FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2009-014
$199,364
$199,364
$398,728
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Oregon Dept of Forestry/ CentralORDist-The Dalles
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: 503-945-7416
Call Ahead for FAX:
Phone (Work/Cell):
Email: msmith@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
2
Name of Project: Sportsmans Paradise/Friend
Proposed Start Date: 6/1/2009
Proposed End Date:
City: Dufur/Friend
State:
County: Wasco
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 45.24 39
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
12/31/2011
Oregon
1
-121.17 21
275
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Thinning
275
Machine Pile Burn
75
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
900
Hand Pile
200
HandPile Burn
200
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Machine Pile
75
Biomass Removal
75
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 443.03
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 Wasco County CWPP
Name of Community at Sportsmans Paradise-Dufur-Friend-Taylorsville
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]
This project is designed to provide opportunities for fuels treatment work in and around
Sportsman’s Paradise/Taylorville, a high risk community in the Wasco County CWPP and the
Statewide assessment. This area consists of 189 permanent and seasonal residences. This project
will fund cost share incentive projects for individual landowners to provide thinning of overstocked
Douglas fir/Pine/Oak fuel type, and fuels treatment of areas currently in a condition class 3.
The USFS is currently in the planning stages to develop and provide fuels treatment work to the
immediate west, of Sportsman’s Paradise/Taylorville. This is a fuels reduction project planned by
the Barlow Ranger District of the Mt. Hood N.F for implementation in 2009 or 2010. The project
name is "Sportsman's Paradise Fuels Reduction". The purpose of this federal project is to minimize
the fire hazard around the community of Sportsman's Paradise by changing the fire condition class 3
of surrounding stands to more of a historic (pre-fire suppression) condition class of 1.
Funds will also be used to work with homeowners to complete ongoing WUI defensible space
standards by providing risk assessments, educational materials, and outreach within high risk and
high priority communities. This area is heavily used by hunter and recreationists alike. Prevention
efforts will focus on reducing the number of recreational and hunter caused fires, as well as
providing defensible space for local homeowners.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
Early summer 2009 coordinate with landowners and USFS to develop agreements.
Summer 2009 provide sign up opportunities for landowners.
Summer - Fall 2009 landowners will thin and burn within project areas.
Spring - Summer - Fall 2010 thin and burn within project area.
Winter 2011 provide accomplishment reporting, maintenance and follow up.
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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 to supplement thinning and fuels treatment work on 275 acres of Douglas
fir/Pine/Oak fuel type.
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 enter into cost share agreements with landowners, work with them in securing contractors,
and provide overall project administration oversight. The adjoining USFS "Sportsman Paradise Fuel
Reduction" project will treat adjacent acres through thinning, piling, burning, and underburning.
Coordination between ODF and the USFS project 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 community.
Funds will also provide education, risk assesments, outreach, and defensible space opportunities for
189 residents homeowners at risk from wildfires. Prevention efforts will target citizens traveling and
recreating in this high risk area.
This project also has a direct benefit to two adjacent watersheds. Dufur and The Dalles watersheds
are both in close proximity to this project area which when completed will provide improved
additional protection to these valuable watershed areas.
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]
Direct collaboration between the USFS Mt Hood Barlow RD, ODF, and local landowners, will
occur to assess opportunities to combine underburning within project area. ODF may assist USFS
in stewardship contracting for the thinning portion of the area. ODF will provide administration
and oversight to assure consistency. Local fire departments may assist ODF and USFS in burning
as a training tool for their volunteer departments. The USFS may assist in any burning on adjacent
lands.
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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]
This project area will be monitored annually by ODF personnel who will provide technical assistance
to assure that the area is maintained for a minimum of 10 years. Landowners will sign a 10 year
agreement to maintain the project. Maintenance will also be coordinated with ongoing annual
thinning, fuels abatement, and underburning on private, and USFS lands. Private landowners will be
provided prevention and education materials every 3 years to assist them in continued maintenance.
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]
Firewood will be an end product that will be utilized off site. In the areas of the project where easy
access to firewood piles can be achieved the firewood will be located so that low income families will
be able to apply for and receive this assistance.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
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.
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
Estimate 1/4th of the project area accessable and 3 cords per acre of firewood. 275 acres x .25 =
68.75 acres, x 3 (cords/acre) = 206 cords at $80/cord = $16,480 in value.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Landowners
Total
Local RFD
Personnel
$24,000.00
Forester/NFP Coordinator
$7,975.00
Protection 4% Admin
Subtotal $31,975.00
$104,000.00
$0.00
$104,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$129,500.00
$7,975.00
$137,475.00
$12,240.00
$0.00
Subtotal $12,240.00
$56,100.00
$0.00
$56,100.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$68,340.00
$0.00
$68,340.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
Subtotal $2,500.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$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
$2,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $2,000.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,000.00
$0.00
$4,000.00
$138,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $138,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$30,250.00
$0.00
$30,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$168,250.00
$0.00
$168,250.00
$0.00
$3,014.00
$3,014.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,968.00
$5,695.00
$15,663.00
Fringe Benefits
OPE @ 51%
Travel
Vehicle use and Miles
Equipment
Supplies
Field and Miscellaneous
Contractual
Landowner Cost Share Agrmts
Other
$9,968.00
Business Serv 5% Indirect
$2,681.00
Local Indirect @ 1.5%
Subtotal $12,649.00
Total Costs
$199,364.00
$167,614.00
$30,250.00
$1,500.00
$398,728.00
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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