FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2009-021
$200,000
$200,000
$400,000
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Oregon Dept. of ForestrySWO District/Medford Unit
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/ Matthew Krunglevich
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 / Matthew Krunglevich
Project Information
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Name of Project: Anderson/Wagner Fuel Reduction Project
Proposed Start Date: 7/2009
Proposed End Date:
City: Talent
State:
County: Jackson
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 42.2467
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
12/2010
Oregon
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-122.7890
250
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Chipping
125
Machine Pile Burn
125
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
500
Thinning
250
0
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 800.00
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 Jackson County Integrated Fire Plan
Name of Community at Talent/Phoenix/Ashland, Oregon
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 propses to build upon the increasing awareness of wildfire danger by homeowners on
Wagner Creek Road, Anderson Creek Road, and Coleman Creek Road. This area is checkerboarded
with private industry, BLM, Forest Service, and over 315 private residents. Rapid fire spread from
these areas is possible with steep southern aspect slopes and extreme fuel conditions. Adjacent
Federal projects have been completed in the Ashland watershed. This is an area of serious concern
for the Oregon Department of Forestry. Development is accelerating due to Measure 37 claims. The
risk for catastrophic fire is extremely high due to topography, remote nature, inadequate access, and
flashy fuels (manzanita, buckbrush, grass) with a high rate of spread leading to timbered stands
along the ridge tops. Most of the landscape fall into the fire regime II where fires will be stand
replacing. The fuel models around the structures is mainly brush and grass (Fuel model 7).
Numerous landowners are direct neighbors to federal lands and private industry lands where fuel
breaks will slow fire spread and drastically reduce structure loss in catastrohic wildfire. Adjacent
BLM projects are Anderson/wagner.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
-Summer/Fall 2009:Develop mailer to all landowners within the project area. Plan and implement
community meetings. Begin home assessments & prevention education activities
-Field visits begin in the summer, continuing into fall, winter and early spring .
-Winter/Spring 2010: Grant awards, ongoing inspections
-Continue initial home assessments, grant awards, final inspections and payments would be ongoing
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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]
This grant will provide financial cost share incentives assistance to landowners to perform
defensible space fuel reduction around 100 homes (1 acre each) and treat an additional 150 acres
along driveways and in identifed stategic areas. Through a combination of ODF sponsored
community meetings and one-on-one residential assessments, ODF will assist these rural residents
to take action to survive catastrophic wildfire. These meetings will educate landowners about the
actions they can take to reduce wildfire risk, technical resources they can refer to, and financial
incentives to reduce fuels on their property. The Fire Wise program will be delivered along with
information about the Jackson County Integrated Fire Plan. These presentations will educate
landowners about the risk of wildfire in their community. ODF will provide fuels treatment to
landowners with special needs (elderly, disabled, low income) at 100% cost.
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]
-Landowners - provide in-kind work as labor or cash to contractors for completing the fuels
reduction work.
-ODF: Staff & technical support, coordinating the development of outreach materials & prevention
education materials
-Rogue Valley Fire Prevention Cooperative: Interagency & intergovernmental coordination.
-BLM Medford District- will coordinate with ODF on 3 fuels reduction projects being impemented
or planned for the area.
-Fire District # 5- Landowners contact for prevention educ
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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]
Cost-share agreements will be signed between ODF and the landowner. These agreements require the
landowner to maintain the area for a minimum of 10 years from date of completion. Additional
reminders are mailed periodically through the SB 360 program. These reminders include technical
support and information. Ongoing monitoring is done by patrol and frequent visits to other fuel
projects..
Biomass Utilization
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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]
Landowners will be consulted on the importance of utilization and marketing of products. Uses could
include a fuel source for heat, or hauled to a near by facility that converts the produts into energy and
mulch. Ongoing education and advancements will provide more oppurtunities to the county as
Biomass utilization becomes more of an alternative for processing organic debris.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Biomass One takes and processes organic debris from Jackson county and generates usable products
such as energy and mulch. Contractors such as Lomakatsi have partnered with these companies to
provide a flow of products.
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
Markets vary widely for biomass products in this region. Historically prices have ranged from $15$50 per bone dry ton. New legislation and tax programs will allow the market to increase these values.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Landowner
Total
FD #5
Personnel
$35,000.00
Forest Officer/Laborer 1
$8,000.00
Protection 4% Admin
Subtotal $43,000.00
$79,340.00
$0.00
$79,340.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$119,340.00
$8,000.00
$127,340.00
$18,200.00
$0.00
Subtotal $18,200.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$18,200.00
$0.00
$18,200.00
$11,640.00
Agency Field Vehicle
$0.00
(.485/mi X 24000mi.)
Subtotal $11,640.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$11,640.00
$0.00
$11,640.00
$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
$500.00
$1,000.00
$1,500.00
$115,660.00
$0.00
Subtotal $115,660.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$115,660.00
$0.00
$115,660.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$231,320.00
$0.00
$231,320.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $10,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
Fringe Benefits
OPE
Travel
Equipment
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
Supplies
$500.00
Office/Field
$1,000.00
GPS/Misc. Field Equip
Subtotal $1,500.00
Contractual
Fuel Treatments
Other
Business Serv 5% Indirect
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$79,340.00
$115,660.00
$5,000.00
$400,000.00
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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