FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2008-005
$200,000
$207,000
$407,000
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Oregon Dept of Forestry/ Central Oregon District
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/David Jacobs
Address: 2600 State Street, Operations Building "D"
City Salem
State Oregon
Zip: 97310
Phone: 5039457341
Ext.
FAX:
Call Ahead for FAX:
Phone (Work/Cell):
Email: msmith@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
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Name of Project: Rock Creek Fuels Treatment
Proposed Start Date: 5/1/2008
Proposed End Date:
City: Wamic
State:
County: Wasco
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 45.2195
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
12/31/2010
Oregon
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-121.3828
Total Actual Project Acres: 300
Treatment (1)
Acres Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Thinning
300
Hand Pile
300
Treatment (3)
Acres Treatment (4)
Acres
900
HandPile Burn
300
0
Treatment (5)
Acres Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 452.22
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 Sportsman's Park, Wamic, Pine Hollow
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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This project will create a direct link with USFS fuels treatment work identified for Sportsman’s
Park, a high risk community in the Wasco County CWPP and the Statewide assessment. This area
consists of 162 permanent and seasonal residences. This project will fund a crew, managed by
ODF, to thin, pile, and burn 300 acres of dense overstocked Douglas fir/Pine/Oak fuel type to the
north of the community currently in a condition class 3, fire regime 1. This crew will be available
to treat private lands, as well as lands owned by the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).
The USFS is currently in the process of treating 895 acres to the immediate east, west, and south of
Sportsman’s Park. This is an ongoing fuels reduction project approved in June of 2005 by the
Barlow Ranger District of the Mt. Hood N.F. The project name is "Sportsman's Park Fuels
Reduction". The purpose of this federal project is to minimize the fire hazard around the
community of Sportsman's Park by changing the fire condition class 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.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
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Spring 2008 coordinate with landowners and USFS to develop agreements.
Early summer 2008 provide crew training and development in saw use and thinning, begin project.
Summer - Fall 2008 thin and burn within project area.
Spring - Summer - Fall 2009 thin and burn within project area.
Winter 2010 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]
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Grant funds will be spent to support a thinning crew, to thin, pile, and burn 300 acres of Douglas
fir/Pine/Oak fuel type.
ODF will manage the crew and all associated overhead and administration. The adjacent USFS
"Sportsman Park Fuel Reduction" project will treat 895 acres through thinning, piling, burning, and
underburning. Coordination between this project 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 provide education, risk assesments, outreach, and defensible space opportunities for 162
residents/homeowners at risk from wildfires. Prevention efforts will target 800 citizens
traveling/recreating in this high risk area.
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, ODF, local landowners, and ODFW 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. ODFW will provide administration and oversight
to assure additional benefits to the wildlife. 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
All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee.
Clearly describe how the proposed treatments will be maintained over time. [500 Characters
Maximum]
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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. Maintenance of this project area will
be coordinated with ongoing annual thinning, fuels abatement, and underburning on private, ODFW,
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 ODFW 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 accessible and 3 cords per acre of firewood. 350 acres x .25 = 87.5
acres, x 3 (cords/acre) = 262.5 cords at $80/cord = $21,000 in value.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
ODWF
Total
Local Rurals
Personnel
$115,113.00
Personnel
$6,000.00
3% Salem Protect Admin
Subtotal $121,113.00
$125,000.00
$0.00
$125,000.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$251,113.00
$6,000.00
$257,113.00
$58,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $58,000.00
$65,000.00
$0.00
$65,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$128,000.00
$0.00
$128,000.00
$3,050.00
$0.00
Subtotal $3,050.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,550.00
$0.00
$3,550.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $3,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$8,300.00
$0.00
Subtotal $8,300.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$8,800.00
$0.00
$8,800.00
$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
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,877.00
$4,660.00
$6,537.00
Fringe Benefits
OPE
Travel
Vehicle and Miles
Equipment
Saws
Supplies
Equipment Maintenance
Contractual
Other
$1,877.00
Local Indirect costs @ 1%
$4,660.00
2.33% Bus Serv Indirect
Subtotal $6,537.00
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$190,000.00
$16,000.00
$1,000.00
$407,000.00
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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