FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2009-023
$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 Forestry/ Douglas District
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/ Dennis Sifford & Pat Skrip
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): 541-672-6507
Email: msmith@odf.state.or.us /
Project Information
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Name of Project: Susan Creek & North UmpquaVillage Fuels Reduction
Proposed Start Date: 10/01/2009
Proposed End Date:
City: Unincorporated
State:
County: Douglas
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 43.37157
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
06/30/2011
Oregon
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-122.9017
165
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Hand Pile
100
Chipping
20
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
330
Thinning
165
Lop and Scatter
45
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Biomass Removal
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$1,212.12
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
Douglas County's Susan Cr & North Umpqua Village
Name of CWPP
Name of Community at
Risk:
Susan Cr & North Umpqua Village
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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 creates community fuel breaks, defensible space around structures and ingress/egress routes
by reducing fuels through thinning, pruning, chipping, and burning on 165 acres with a benefit to 62
family dwellings. This project is a coordinated and collaborative effort between the Douglas Forest
Protective Association (DFPA), Umpqua National Forest’s North Umpqua Ranger District (NURD),
BLM’s Swiftwater Resource Area, private industrial landowners, and homeowners along the North
Umpqua River. This area does not have structural fire protection and is in Condition Class 3 &
includes 2nd generation growth of primarily Douglas fir with heavy undestory of invasive species
blackberry and Scotch broom. The goal is to improve the survivability for people, homes, and the
environment as identified in the Douglas County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The
NFP goals are incorporated in the Douglas County CWPP, which cover this high fire occurrence
area. The Eastern reaches of the Susan Ck. CWPP encompasses portions of the Umpqua N.F North
Umpqua Ranger District. A checker boarded ownership of the BLM is prevalent throughout both
areas in the CWPP.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
•
Oct. 2009 – Mar 2010 – Conduct community outreach & prevention ed. at townhall
meetings & w/individual contacts.
•
Oct. 2009 – Jan 2011 – Develop contracts, agreements, & schedule projects.
•
Oct. 2009 – May 2011 – Provide project assessments with landowners.
•
Oct. 2009 – Jun 2011 - Coordinate & implement fuel treatment projects with local partners
& landowners.
•
Nov. – Mar. of each year – Piled material will be covered to maintain dryness & burned, if
not chipped/utilized for compost/mulch.
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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]
Project will enhance the fuel reduction work planned by the BLM Roseburg District’s & the
Umpqua N.F.(Boundary Rd Hazard Reduct.) in the areas by creation of community fuel breaks,
defensible space around structures, & improved ingress/egress routes by thinning, pruning,
chipping, & burning on 165 acres with a benefit to 62 family dwellings on private lands. Fuels
reduction work includes removing overgrown grasses, brush, pruning limbs, thinning overstocked
stands, & debris disposal utilizing DFPA crews, local contractors, Douglas County Corrections
Community Service Crews, local forestry & fire contract crews, & community service organizations
via hand & mechanized equipment. Most of the material from the project sites will be utilized by
landowners for fencing poles, posts, firewood, chipped onsite for landscaping material, or recycled
as mulch or compost material through the Douglas County Public Works Dept. This project has
limited planned burn activity but in areas with limited access, small handpiles will be created for
burning. Project information and prevention education will be disseminated through townhall
meetings, one on one contacts, prevention flyer, and local media outlets. The Douglas Local
Coordinating Group (DLCG) sub-committee coordinates fuel reduction projects on private, ODF,
USFS, BLM, & Tribal lands within Douglas County.
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]
• DFPA, BLM, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians, Douglas County, USFS and private
landowners will coordinate on all projects that have common property boundaries.
• All local partners will provide in-kind time for planning of projects along joint property lines, and
provide on-site coordination for all projects within CWPPs. Landowners will provide in-kind time
for participation with fuel reduction work, and annual maintenance of projects areas.
• DFPA will conduct townhall meetings
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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]
The DLCG coordinates fuel reductions projects on private, county, ODF, USFS, BLM, & Tribal lands
in Douglas County & continues to identify areas where collaborative projects can provide contiguous
fuel breaks across property boundaries.
Each participating private landowner signs a Fuel Reduction Project Agreement requiring
maintenance of the property for 5 years. Maintenance monitoring will be ongoing through patrols with
site visits at a 3 & 5 year intervals after project completion.
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]
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
DFPA
Partner 2
Total
Personnel
$21,229.00
Field Coor &Office Asst.
Protection match + 4% Admin $8,155.00
Subtotal $29,384.00
$3,780.00
$121,560.00
$125,340.00
$2,480.00
$0.00
$2,480.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$27,489.00
$129,715.00
$157,204.00
$42,410.00
$0.00
$42,410.00
$1,240.00
$0.00
$1,240.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$62,424.00
$0.00
$62,424.00
$0.00
$500.00
$500.00
$800.00
$110.00
$910.00
$0.00
$275.00
$275.00
$2,679.00
$885.00
$3,564.00
$850.00
$0.00
$850.00
$8,294.00
$0.00
$8,294.00
$1,600.00
$0.00
$1,600.00
$10,744.00
$0.00
$10,744.00
$0.00
$800.00
$800.00
$0.00
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
$1,200.00
$800.00
$2,000.00
$2,750.00
$3,200.00
$5,950.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,700.00
$1,700.00
$22,800.00
$117,120.00
$139,920.00
$0.00
$1,901.00
$1,901.00
$0.00
$3,820.00
$3,820.00
$0.00
$4,280.00
$4,280.00
$10,193.00
$10,001.00
$20,194.00
Fringe Benefits
$18,774.00
$0.00
Subtotal $18,774.00
Other Payroll & Expenses
Travel
$1,879.00
3400 mi. @ .55/mile
$0.00
Est. mileage
Subtotal $1,879.00
Equipment
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
Vehicle and equipment
Supplies
$1,550.00
Plastic,Flagging,Marking P.
$0.00
Office supples & equip
Subtotal $1,550.00
Contractual
20 acres @ 1140
145 acres @ 796
$22,800.00
$115,420.00
Subtotal $138,220.00
Other
$10,193.00
Business Serv 5% Indirect
$0.00
Planning and Oversight
Subtotal $10,193.00
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$171,801.00
$18,344.00
$9,855.00
$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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