FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2008-026
$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/ Central Oregon District
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Mary Helen Smith/ Russ Lane
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: Grant County Community Fuel Breaks/Evacuation Corr
Proposed Start Date: April 15, 2008
Proposed End Date:
City: John Day + below
State:
County: Grant
Congressional District:
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Latitude (decimal degrees): 44.4688
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
April 15, 2010
Oregon
5
-118.8458
Total Actual Project Acres: 1050
Treatment (1)
Acres Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Thinning
500
Machine Pile
350
Treatment (3)
Acres Treatment (4)
Acres
1050
Hand Pile
200
0
Treatment (5)
Acres Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$ 380.95
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 Grant County CWPP
Name of Community at John Day, Canyon City, Prairie City, Dayville, Long Ck, Seneca, Mt
Vernon
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]
This project will treat and modify fuels adjacent and near US and State Highways and numerous
county roads, identified in the Grant County CWPP. These transportation routes were selected for
their importance as strategic fuel breaks and/or evacuation routes to move the public away from
active wildfires. The primary purpose of this project is to provide for public and firefighter safety as
the public moves away; and firefighters move to and from active fires. Secondarily, treated corridors
throughout the county will provide "compartments" in which very large fires can be contained and
provide strategic anchor points for control/burnout operations.
Transportation in Grant County is limited and alternatives are few to non-existent. In the event of
catastrophic fire, it is critically important that these routes remain open and safe for public and
emergency traffic. Many of these routes traverse heavily forested areas. Treating and modifying
fuels near these corridors will increase the liklihood that they will remain open when they are
impacted by fire, or at least hasten their return to use.
The targeted vegetation types will be mid-elevation dry pine forests and higher elevation mixed
conifer forests. Some treatment may occur in juniper-dominated rangeland fuels, but this is expected
to be a minor portion of the overall project. All of this work will fall within areas represented by
Fire Regimes I and II.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
April 15, 2008- June 15, 2008
- Outreach, contact interested participants
June 15, 2008-April 15 2010
- Implementation, completion of projects
October 1, 2008-October 1, 2013 - Monitoring of completed projects
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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]
The grant funds will be used as cost-share assistance to private landowners to help reimburse the
expense of treating and modifying fuels on their property near transportation corridors. The primary
treatments will be thinning of small-diameter trees (ladder fuels) and hand-piling and/or machine
piling of slash. Landowners will have the option of using contractors or their own labor and
equipment. They will be reimbursed based on existing Oregon Department of Forestry standard
rates that are used in other federal grant programs such as FLEP and Forest Health Protection.
Landowners will directly contribute not less than 25% of the project costs through direct payments
to contractors or in-kind contributions of labor and equipment time. Adjacent USFS project areas
include: Thorn Salvage, Dad's Creek,16 Road Stewardship, and Canyon Creek WUI projects.
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]
Oregon Department of Forestry
- Technical Assistance, equipment
Oregon Department of Transportation - Technical Assistance, equipment
Grant County Road Department
- Tech Assist, equipment, use of facilities
Private Landowners
- Equipment, Contract Services, Labor
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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]
Projects and prescriptions are designed to be self-sustaining for a minimum of 10 years. Landowners
are required to sign a 10-year maintenance agreement. Stewardship foresters conduct follow-up
contacts within three years to see if landowners need additional assistance. Ownership changes are
tracked through county assessment rolls and new owners are contacted to ensure maintenance is
carried forward and to see if new owners need technical assistance.
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]
Small Diameter Logs, hog fuel (steam/energy) and post/pole. Estimate 5,000 tons of biomass will be
utilized.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Prairie Wood Products; Kinzua Corporation - Small Logs
Co-Gen Company - Steam/energy
Post/Pole - Browning Wood Products; Parma Post and Pole
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
Estimated delivered value of biomass in this area is $15 per bone dry ton, for a total of $225,000
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
ODOT
Total
Grant County
Personnel
$30,000.00
NRS 2 and/or NRS 1
$6,000.00
3% Salem Protect Admin
Subtotal $36,000.00
$94,000.00
$94,000.00
$6,500.00
$0.00
$6,500.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$135,500.00
$0.00
$135,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$34,000.00
$0.00
$34,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$34,000.00
$0.00
$34,000.00
$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
$1,000.00
$5,000.00
$6,000.00
$1,000.00
$15,000.00
$16,000.00
$2,000.00
$20,000.00
$22,000.00
$4,340.00
$0.00
Subtotal $4,340.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
$5,340.00
$0.00
$5,340.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $150,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$37,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$37,500.00
$0.00
$37,500.00
Fringe Benefits
Other Payroll expenses
Travel
Equipment
$5,000.00
use of vehicle, chipper, atv
$0.00
Facility use
Subtotal $5,000.00
Supplies
Field supplies
Contractual
Contractor reimbursements
Other
$0.00
Landowner contributions
$4,660.00
2.33% BusServ Indirect
Subtotal $4,660.00
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$37,500.00
$165,500.00
$13,000.00
$21,500.00
$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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