FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2008-027
$200,000
$39,171
$239,171
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Type of Applicant: State
Contact Person: Chuck Johnson
Address: DNR, P.O. Box 190
City Colville
State Washington
Zip: 99114
Phone: 509-684-7474
Ext. 2714
Call Ahead for FAX:
FAX: 509-684-7484
Phone (Work/Cell): 509-995-7967
Email: chuck.johnson@dnr.wa.gov
Project Information
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Name of Project: Fruitland Fuels Reduction
Proposed Start Date: 07-01-08
Proposed End Date:
City: Fruitland
State:
County: Stevens
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 47.989
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
11-30-09
Washington
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-118.265
400
Total Actual Project Acres:
Treatment
Acres Treatment
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Thinning
400
Mastication/Mowing
200
Treatment
Acres Treatment
Acres
1000
Hand Pile
200
HandPile Burn
200
Treatment
Acres Treatment
Acres
Cost Per Acre
0
0
Treatment (other)
Acres Treatment (other)
Acres
$ 239.17
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 Stevens County CWPP, currently in progress
Name of Community at Unincorporated area near Fruitland
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.)
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The DNR, in cooperation with the BIA - Spokane Reservation, and Stevens County Fire District #2,
will conduct fuels reduction projects on private lands located adjacent to the northwest corner of the
Spokane Indian Reservation. This project complements and enhances existing and planned fuels
reduction projects on federal, tribal and private lands that help protect the Spokane Indian
Reservation and the communities of Fruitland and Enterprise. Included in this area is Camp Na-BorLee and increasing development near Lake Roosevelt. The ultimate goal of this project is to reduce
the risk of catastrophic wildfire by strategically locating fuels reduction units on private lands in the
wildland-urban interface.
There are several anticipated outcomes: Reduce fire intensity and torching potential near private
improvements, break up the continuity of hazardous fuels conditions across the landscape, provide
firefighters with a chance to mount a reasonable defense against wildfire and build owner awareness
of fire hazard mitigation.
Community risk assessment and mitigation measures have been determined by local fire managers.
A countywide Community Wildfire Protection Plan is in progress. However, local fire managers
recognize a critical opportunity in timing a fuels reduction project in conjunction with the current
fuels reduction effort by BIA on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
This is a Fire Regime 3, Condition Class 2 Ponderosa Pine/Douglas-fir fuel type with dense reprod.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project.
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Spring 2008: Targeted Promotion and landowner outreach/recruitment.
Summer/Fall 2008: Field visits, project layout and fuels reduction initiation.
Summer/Fall 2009: Fuels reduction projects and monitoring are completed.
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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)
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This project is directed towards the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Grant funds will be used to hire local contractors to thin overstocked trees, remove brush, prune
lower live limbs, and dispose of woody debris. On favorable terrain, skid steers and masticating
machines will be used. On steeper slopes, hand crews will be used and hand piling and burning may
occur.
Primary responsibility will rest with the DNR to initiate, implement, and monitor project activities.
DNR will utilize the services of local fuel contractors to complete the project. The BIA will
continue to provide valuable expertise, experience and adjacent project coordination. Stevens
County Fire Distict 2 will continue to provide prevention and educational information to the public.
Since this project proposes to continue the work of a successful partnership currently being
administered by the DNR , implementation can start quickly after funding. Match funding is limited,
yet agency partners will contribute significant resources to accomplish grant objectives.
The proponents have demonstrated the ability to complete numerous National Fire Plan projects.
Experienced consultants and fuels reduction contractors in the area will implement this project in a
timely manner.
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.).
D.N.R.: program administration, landowner recruitment and technical assistance
B.I.A., Spokane Indian Reservation: Consultant, technical assistance and monitoring
WSU Extension: public outreach, advertising, and monitoring
StevensCounty Fire District #2: consultant, monitoring and public outreach
Stevens County Conservation District: landowner outreach
Stevens County Emergency Management: consultant and public outreach
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Project Longevity / Maintenance
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Clearly describe how the proposed treatments will be maintained over time.
Our Landowner Assistance Form must be signed by the landowner before any fuels treatment can
occur. The form contains standard language requiring the practice be maintained for a minimum of ten
years, which is standard for all of our Federally funded grant. It is the expectation of the Local
Coordinating Group that after the area has been treated mechanically, it will be efficient to maintain
the stands using prescribed fire, possibly in conjunction with adjacent BIA maintenance activities.
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.)
This is a fuels project. However, if markets stay as strong as they are currently, any merchantable
products will be removed and hauled to local mills.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization.
Vaagen's Wood Products has already expressed an interest in smaller diameter material from fuels
reduction projects in NE Washington.
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated).
Biomass removed is likely to be in the form of hew saw and pulp wood material. Value will depend
on market conditions at the time of removal.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
Landowner
Total
St. Co. LCG
Personnel
Administration
Monitoring
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$24,000.00
$0.00
$24,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,365.00
$1,365.00
$24,000.00
$1,365.00
$25,365.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$4,800.00
$0.00
$4,800.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,800.00
$0.00
$4,800.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$3,354.00
$4,264.00
$7,618.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,388.00
$1,388.00
$3,354.00
$5,652.00
$9,006.00
$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
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
$200,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $200,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
$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
Fringe Benefits
Indirect Costs
Travel
Per diem
Vehicle
Equipment
Supplies
Contractual
Fuels Reduction
Other
Total Costs
$200,000.00
$36,418.00
$0.00
$2,753.00
$239,171.00
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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