FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2009-031
$193,417
$193,626
$387,043
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Trout Lake CWPP Group
Type of Applicant: Municipal
Contact Person: Carter Davis
Address: c/o NWSA, 2455 Hwy 141
City Trout Lake
Phone: 509-395-3469
FAX: 509-395-3689
Phone (Work/Cell): 360-606-0220
Email: carter.davis@esd112.org
State Washington
Zip: 98650
Ext.
Call Ahead for FAX:
Project Information
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Name of Project: Trout Lake CWPP / Fuels Reduction - Phase II
Proposed Start Date: 1/01/2009
Proposed End Date:
City: Trout Lake
State:
County: Klickitat
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 45.982788
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
12/31/2011
Washington
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121.51627
352
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Biomass Removal
150
Chipping
50
Treatment (3)
Acres
Treatment (4)
Acres
352
Thinning
150
Lop and Scatter
1
Treatment (5)
Acres
Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
Hand Pile
1
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres
Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$1,099.55
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 Trout Lake CWPP
Name of Community at Trout Lake, WA
Risk:
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Project Area Description
All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee.
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]
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Trout Lake has been identified as a high-risk Wildland Urban Interface community by the
Washington Dept. of Natural Resources, the Klickitat-Skamania Counties CWPP, and the Trout
Lake CWPP. Fire suppression, population growth, bug killed timber stands, and topography make
Trout Lake at risk from wildfire. Fuels in the project area consist of a pine, fir, shrub, and grass
mix. Project area is Condition Class 2 and range from Fire Regimes 2-5.
This project is a continuation of Trout Lake's hazardous fuels reduction strategy where the desired
outcomes are to:
1. Reduce the potential of wildfire in identified high-risk residential Sub-Areas (indicated by yellow
boxes on attached map).
2. Reduce wildfire threat in the Wildland Urban Interface as depicted as Priority 2 on the attached
map (see blue line).
3. Enhance firefighter safety by creating flame free access corridors to firefighting resources and
high-risk residential areas. Treatment will consist of creating 100 foot-wide shaded fuel breaks
along existing rural roads or tracks. Ground and ladder fuels will be removed and trees will be
thinned to prescribed spacing.
4. Continue community outreach and education helping residents learn how to protect their homes
and properties from wildfire.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
Winter/Spring
- Hire project staff, AmeriCorps crews, and contractors
- Finalize project location, landowner agreements, and NEPA/SEPA requirements
- Community outreach
Spring/Summer/Fall
- Implement project
- Monitor performance
- Continue community education
Fall/Winter
- Evaluate project outcomes
- Communicate results with community and agency partners
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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 utilized to remove hazardous fuels in strategically located areas for the
community of Trout Lake.
This project will require staffing to handle the logistics of numerous landowners and project
partners, contract services, train AmeriCorps crews, and implement project specifications;
Contracted services to perform work consist of AmeriCorps Field Teams, private businesses,
community residents, and volunteers;
Equipment will be procured for project implementation (chainsaws, safety equipment, chipper, hand
tools, and maintenance of all the above);
Office supplies will be provided for communications, record keeping, and community mailings;
Fuel and travel expenses will be arranged for AmeriCorps crews and volunteers to perform work;
Indirect of 9% will be incurred for the oversight and fiscal management of grant funds by
Educational Service District 112;
Fringe benefits are calculated at 35% of personnel wages;
NOTE: Although the Trout Lake CWPP Group is applying for this grant, the Educational Service
District 112 will serve as the lead entity and fiscal manager of the funds.
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]
Trout Lake Community Council - support, in-kind
Klickitat County Fire District 1 - support, in-kind
Washington DNR - project landowner, support, in-kind
Mt. Adams Ranger District - project landowner, support, in-kind
NWSA, AmeriCorps - crew, equipment, overhead, in-kind
Klickitat County - support, previous seed money
Mt. Adams Resource Stewards - partnership, biomass utilization
Community landowners - support, in-kind
Educational Service District 112 - grant fiscal management
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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]
Although future maintenance is an issue with any project of this nature, the Trout Lake CWPP plans
to maintain the treatment locations through:
1. Creating biomass utilization programs that provide incentives for landowners to continue reducing
fuel load on their property.
2. Instilling the value and need to landowners whereby they "adopt" their portion of the project and
commit to maintain it.
3. Seeking out new funding opportunities.
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]
Although the use of removed vegetation is ultimately up to the landowner, the Trout Lake CWPP has
partnered with the Mt. Adams Resource Stewards for small-diameter wood utilization projects.
Other biomass utilization methods include:
1. Hand piles for wildlife habitat
2. Chipped back onto site to slow understory re-growth
3. Chips for use by community residents, County Fairgrounds, schools, Dept. of Transportation, etc.
4. Landowner holding small sale (firewood, small timber, poles, etc.)
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Northwest Service Academy, AmeriCorps - Mt. Adams Center
Mt. Adams Resource Stewards - biomass utilization
Trout Lake small business owners - chipping, etc.
Project land owners and partners
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
It is estimated that an average acre in the project area contains 10 tons of biomass. If 300 acres of
biomass is removed, or 3000 tons, and is valued at $30/ton, then there is potential for $90,000 of
marketable biomass to be utilized.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Partners
Community
Total
Personnel
$30,506.00
Project Manager (.8 FTE)
$0.00
Community Hours
Subtotal $30,506.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$55,641.00
$55,641.00
$30,506.00
$55,641.00
$86,147.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,676.00
$0.00
$10,676.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,550.00
$6,675.00
$9,225.00
$38,120.00
$0.00
$38,120.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$73,120.00
$0.00
$73,120.00
$0.00
$1,680.00
$1,680.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$1,680.00
$3,180.00
$86,185.00
$0.00
$86,185.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$172,370.00
$13,000.00
$185,370.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,355.00
$15,970.00
$19,325.00
Fringe Benefits
$10,676.00
$0.00
Subtotal $10,676.00
FICA, Workers Comp, etc.
Travel
$2,550.00
Fuel (9808 mi x $0.26/mi))
$6,675.00
Vehicle Rentals
Subtotal $9,225.00
Equipment
$23,000.00
Chipper, Saws, Tools, Fuel,
$0.00
Insurance, and Maintenance
Subtotal $23,000.00
Supplies
$1,500.00
Office: Phone, Printing,
$0.00
Office Rental
Subtotal $1,500.00
Contractual
$86,185.00
AmeriCorps Crews
$13,000.00
Machinery/Other Services
Subtotal $99,185.00
Other
$3,355.00
Permits and taxes
$15,970.00
Indirect @ 9%
Subtotal $19,325.00
Total Costs
$193,417.00
$125,985.00
$10,000.00
$57,641.00
$387,043.00
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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