18/green ton ($10,800) Compost is valued at $15.00 to $20.00 per CCyd.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Rural FD
Total
Landowners
Personnel
$65,799.00
Technical assist & coord
$7,986.00
Protection 4% Admin
Subtotal $73,785.00
$80,094.00
$0.00
$80,094.00
$9,000.00
$0.00
$9,000.00
$66,000.00
$0.00
$66,000.00
$220,893.00
$7,986.00
$228,879.00
$28,614.00
$0.00
Subtotal $28,614.00
$40,047.00
$0.00
$40,047.00
$4,500.00
$0.00
$4,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$73,161.00
$0.00
$73,161.00
$9,430.00
$0.00
Subtotal $9,430.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,430.00
$0.00
$9,430.00
$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
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,980.00
$850.00
$5,830.00
$72,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $72,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$72,000.00
$0.00
$72,000.00
$9,982.00
$0.00
Subtotal $9,982.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,982.00
$0.00
$9,982.00
Fringe Benefits
Travel
mileage/per diem
Equipment
Supplies
$4,980.00
Blades,filters,safety equip
$850.00
Compressor
Subtotal $5,830.00
Contractual
contract chipping & grinding
Other
Business Serv 5% Indirect
Total Costs
$199,641.00
$120,141.00
$13,500.00
$66,000.00
$399,282.00
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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