ID Number 2007-36
Fuels Treatment Projects Application
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Type of Applicant:
L (Nonprofit Organization)
Email:
oshana@lomakatsi.org
Phone:
541-488-0208 Ext. 2
FAX:
541-488-4909
Please Call Ahead for FAX:
Yes
Please Call Ahead for FAX:
Yes
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
PO Box 3084 Ashland, OR 97520
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Ms. oshana Catranides, Executive Director
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Email:
oshana@lomakatsi.org
Phone:
541-488-0208 Ext. 2
FAX:
541-488-4909
Project Information
Project Title:
Williams Fuels Reduction Project: Listed as 'Kinkaid Cedar Loop' in Josephine Co Fire Plan
Project Location:
Williams, Josephine Co., Oregon
County:
Josephine
Congressional District:
2
Latitude:
42.22305
Longitude:
123.28287
State the desired outcome in relation to NFP Goals and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Project Objectives:
Related to previous Lomakatsi Williams NFP projects, this sequential proposal reduces fuels on: private lands & adjacent roadways creating a
circumference of reduced fuels around BLM Scattered Apples Project & strategic landscape areas in high-risk high-hazard areas prioritized in Josephine
County Integrated Fire Plan; Increases interagency & community cooperation, collaboration to decrease risk of high intensity wildfire to protect homes,
roadways, access/egress, federal resources, local infrastructure; Provides materials to support an integrated approach to demonstrating the potential offset of
fuels reduction cost per acre thru research & development of small diameter and biomass utilization partnerships and strategies for increased niche'
wood products marketing; builds on our Biomas Utilization Program, uses our Williams BLM-leased log sort yard to integrate utilization strategies,support
local business, expand market potential, create jobs.
Name of CWPP:
Josephine County Integrated Fire Plan
Name of Communit(y/ies) at Risk:
Williams
Proposed Project Start Date:
09/30/2007
Proposed Project End Date:
12/31/2008
Federal Funding Request:
$194,589.00
Total Project Cost:
$231,289.00
Are you submitting multiple projects?
Yes
If YES indicate the relationship of the projects to one
another:
S (Sequential)
If YES, please list the titles of projects by priority and briefly explain their relationship.
Williams #1 fuels redux supplies materials for sequential Lomakatsi #2 Fuels Utilization and Marketing Program request for marketing, research and
development for small diameter and biomass from this and numerous OTHER Lomakatsi active & pending fuels treatments, including 160 acre Willams
NFP06 grant, local collaboration and Stew-Con projects pending and planned for next 3-5 years. #3 Upper Colestin Road Project. Stands alone or combines
with FUMP.
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this
proposal:
Organization/Jurisdiction:
1) Tim Gonzales
Medford BLM, Grants Pass Resource Area
Phone
541 471-6643
2) Mark Sorenson,
Phone
Josephine County, JCIFP, JJLCG
541-474-5426
Email msorenson@co.josephine.or.us
Medford BLM, Grants Pass Resource Area
3) Tom Dierkes
Phone
Email Tim_Gonzales@or.blm.gov
541-471-6558
Email Tom_Dierkes@or.blm.gov
Project Planning Information
Name of Local Coordinating Group:
J.J.L.C.G. and Josephine County Integrated Fire Plan - JCIFP
For this project, explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning, through a "Local Coordination Group." If you have not worked with a
local coordination group, why not?
High level of cooperation resulting from participation in JCIFP meetings for 2 years
List federal lands that are adjacent to the project and proximity.
BLM Grants Pass Resource Area, Scattered Apples LandscapeProject
A) Is there a current hazardous fuels treatment or one that is planned in the next three years on federal land that is adjacent to this project?
Yes
B) Specifically is this project adjacent to a current prescribed burn project or one that is planned in the next three years on Forest Service lands?
Yes
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres:
Treatment
Thinning
Acres
125
Treatment
Hand Pile
Acres
75
Treatment
Biomass Removal
Acres
50
Treatment
Hand Pile Burn
Acres
75
Treatment
Acres
0
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Acres
0
Treatment
Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding must include narrative responses that address the following criteria. Be sure you address every one briefly, yet thoroughly.
1. Reducing Hazardous Fuels (40 points)
A. Describe the community infrastructure that will be protected. This should include how this project implements all or part of the CWPP strategy. (15
points)
Response:
Implements JCIFP strategies for protection of community infrastructure in Williams high density rural residential
zone, protects residential roadways, up to 75 homes, watershed & forest resources, adjacent County, BLM land.
Protects the ingress/egress "loop" of Kincaid,Cedar Flat & Caves Camp Rds, multi-residential single access
easements spurring off loop into intermix of adjacent residential/federal lands. Project reduces fuels along roadways
and key landscape areas around a circumference of BLM Grants Pass Resource Area Scattered Apples Landscape
Project.
B. Explain how the proposal reduces fire behavior in high hazard areas by describing the fuels to be disposed or removed, the techniques and timing of the
treatments, and the treatment location relative to the values to be protected. (15 points)
Response:
Fuel types & conditions vary; mixed conifer stem exclusion and dense chaparral. Fuel profiles: mixed dead & live
vegetation, with areas of extreme fuel hazard. Majority of treatment area is FRCC Fire Regime Condition Class 3. Fire
Behavior Fuel Models 4, 9, and 10 in treatment areas. Manual fuels treatments from fall thru spring, and biomass
removal/utilization reduce vegetative density, fuel connectivity, lowering FRCC between 1-2. Treating fuels on
adjacent private and fed lands protects forest resources, road infrastructure, homes, cottage industry, commercial
farms.
C. Explain how the project is designed to reduce smoke production impacts that affect public health. (10 points)
Response:
LRP Biomass Utilization Program will remove woody materials down to 1" for processing, reducing need for burning,
creates value-added products. Swamper burning produces less smoke than igniting many hand-piles. If hand pile
burning is requested by landowners, piles are covered w/ non-plastic slash paper, allowed to "summer-over", drying
for 6 mo. - 1 year before ignition, reducing smoke emissions. Landowners encouraged to use and market small
diameter & fire wood materials, or donate to FUMP integrated utilization program; Chipping when desired by
landowners.
2. Increasing Local Capacity (20 points)
A. How would the implementation of the proposed project improve or lead to the improvement of the local economy in terms of jobs and sustainable
economic activity assuming that these grant funds would be used as "seed monies" for future projects. i.e. How many community supported jobs would be
created and for how long would they expect to last? (10 points)
Response:
Lomakatsi hires locally, outreach and education increases participation, each project plants 'seeds' for future project
development; Project adds volume for our Fuels Utilization and Marketing Program, as 'seed money' to stimulate local
cottage industry & small business markets before taking materials out of region, increasing local economic activity.
Model encourages future projects by creating a venue for marketing niche' products to offset fuels redux cost across
ownership boundaries
B. Will biomass that is produced by the project be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much? (10 points)
Response:
30% - 50% of green tonnage per acre will be utilized for research and development of markets for post & poles,
flooring, firewood, tipi poles,engineered pole trusses, etc. Our sequential proposal to 07NFP for complimentary Fuels
Utilization Marketing Program integrates utilization strategies and actions w/ fuel redux. We are Sustainable NW
Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Partner,we have a pending grant to them to support marketing and utilization of
small diameter & biomass materials
3. Demonstrating Community and Intergovernmental Collaboration (20 Points)
A. Describe how this project has been collaborated and coordinated with adjacent landowners, local/state/Tribal/federal agencies, and community groups
such as neighborhood associations. (10 points)
Response:
We have worked in Williams for 8 years as a trusted conduit for collaboration with agencies, enviros & landowners.
Project results from hosted community meetings, is coordinated with the Grants Pass District BLM, JCIFP team,
Williams Creek Watershed Council, Applegate Fire Dist. 9, Williams Rural Fire Protection District, and conservation
groups. Lomakatsi has made great progress promoting thinning, utilization and now commercial sales of timber in this
"environmental community"
B. Describe the communities/partners contributions to this project such as: cash or in-kind contributions, cost share agreements, equipment, or labor
(including volunteer work). (10 points)
Response:
Fuels treatments require 25% cost share, using same cost-share template as Applegate Fire Dist 9. We lease BLM log
sort yard in Wms to support development of utilization and marketing strategies for fuels redux by-products. Pending
Sustainable Northwest HFHC grant for market development. Landowners volunteer labor in about 50% of projects,
many will donate small diameter materials for development of marketing strategies in our sequential NFP07 Fuels
Utilization and Marketing Proposal.
4. Managing Cost Efficiency (20 points)
Discuss the process you used to arrive at your cost structure for the main Project Budget areas such as personnel, equipment, supplies and other (i.e.
overhead). In your response please justify: cost per acre, purchase of equipment, percent of overhead, percent of partner or matching funds, and portion of
administration cost. (20 points)
Response:
Cost per acre 1,250 for extremely dense chaparral and mixed conifer stem exclusion stands, requesting 25% of cost
from landowners. Budget shows cost share average at 20% to address low income and/or strategic landscape
treatments; Budget for supplies/maintenance are based on experience. Administrative overhead of 12% necessary to
maintaining proper reporting, in-house overhead, documentation, bookkeeping. Personnel (non fuels) are based on 3
FTE for an 8-week period and 1 Local liaison budgeted for 1.5 weeks community outreach. Costs represent time
necessary to coordinate projects of this scale in the Williams community, includes community and individual
landowner meetings, prescription development and unit layout, GIS mapping and all stages of project development,
outreach, reporting and cost share agreements. Cost share requirements increase staff time necessary to achieve
landowner buy-in to project. Project set up/prescription development also requires numerous meetings, travel, etc.
Integrating utilization/marketing w/ fuels treatments increases implementation time, requires detailed planning for
removal of quality materials, increases needs for skilled labor, transportation, and general oversight. NEPA @ $10
acre for botanical surveys. Biomass and marketing are budgeted based on 1 FTE for 5 weeks of biomass development,
sort yard oversight and product development outreach. (This Line Item will be removed if we are awarded sequential
FUMP proposal)
Project Work Form
Tasks
Media Contact, announce grant Contact Partner
organizations Coordinate w/ Agencies
Time Frame
30 days from grant award
Responsible Party
Lomakatsi
Community Education Forum to Promote Goals of
this Fuels Reduction project and the Planned and
Utilization Strategies.
90 days from award
Lomakatsi BLM Applegate Fire Dist 9 Williams
Rural Fire Dist
Coordinate Landowners for NEPA surveys
90-120days of award
Lomakatsi Coordinate with BLM
Coordinate Landowners for Design of Treatment
Prescriptions; Lomakatsi to GIS Map boundaries;
create cost share agreements.
120-150 days of award
Lomakatsi Coordinate w/ BLM
Gather Baseline Monitoring Data with Community
and Landowner volunteers - As Community In kind
support for project.
120 - 180 days of award
Lomakatsi Community Volunteers, Landowners,
Stakeholders
IMPLEMENT FUELS TREATMENTS Staged
treatments will allow for removal of Biomass and
Small Diameter Materials as Fuels Reduction
progresses.
120 - 360 days of award
Lomakatsi's trained Ecological Fuels Reduction and
By-Product Utilization Workforce. Use ODF fuels
tracking forms
On-Going collection and sorting materials to
advance small diameter/biomass utilization &
marketing strategies.
120 - 360
Lomakatsi
Final Reporting to Agencies, Community, Partners
365 days from award
Lomakatsi
Project Budget
Landowners
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 3
Total
Personnel
Coordinators
$11,500.00
$1,200.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$12,700.00
Forest Tech/biomass coord
$17,400.00
$1,250.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$19,650.00
$28,900.00
$2,450.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$32,350.00
Coordinators
$4,025.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,025.00
Forest Tech/biomass coord
$6,090.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$6,090.00
$10,115.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,115.00
Site Visits, Prescrip.Dev
$1,350.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,350.00
Implement Fuels Redux
$2,925.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,925.00
$4,275.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,275.00
2 pole saws, 2 chainsaws
$2,700.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,700.00
Chainsaw Safety Equipment
$1,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$4,200.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,200.00
Field Operations Supplies
$2,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,750.00
Maintenance
$2,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$5,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,250.00
$118,750.00
$0.00
$31,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$119,750.00
$1,000.00
$31,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$152,000.00
$1,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,250.00
$20,849.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$20,849.00
$22,099.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$22,099.00
$194,589.00
$4,450.00
$32,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$231,289.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Fuels Redux 125 acres
Instructors/Ed. events
Subtotal
Other
125 acres NEPA
Administration
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income 1
(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.