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Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2008-009
$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 Department of Forestry/SWO District
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/Matthew Krunglevich
Address: 2600 State Street
City Salem
State Oregon
Zip: 97310
Phone: 5039457341
Ext.
FAX: 5039457416
Call Ahead for FAX:
Phone (Work/Cell):
Email: msmith@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
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Name of Project: Dead Indian Memorial Hwy Fuel Reduction And Preven
Proposed Start Date: 9/1/2008
Proposed End Date:
City: Fire Dist. #5
State:
County: Jackson
Congressional District:
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Latitude (decimal degrees): 42.79963
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
12/31/2010
Oregon
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-122.332812
Total Actual Project Acres: 250
Treatment
Acres Treatment
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Chipping
125
HandPile Burn
125
Treatment
Acres Treatment
Acres
500
Thinning
250
Treatment
Acres Treatment
Acres
Cost Per Acre
0
0
Treatment (other)
Acres Treatment (other)
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 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.)
Project proposes to build upon the increasing awareness of wildfire danger by homeowners along
the Dead Indian Memorial Highway, northeast of Ashland. Four large fires have threatened this area
in recent years ( East Antelope, Walker Creek, Grizzly Mountain, & Cove Rd). Many homeowners
were on evacuation notice. There are 257 private tax lots, 100 residences, 419 structures, spread
along this highway as it ascends the western slope of Dead Indian Plateau to the western shores of
Howard Prairie Lake. This is an area of serious concern for Oregon Department of Forestry.
Development is accelerating because of the availability of private tax lots and the recent approval
of multiple Measure 37 claims. The risk for catastrophic fire is extremely high due to topography,
remote nature, inadequate access, and flashy fuels(grass, manzanita, buckbrush ) with a high rate of
spread leading into heavily timbered stands in the drainages and atop the Dead Indian Plateau. Most
of the landscape falls into fire regime II where high severity fires will be stand replacing. The fuel
types around structures are mainly dense brush and grass (fuel model 7). Adjacent BLM projects
(Sampson-Cove, Plateau Thin, Howard-Hyatt) will help decrease the risk of catastrophic wildfire
along with this project. Numerous landowners are direct neighbors with these federal lands and will
benefit from the continuous fuel breaks.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project.
-Summer/Fall 2008:Develop mailer to all landowners within the project area. Plan and implement
community meetings. Begin home assessments.
-Field visits begin in the summer, continuing into fall, winter and early spring .
-Winter/Spring 2009-10: Grant awards, ongoing inspections
-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)
This grant will provide financial incentive and 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 with forest officers, 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.).
-Landowners will provide in-kind work as labor or cash to contractors for completing the fuels
reduction work.
-Oregon Dept. of Forestry: Staff and technical support, coordinating the development of outreach
materials.
-Rogue Valley Fire Prevention Cooperative: Interagency and intergovernmental coordination.
-BLM Medford District- Three fuels reduction projects being impemented or planned for the area.
-Fire District # 5- Direct contact to landowners
-High Country Estates- Coordination work
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Project Longevity / Maintenance
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Clearly describe how the proposed treatments will be maintained over time.
Maintenance would include education for long term project needs. Both hand treatment, mechanical,
and chemical alternatives would be addressed. Ongoing monitoring is done by patrol and frequent
visits to other fuel projects. Current ODF stewardship funding guidelines require all cost-share
projects to be maintained 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.
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.)
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization.
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated).
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Landowner
Home Assoc.
Total
Personnel
$35,250.00
Forest Officer/Laborer 1
$6,000.00
Salem Project Admin 3%
Subtotal $41,250.00
$99,000.00
$0.00
$99,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$135,250.00
$6,000.00
$141,250.00
$39,750.00
$0.00
Subtotal $39,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$39,750.00
$0.00
$39,750.00
11670.00
Agency Field Vehicle
$0.00
(.485/mi X 24061 mi)
Subtotal $11,670.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$11,670.00
$0.00
$11,670.00
$2,170.00
$0.00
Subtotal $2,170.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,170.00
$0.00
$2,170.00
$500.00
$0.00
Subtotal $500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
$100,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $100,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$100,000.00
$0.00
$100,000.00
$0.00
$0
$0.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
$4,660.00
$0.00
Subtotal $4,660.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,660.00
$0.00
$4,660.00
Fringe Benefits
OPE
Travel
Equipment
Cameras/GPS/Field.
Supplies
Office/Field
Contractual
Fuel Treatments
Other
BusServ Indir 2.33%
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$99,000.00
$100,000.00
$1,000.00
$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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