FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2009-017
$169,650
$169,825
$339,475
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization North Yakima Conservation Dist./Hwy 410/12 CWPP
Type of Applicant: County
Contact Person: Michael Tobin
Address: 1606 Perry Street Ste.C
City Yakima
State Washington
Zip: 98902-5769
Phone: 509.454.5736
Ext.
Call Ahead for FAX:
FAX: 509.454.5682
Phone (Work/Cell):
Email: mike-tobin@wa.nacdnet.org
Project Information
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Name of Project: Highway 410/12 CWPP fuel Reduction and Equipment
May 2009
Proposed Start Date:
Proposed End Date:
City: Naches
State:
County: Yakima
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 46.4956
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
October 2011
Washington
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-120.5644
400
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Thinning
385
Hand Pile
350
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
1255
Chipping
300
Biomass Removal
220
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Chipping
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 270.50
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 Highway 410/12
Name of Community at Neighborhood communities located on the hwy 410 and 12 corridors.
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]
The thinning, pruning and removal of heavy fuel loadings throughout the neighborhoods found
within the CWPP area. The Highway 410/12 area is conveniently accessible by the residents as well
as recreationalist and travelers on both Hiighway 410 and 12 which are heavily used east-west
transportational routes through the state. The Highway 410 corridor has over 1800 home sites and
numerous full time residents in the area. Collaboration has been discussed with Naches Ranger
District as to working on Fuels Reduction on a majority of the 521 long-term recreation leases
within both Highway 410 and 12 corridors on USFS land. The District has endorsed the concept as
a extremely unique collaborative approach to fuels reduction on these sites, using the leasees work
and understanding how to maintain reduced fuels over time as a positive partnership.. This is the
largest concentration of recreational leases on USFS lands in the entire country. Overall area is
made up of vegetative habitats from bitterbrush/steepe ranging up through numerous mixed forest
classifications in climax or near climax stages. Most of the area in both corridors fall within the 1530 year historic fire frequency range which has not happened in the past 75 years and contributes to
over 60% of the area being in the risk condition class 2 and 20% being in risk condition class 3.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
January - February, 2009/2011: Confirm sites for the collection of tree/brush organic debris.
February, 2009/2011: Develop marketing information to residences.
March & August 2009/2010: Distribute information to residences.
March, 2009/2011: Develop signage and post at collection sites.
May - June & September-October, 2009/2011: Open sites for collection
July & October, 2009/2011: Conduct chipping and hauling of chips.
July - October, 2009/2011: Create compost with chips.
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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]
The grant will supply needed funding to purchase an adequately sized chipper (12" material size
equipment), to be used throughout the CWPP area as well as administrative funds to suppliment
those used by North Yakima Conservation District (NYCD). to administer the project as well as to
supply a crew to do assessments and to run the chipper over the duration of the grant's life. Needed
home assessments will be carried out in cooperation with the NYCD as well as additional Firewise
educational opportunities with other agencies such as WSDNR,and USFS. Once "neighborhood"
area home assessments are completed (by NYCD via other funding)and catalogued, each
neighborhood will develop individual fuel reduction projects and additional project area plans.
These plans will be reviewed by the CWPP steering committee and prioritized and from this listing
work will be laid out through use of neighborhood work parties and eventual biomass clean up.
Ultimately the goal is to complete work on between 400-500 residences in the two years of the
grant. which will include individual home fuel reductions as well as community work such as
shaded fuel breaks for each of the individual neighborhoods and road R/W widening for additional
fuel breaks and better ingress/egress in case of fire or other incidents. In addition there will be a post
project re-assessment completed to revise the overall risk assessment rating. Maintenance plans will
be included with additional use of the chipper over time.
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]
U.S. Forest Service - Tech support/advice /Collaboration of projects
WA DNR-time/tech support
39D14 Fire Dept (Nile) /39D03 Fire Dept (Naches) - time/equip
The Nature Conservancy - Tech support
WA State Dept of Game - Tech support
No. Yakima Conservation Dist. - Facilitation and collaboartion on Firewise assessments
Chinook Pass Cabin Owners Assn - Time/equip
Rimrock Cabin Owners Assn - Time/equip
Yakima County -time and support
Lions Club - funding
NCBA - time/equip
PNWFWDA - time/equipment
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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]
With the purchase of the chipper there will be more flexibility to maintain the fuels in the area by
presenting a long term maintenance program that will look at periodic maintenance of all
neighborhood areas through a consistent fuel assessment program therefore maintaining fuel loadings
at low fire risk levels with and anticipated re-entry in 5-7 years. Longevity of the chipper should well
be over 10 years which will allow for its use on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis over its life..
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]
Excess material cut to reduce fuel loadings will be used in a number of collaborative ways from
scattering on site, firewood, use as landcaping material, to erosion control on primative roads and
trails within the area on both private and USFS trails, use of material for bedding at CWSF, working
with Nature Conservancy on compost conversion and the potential of working with a proposd fiber to
fuel project , also persuing the potential of use in a school district potential cogenereation plant.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Contractor listings will be supplied through discussion with WADNR, Naches Ranger District USFS
and North Yakima CD. From this list the actual contractor(s) will be used to go through the proper bid
approval process.
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
$247,769.00/ 400 acres = $619.42 per acre
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
N. Yakima CD
User Groups
Total
Personnel
Administration
Crew
$20,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $20,000.00
$2,000.00
$80,000.00
$82,000.00
$1,500.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$10,000.00
$25,000.00
$35,000.00
$33,500.00
$105,000.00
$138,500.00
$6,750.00
$0.00
Subtotal $6,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,625.00
$7,000.00
$9,625.00
$9,375.00
$7,000.00
$16,375.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$6,000.00
$12,000.00
$18,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
$6,000.00
$15,500.00
$21,500.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$48,500.00
$3,200.00
$51,700.00
$200.00
$200.00
$400.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$300.00
$800.00
$2,600.00
$2,000.00
$4,600.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$80,800.00
$10,000.00
$90,800.00
$9,000.00
$800.00
$9,800.00
$0.00
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$14,000.00
$2,000.00
$16,000.00
Fringe Benefits
Administration
Crew
Travel
resident travel
user groups
Equipment
$48,500.00
Brush Bandit Model 250
$2,200.00
Additional blades etc
Subtotal $50,700.00
Supplies
$1,900.00
Office and misc.
$1,500.00
Educational supplies
Subtotal $3,400.00
Contractual
Excavator/Crew
Biomass Hauling
$80,800.00
$8,000.00
Subtotal $88,800.00
Other
$0.00
Private Equipment
$0.00
Safety equipment
Subtotal $0.00
Total Costs
$169,650.00
$113,200.00
$2,700.00
$53,925.00
$339,475.00
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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