FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Project Application ID: Funding Request: Matching Share: Total Project Cost: 2008-016 $200,000 $100,000 $300,000 NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL Applicant Information 1 Applicant/Organization Crook County Fire and Rescue Type of Applicant: County Contact Person: Casey Kump Address: 500 NE Belknap St. City Prineville State Oregon Zip: 97754 Phone: 5414475011 Ext. Call Ahead for FAX: FAX: 5414472705 Phone (Work/Cell): 5414081981 Email: ckump@ccf-r.com Project Information 2 Name of Project: Crook County Fuels Reduction Proposed Start Date: 5/1/2008 Proposed End Date: City: Prineville State: County: Crook Congressional District: Latitude (decimal degrees): 0 Longitude (decimal degrees): Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres 12/31/2010 Oregon 2 -0 Total Actual Project Acres: 425 Treatment (1) Acres Treatment (2) Acres Total Treatment Acres Thinning 175 Hand Pile 75 Treatment (3) Acres Treatment (4) Acres 450 HandPile Burn 50 Chipping 50 Treatment (5) Acres Treatment (6) Acres Cost Per Acre Biomass Removal 75 Mastication/Mowing 25 Treatment (other-A) Acres Treatment (other-B) Acres $ 666.67 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 Crook County Name of Community at Conant Basin, Mill Cr. Ranches , Mckay Cr, Marks Cr., Lofton/Turner Creek Risk: Page 1 Project Area Description All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee. 3 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] This project is designed to conduct fuel reduction on several priority communities identified in the Crook County CWPP. Half of the treatments will be focused on the Conant Basin area, located east of Prineville Reservoir. Approx. 25+ ranches w/homes and multiple outbuildings exist in this juniper/shrub/steppe ecosystem with one-way in and no structural fire protection. As evidenced by the presence of non old growth juniper, this area has missed several fire cycles (Condition Class 2/3) and has extensive fuel build-up (juniper with a shrub/cheatgrass understory). Fuels reduction would focus on treating 30 acres around homes and buildings, conducting 5-8 miles of roadway thinning (10 acres), and an additional 85 acres of large landowner support with shaded fuel breaks. The second portion of the project would be fuels reduction in the Makay area as identified in the Crook County CWPP. The project will focus on creating defensible space around homes and acreage along Mckay Cr, Johnson Cr, Ochoco Reservoir, Marks Cr and Lofton/Turner Cr. The vegetation types include ponderosa forest, mixed ponderosa, juniper, bitter/sage brush, and grass. The Fire Regime is 1/2; Cond. Class 2. Fuels reduction would occur imediately adjoining homes and drive ways and access routes and could increase to provide secondary fuel breaks if possible. Treatments in both project areas would include thinning overstocked trees, pruning branches and removing ladder fuels and brush and mowing tall grass. Project Timeline All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee. 4 Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum] Assuming a start date of Spring 2008, landowner outreach would begin in May with letters, homeowner assoc. mtgs and direct contacts. Landowners would be signed up for assistance with an agreement and assessments would be conducted through summer and fall, 2008. On-the-ground work would begin fall 2008 and continue until 2010. Project monitoring would be on-going and would continue past the life of the grant. Page 2 Scope of Work All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee. 5 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] Several agencies are partnering in this grant: OSU/Crook County Fire and Rescue will work in Conant Basin, while ODF will oversee work in the Makay area. In Conant Basin, homeowners are currently active in fuel reduction working through their road district in coordination with adjacent BLM work. OSU Extension has already been working with residents, so limited outreach is needed. Grant funds will focus on getting initial agreements, establishing treatment parameters for roadway thinning and beginning work. Grant funds will be allocated as follows in this area: $28,000 for defensible space and roadway thinning ($700/acre accounts for haul costs to deliver biomass to Prinevill Saw Company); $50,000 for large landowner shaded fuel breaks; and $25,000 for contract administration through Crook County Fire and Rescue and OSU Extension, supplies, mailings, etc. In the Makay area, no initial outreach has been conducted so funds will be identified for making contact w/homeowners in targeted areas. Funds will be needed to assess homes and properties, and obtain work agreements ($15,000). Additional funding allocations beyond mailings and outreach will be for the on-the-ground fuels treatments as described above ($55,000) and $30,000 for ODF Fire Plan Forester, ODF Forest officer wages and mileage. Personnel/contract administration funds will cover wages for time spent in outreach, project design, project implementation and project monitoring/reporting. Interagency Collaboration All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee. 6 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] Contributors to this project include: Crook County, Crook County CWPP Group (representatives from FS, BLM, Crook County, Sheriff's Dept., Natural Resources) all contributing time toward proejct development and implementation. OSU Extension and Crook County Fire and Rescue and Oregon Department of Forestry all will donate time in addition to direct personnel hours funded by the grant. Homeowners, road districts, and associations in Makay and Connant Basin will donate time and equipment . Page 3 Project Longevity / Maintenance All information for the project must fit into the space provided below. Attachments will not be considered by the review committee. 7 Clearly describe how the proposed treatments will be maintained over time. [500 Characters Maximum] As part of the initial agreement, homeowners will agree to maintain their defensible space. Along with homeowner responsibility, OSU and CC Fire and Rescue will monitor project maintenance through site visits, education efforts like the FireFree or Firewise campaigns CWPP Groups and homeowner associations will monitor and notify residents to keep their property in a fire-safe condition, and, where it applies, ODF will notify residents on a 5-year rotation under the Senate Bill 360. 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. 8 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] Several options for biomass currently exist, and another will be in place by the time this grant is awarded: material removed from sites will be made available for firewood or posts and poles. In addition, the CWPP committee has made arrangements for material to be transported to the Prineville Saw Company for use in their steam boiler. The site is currently in process; however, the owner has agreed to take material produced through these fuel treatments.Haul costs are built-in to the cost/acre. 2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum] The Prineville Saw Company in Prineville would be the primary material recipient. 3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton; $/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum] Approximately 500 green tons (12 tons/acre pine; 4 tons/acre juniper) are expected to be removed at an estimated value of $18/green ton ($9,000). Page 4 Project Budget Cost Category Description Federal Agency Matching Share Applicant ODF Total Landowners Personnel $21,981.00 ODF NRS2, Forest officer $19,000.00 OSU/CC Fire and Rescue Subtotal $40,981.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $40,818.00 $0.00 $40,818.00 $35,900.00 $0.00 $35,900.00 $76,718.00 $24,000.00 $100,718.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $14,242.00 $0.00 $14,242.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $21,541.00 $4,000.00 $25,541.00 $0.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,040.00 $0.00 $1,040.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,080.00 $4,000.00 $6,080.00 $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 $2,000.00 $0.00 Subtotal $2,000.00 $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $62,824.00 $74,000.00 $136,824.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $5,856.00 $0.00 $5,856.00 Fringe Benefits $7,299.00 ODF NRS2,forest officer $4,000.00 OSU/CC Fire and Rescue Subtotal $11,299.00 Travel $1,040.00 ODF NRS2, Forest Officer $2,000.00 OSU/CC Fire and Rescue Subtotal $3,040.00 Equipment Supplies printed material, forms Contractual $62,824.00 Makay Fuel Reduction Connant Basin Fuel Reduction $74,000.00 Subtotal $136,824.00 Other $5,856.00 $0.00 Subtotal $5,856.00 ODF District indirect Total Costs $200,000.00 $8,000.00 $56,100.00 $35,900.00 $300,000.00 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. Page 5