FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2008-011
$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/ Northeast Oregon District
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/ Jamie Knight
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
2
Name of Project: Medical Springs Fuel Reduction
Proposed Start Date: 05/01/08
Proposed End Date:
City: La Grande
State:
County: Union
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 45.0456
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment (1)
Acres
Thinning
150
Treatment (3)
Acres
Biomass Removal
150
Treatment (5)
Acres
Machine Pile Burn
100
Treatment (other-A) Acres
300
Treatment (2)
Chipping
Treatment (4)
HandPile Burn
Treatment (6)
Mastication/Mowing
Treatment (other-B)
12/31/10
Oregon
2
-117.6538
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
150
Acres
750
50
Acres
Cost Per Acre
150
Acres
$ 533.33
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 Union County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Name of Community at Medical Springs
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 project area is approximately 3,200 acres of federal and private lands located near Medical
Springs. The Union County CWPP identifies Medical Springs as "high risk" due to the
intermingling of homes and vegetation, potential fire behavior, and limited fire protection
capabilities. Within the federal and private project area all fire regimes are represented.
This project will provide cost-share assistance for fuel reduction to landowners in the Medical
Springs community at risk. Assistance will apply to practices including non-commercial thinning,
hand piling, grapple piling, machine mastication, and biomass utilization on approximately 300
acres and/or homesites on private lands adjacent to a 2900 +/- acres project on federal lands in the
Medical Springs area. These areas are comprised of Ponderosa pine, Lodgepole pine and mixed
conifer stands with heavy understory and brush that is creating ladder fuels into the overstory.
One objective of the project is to distribute prevention information regarding Firewise standards for
fuel reduction around homes in this community. All cost-shared projects will occur on lands that
are adjacent to USFS fuel reduction project work currently being conducted. In addition, priority
will be given to projects that are conducted in conjunction with work on federal lands. ODF
personnel will oversee private land treatments.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
August-December 2008: Outreach/Prevention to Landowners
February-June 2010: Landowner agreements, prioritization, completion and approval of projects.
June-December 2009: Technical Layout of projects.
Ongoing: Design & set-up demo areas of different treatment types. Develop news articles, tours &
written materials.
Ongoing: Final approval & payment of projects.
Ongoing: Monitoring and evaluation of projects.
Ongoing: 10 year Landowner Maintenance.
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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]
Fuel reduction work will be conducted on private lands, adjacent to current and proposed Forest
Service and Bureau of Land Management fuel reduction projects. Medical Springs is identified as a
high hazard area in the Union County Community Wildfire Protection Plan. One step in the
implementation process is to provide outreach and fire prevention materials, such as the Living
With Fire publication, to approximately 50 residents and landowners in the Medical Springs area.
In addition, fuel reduction, using a combination of methods, such as, non-commercial thinning,
brush reduction, slash treatment and biomass utilization will be conducted on approximately 300
acres. Biomass utilization will include pulp wood, hog fuel, firewood, post and poles, and chips, as
market conditions allow. One acre homesites will also be treated as part of the project. Landowner
cost-share agreements will be developed with individual landowners. Cost-share agreements state
that the landowner will be reimbursed for 75% of the actual cost of the work.
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]
The Union County CWPP Group will remain active in overseeing the objectives of the project that
are listed in the CWPP. In addition, both the Wallowa Whitman National Forest and the Vale BLM
have projects proposed in the Medical Springs area. The Forest Service is already working on their
project, treating lands directly adjacent to private lands. Union County Emergency Services and
various Union County Rural Fire Departments will participate with public awareness and prevention
activities.
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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]
Private landowners participating in these projects are required to sign a cost-share agreement, in
which they consent to maintaining their fuel reduction project for a minimum of 10 years. In addition,
landowners in specifically identified urban interface areas will be required to self-certify the condition
of their property every 5 years as part of the SB 360 process. ODF personnel may revisit projects
every three to five years to identify and advise landowners of any maintence that is needed.
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]
Whenever feasible, biomass materials will be removed from the project area and transported to
processing facilities to be utilized as post and pole, pulp wood, chips, and hog fuel for steam energy.
Another possible use for the material is to use it for heating fuel. The Warm Hearts Warm Homes
program collects, processes and distributes wood to low-income and elderly citizens who are
otherwise unable to collect the fuel needed for the winter months.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Powder River Correctional Institution, Community Connection (Warm Hearts Warm Homes
Firewood Distribution Project), Boise Cascade, Wallowa Resources, DR Johnson, Gary R Wright
Contracting, M&S Timber Company and other private contractors/consultants
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
As of Janary 2007, pulp wood is being sold for $42 per green ton. Post & Pole material is being sold
for $40 per ton. Firewood is currently being sold for $125-$175 per cord on the local market. Total
estimated value for project is $190,000.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Total
Landowner
Personnel
$26,000.00
Personnel/Labor
$6,000.00
3% Salem Protect Admin
Subtotal $32,000.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$176,000.00
$6,000.00
$182,000.00
$13,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $13,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$13,000.00
$0.00
$13,000.00
$3,600.00
$0.00
Subtotal $3,600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,600.00
$0.00
$3,600.00
$800.00
$0.00
Subtotal $800.00
$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
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
$145,940.00
$0.00
Subtotal $145,940.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$50,000.00
$0.00
$50,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$195,940.00
$0.00
$195,940.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,660.00
$4,660.00
Fringe Benefits
OPE for Personnel
Travel
Mileage
Equipment
Equipment
Supplies
Operating Supplies/Costs
Contractual
Cost-share agreements
Other
$0.00
$4,660.00
2.33% BusServ Indirect
Subtotal $4,660.00
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$150,000.00
$50,000.00
$0.00
$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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