ID Number 2007-59
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
FAX:
541-488-4909
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 for Colestin Rural Fire Dist.
Email:
oshana@lomakatsi.org
Phone:
541-488-0208 Ext. 2
FAX:
541-488-4909
Please Call Ahead for FAX:
Yes
Project Information
Project Title:
Upper Colestin Road Fuels Reduction Project (Phase II)
Project Location:
Colestin, Oregon
County:
Jackson
Congressional District:
5
Latitude:
4204339.0
Longitude:
2237301.0
State the desired outcome in relation to NFP Goals and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Project Objectives:
Outcome-implement fuels treatments to mitigate wildfire risk prioritized in Colestin Hilt CWPP. Strategic fuel treatments increase fire preparedness and
enhance response capabilities, reducing potential for Colestin Rd, the sole ingress/egress route to be blocked and/or hampered by wildfire. Project
implements CWPP strategies to protect people, homes, property, infrastructure and adjacent natural resource lands by sharing the costs of fire mitigation
treatments with homeowners, managing and thinning vegetation along Colestin Road. Colestin Rd is the only route over the Siskiyous if I-5 is closed by
accidents or natural disaster. This Proposal for fuels redux on Upper Colestin Rd compliments/connects previous Lomakatsi fuels work along lower road and
railways, linking contiguous fuels mitigation zones to enhance fire safety along the primary travel corridore for residents, fire fighters, and travelers. Stands
alone or supplies materials to Ashland sort-yard, compliments 07FUMP.
Name of CWPP:
Colestin and Hilt Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Name of Communit(y/ies) at Risk:
Colestin, Oregon
Proposed Project Start Date:
12/01/2007
Proposed Project End Date:
11/30/2008
Federal Funding Request:
$111,668.00
Total Project Cost:
$134,118.00
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.
Lomakatsi-LRP- is submitting this proposal on behalf of Colestin Rural Fire District. It can supply thinnings for LRP Fuels Utilization & Marketing Proposal
(FUMP), providing materials to our log-sort yard in Ashland: by-products from fuels projects are centrally located to increase visibility, availibility and
marketing potential. LRP priorities: #1 Williams Fuels Redux, can make biomass for #2 Lomakatsi FUMP; #3 Colestin Fuels can stand alone or combine to
support FUMP.
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal: Organization/Jurisdiction:
Josephine Jackson Local Coordination Group/NFP
1) Paul Galloway
Phone
541-471-6755
2) Teresa Vonn
Phone
Oregon Department of Forestry
541-664-3328
3) Al Mason
Phone
Email pgalloway@fs.fed.us
Email tvonn@odf.state.or.us
Medford BLM
541-618-2391
Email a1mason@blm.gov
Project Planning Information
Name of Local Coordinating Group:
Josephine Jackson Local Coordinating Group
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?
JJLCG/ Colestin Hilt Community Wildfire Protection Plan/Previous Lomakatsi NFP Projects &amp
List federal lands that are adjacent to the project and proximity.
Klamath NF, Rogue River Siskiyou NF, BLM, Cascade Siskiyou NM
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
75
Treatment
Hand Pile
Acres
50
Treatment
Biomass Removal
Acres
25
Treatment
Hand Pile Burn
Acres
50
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:
Community infrastructure protected: Unpaved Colestin Rd, the Colestin Valley's sole ingress/egress route for over
200 residences; Colestin Rural Fire District(CRFD)Sattelite and Radar Communications Tower, upslope Mt.Ashland,
Cascade Siskiyou Nat. Monument, Interstate 5, also area homes, habitat, natural resources. Train railways traversing
valley can throw sparks, ignite wildfires. Implements Colestin-Hilt CWPP strategies: improved defensible areas
along roadways, creation of anchor points for fire suppression, increased citizen safety and mobility along Colestin
Rd.
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:
Reduces fire behavior, manual thinning on steep slopes along Upper Colestin Rd, links previous treatments on lower
Rd to protect travel route, infrastructure, community. Fuel types & conditions vary; mixed conifer stem exclusion and
dense chaparral. Fuel profiles: mixed dead & live vegetation, with areas of extreme fuel hazard. Most of treatment
area is Fire Regime Condition Class 3. Fire Behavior Fuel Models 4, 9, and 10 in treatment areas. Fuels treatments
from fall thru spring, and biomass removal/utilization reduces vegetative density, fuel connectivity, lowering FRCC to
1-2.
C. Explain how the project is designed to reduce smoke production impacts that affect public health. (10 points)
Response:
Landowners encouraged to use viable thinning by-products, or to contribute materials for research and market
development in LRP Fules Utilization & Marketing Program FUMP request, where materials down to 1" can be
contributed for FUMP niche'product processing, marketing research & development.Chipping encouraged, biomass
accessible at roadsides. Landowner requests burning: handpiles covered with non-plastic slash paper for less smoke,
and will summer over 6 - 12 mo. before ignition, reduces smoke. Swamper burning produces less smoke than igniting
many smaller piles at once.
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:
Creates 12 jobs over 2 months. On-job training for local employees creates 'seeds' to mentor CRFD volunteers in skills
to serve area beyond scope of this grant. Adds volume to LRP FUMP request, provides materials to Ashland sort-yard
for market development, planting seeds to increase potential for small diameter and biomass materials to produce
revenue reinvested in fuels redux fund, lowers acre price, extend job creation, stimulates sustainable economic
activity, fulfills goals of CWPP.
B. Will biomass that is produced by the project be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much? (10 points)
Response:
LRP sequential proposal to 07 NFP for Fuels Utilization and Marketing Program compliments biomass utilization
strategies and actions for this proposal. LRP is Sustainable NW Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Partner, has a
pending grant to support marketing and utilization of small diameter & biomass materials. 30% - 50% of green
tonnage per acre will be utilized for research and development of markets for post & poles, flooring, firewood, tipi
poles, biomass energy, etc.
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:
Landowners and volunteer firefighters requested LRP to partner on development and submission of this proposal,
evolving as an outcome of Lomakatsi's previous Colestin fuels projects w/ 31 landowners. Colestin News "The Buzz,"
announces community meetings and projects. LRP, landowners, CRFD volunteers, Cottonwood Creek Watershed
Association,ODF,BLM, and members of Jackson Josephine Local Coordination Group have been involved in the
coordination of this proposal.
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:
CRFD actively participates in contributing labor and equipment, pumper trucks on site if requested during pile
burning. Colestin Rural Fire District volunteers perform outreach to involve landowners in project implementation,
assist with treatment design, implementation, networking. Landowner will contribute 25% cost share. Jackson Co
Roads has offered to chip and haul debris accessible to roadside areas. Some landowners may contribute woody debris
for LRP FUMP marketing research / development.
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 $1,100 for extremely dense, mixed conifer forests, 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 and
maintenance are based on project experience. Personnel (non fuels) are based on 3 FTE for a 4 week period. Costs
represent time necessary to coordinate detailed fuels and utilization projects of this scale in the Colestin Valley,
including community and individual landowner meetings, prescription development, unit layout, GIS mapping and all
stages of project development, outreach, oversite, reporting and cost share agreements. Cost share requirements
increase staff time necessary to achieve landowner buy-in. Project set up/ and prescription development also requires
numerous meetings, outreach, travel, etc. Combining utilization goals w/ fuels treatments increases implementation
time, requires detailed planning for removal of quality materials, increases needs for skilled labor, transportation, and
general oversight. NEPA costs are budgeted at $10 per acre for botanicalsurvey.Administrative overhead of 12% is
necessary to maintaining proper reporting, in-house overhead, documentation, bookkeeping. 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 can be modified if we are awarded our F.U.M.P proposal)
Project Work Form
Time Frame
Responsible Party
COORDINATION OVERVIEW Meetings w/
Project Partners, Colestin Rural Fire Dist
Volunteers, Agencies
Tasks
w/in 30 days of funding
LOMAKATSI Partners: Colestin Rural Fire District
Volunteers(CRFD), Area Landowners
COMMUNITY INFO MEETING Media, announce
project; Promote Goals to Combine Fuels Redux
with Marketing & Utilization Development
w/in 60 days of funding
LOMAKATSI Partners: CRFD, volunteers,
Landowners
Coordinate all Landowners to allow access for
NEPA surveyors
60-120 days of award
LOMAKATSI
Landowner Meetings for Prescription Development,
Lomakatsi GIS mapping of sites, Create Cost-Share
agreements
120-150 days of award
LOMAKATSI Coordinate info with BLM
Coordinate Landowners interested in gathering
Baseline Monitoring Data as In-Kind support for
Project
120 - ongoing from award
LOMAKATSI
IMPLEMENTATION - Fuels Treatments are
Staged to Allow for Removal of Small Diameter
and Biomass as Project Progresses
120-360 days from award
LOMAKATSI Use ODF fuels project tracking
forms
Biomass: on going removal of small dia/biomass
supports utilization and marketing development
strategies in LRP NFP'07 FUMP application
120 -360 days of award
LOMAKATSI
Project tours and Final Reporting for Agencies,
Community, Partners
360- 375 days of award
LOMAKATSI
Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Landowners
Colestin RFD
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 3
Total
Personnel
Coordinators
$6,000.00
$600.00
$0.00
$600.00
$0.00
$7,200.00
Forest Tech Team
$6,400.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$6,400.00
$12,400.00
$600.00
$0.00
$600.00
$0.00
$13,600.00
Coordinators /Biomass
$3,850.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,850.00
Forest Tech Team
$2,240.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,240.00
$6,090.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$6,090.00
Site Visits, Prescrips
$450.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$450.00
Implementation
$563.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$563.00
$1,013.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,013.00
2 pole saw, 2 chainsaws
$2,700.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,700.00
Chainsaw Safety Equip
$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 Operation Supplies
$2,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
Maintenance
$1,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,750.00
$3,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,750.00
$66,000.00
$0.00
$16,500.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$84,500.00
$1,250.00
$1,250.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$67,250.00
$1,250.00
$16,500.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$87,500.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$11,965.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$11,965.00
$16,965.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$16,965.00
$111,668.00
$2,850.00
$16,500.00
$3,100.00
$0.00
$134,118.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Fuels Treatment 75 acre
NEPA; Community Events
Subtotal
Other
Biomass Coordination
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.