ID Number 2007-93
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Applicant/Organization:
Type of Applicant:
Email:
Phone:
L (Nonprofit Organization) emurray@odf.state.or.us
Applicant
Walker Range Forest Protective Association (WRPA)
541-433-2451 FAX: 541-433-2451 Please Call Ahead for FAX: Off
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip) :
P.O. Box 665 Gilchrist, OR 97737
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Project Coordinator
Ms. Echo Murray, Dispatch / Education Coordinator
Walker Range Forest Protective Association (WRPA)
Email:
Phone: emurray@odf.state.or.us
541-433-2451 FAX: 541-433-2215
Project Information
Please Call Ahead for FAX: Off
Project Title:
Project Location:
Crescent - Odell Lakes RFPD
Crescent Lake Junction
County: Klamath Congressional District: 5 Latitude: 43.30759
Longitude: 121.886
State the desired outcome in relation to NFP Goals and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Project Objectives:
This project would provide a financial incentive/assistance for private landowners in targeted areas so they become more involved in fire and forest health issues by collaborating with neighbors and agencies in fuel reduction efforts. Our plan is to continue fuel treatment strategies in high priority areas that have been identified in the Walker Range Community Wildfire Protection Plan. This grant would cover costs to rebate the private landowner a flat rate per acre and/or provide the funding to hire local contractors to complete the identified reduction work. This project will become an expansion of our past and current community fuel reduction grants. Landowners would be encouraged to plan their work with agency fire experts, so that a better understanding of fire issues is realized. All values at risk will realize higher levels of protection from wildfire as a result of this type of fuel reduction work.
Name of CWPP:
Name of Communit(y/ies) at Risk:
Proposed Project Start Date:
Walker Range Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Crescent Lake Junction
06/01/2007 Proposed Project End Date: 12/31/2008
Federal Funding Request:
Are you submitting multiple projects?
$97,061.00
Yes
Total Project Cost:
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.
#3 Crescent - Odell Lakes RFPD Protection District. The Walker Range CWPP ranked this area as having to high to extreme fire hazards.
$102,061.00
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
1) Lisa Clark
Phone
2)
541-416-6864
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Bureau Land Management - COFMS
Email lmclark@or.blm.gov
Phone
3)
Phone
Email
Email

Project Planning Information
Name of Local Coordinating Group:
Central Oregon Fire Leadership Council
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?
The level of coordination has been high with individuals, county, state and federal agencies
List federal lands that are adjacent to the project and proximity.
Deschutes National Forest
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
Treatment
Acres
50
Acres
Treatment
Treatment
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Treatment
Other fuel reduction
Acres
25
Treatment road brushing
Project Evaluation Criteria
Acres
Acres
Acres
50
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:
Fuels treatments implemented in the project areas will help to protect approximately 400 homes with a cumulative value of over $ 27 million. In general, the communities in the CWPP plan area are small, rural, and isolated. All are surrounded by either public forestland or private industrial forestland. The breakdown of homes in project locations are as follows: Crescent Meadows, Crescent Pines, Cres-Del Acres, Leisure Woods, Diamond Peaks,Balducci Acres, and locations along highw. Project will create fuel breaks within the communities and reduce hazardous fuel along roadways and structures.

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:
This proposal will modify fire behavior in wildland urban interface areas by removing small diameter trees, down woody material and underbrush. The specific techniques and timing of the treatments will be applied in accordance with the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The primary strategy will be to reduce crown fire potential, the intensity of future fires and avoid stand-replacment fires that move into neighborhoods and destroy lives and property.
C.
Explain how the project is designed to reduce smoke production impacts that affect public health. (10 points)
Response:
A biomass facility is currently being developed locally, and material generated from project could be utilized off site.
In addition, where possible, small diameter wood could be available to provide for low income, senior and disable residents. This area is in the voluntary smoke management zone. Any burning of piles,if necessary will be completed on days that comply with smoke management requirements to ensure smoke dispersal and reduce the impacts on public health.
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:
Greater fire protection from treatment within the wildland urban interface will have the longer term impact of stabilizing the community by ensuring a safe, stable, and uninterrupted business climate that will encourage entrepreneurs to locate businesses and homes in the community. The landowners themselves may cooperate in the implimentation of the work project. However, it is anticipated that this grant will provide work for local contractors.
B.
Will biomass that is produced by the project be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much? (10 points)
Response:
Home defensible space work has generated very little thinned material to be utilized off site, mainly due to the species and scattered nature of the work. We will remain open to the potential to use biomass as new businesses and programs are developed. Currently a biomass facility is being proposed locally. We plan that 25% to 50% of the material from the project sites to be utilized by the landowners for fencing poles, posts, firewood, or chipped onsite for landscaping material.

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:
The neighborhoods that will directly beneift from this project particpated in the development of the Walker Range
Community Wildfire Protection Plan (WR CWPP) This project will directly implement the strategies defined within the plan. In addition, fuel reduction projects will support ongoing and out-year projects being implemented by Federal partners. The work is located entirely within the rural residential subdivisions. Agencey colloration ocurred during the development of the WR CWPP.
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:
Agency reps provided in-kind planning. This project will provide a defensible space rebate for private landowners. All participants in the rebate program will be required to create defensible space around structures/buildings, in compliance with SB 360 prior to treating additional acres. Landowner rebate approval is sugject to inspection by
WRPA.
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:
Based upon WRPA 20+ years of experience, this type of treatment typically costs approximately $800.00/acre. This includes thinning and slash treatment. When working with homesite treatments, a homesite is defined as the one acre surrounding the liveable structure on the property. The average cost for the incentive/rebate per homesite is $400.00.
The other costs associated with this project are for the personnel to maintain and promote the project, other personnel expenses such as travel expenses to and from the individual project sites, and miscellaneous operating expenses, such as mailing supplies and forms. A condition of landowner incentive/rebate would be an agreement to maintain the fuel treatment area in the future. WRPA Admin costs are at $ 20.00/hr @ 20 hours/month for 6 months = $ 2400.00
Chipper Operator is figured on $ 19.00/hr x 8 hrs/day for 33 days = $ 5016.00 Chipper Costs are at $ 25.00/day for 8 hours/day for 33 days = $ 6600.00 Chipper Vehicle at $.85/mi x 100 miles day for 33 days $ 2,805.00 Chipper recondition/maintenace is @ $ 1200.00 for project. COLRFPD @ $ 15.00/hr x 6 hours/day x 60 days = $ 5400.00

Tasks
Consult with cooperators regarding location of current and planned work
Consult with cooperators to identify landowners to be targeted for participation
On site consultation to generate site plan, and cost share agreements
Completion of individual projects
Final inspection of completed work for approval
Prepare required status and/or financial reports
Prepare final projects reports
Project Work Form
Time Frame spring 2007 through 2009
Responsible Party
Walker Range and cooperators spring 2007 through 2009 spring 2007 through 2009 spring 2007 through 2009 spring 2007 through 2009 spring 2007 through 2009 winter 2009
Walker Range
Walker Range and landowers
Walker Range, and landowners
Walker Range
Walker Range
Walker Range

Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Personnel
CORFPD $15x6hrs/dayx60day
Chipper Op $19/hrx8hrsx33
Federal
Agency Applicant
$5,400.00
$5,016.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
CORFPD
Partner 1
$2,000.00
$0.00
Volunteers/Residents
Partner 2
$2,000.00
$0.00
Partner 3
$0.00
$0.00
Total
$10,400.00
$5,016.00
Subtotal $10,416.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $0.00 $15,416.00
Fringe Benefits
$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
Travel
Fre Planner Vehicle
Chipper Vehicle
$1,000.00
$2,805.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$2,805.00
Subtotal $3,805.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $3,805.00
Equipment
Chipper Recondition/Maint $1,200.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,200.00
$0.00
Subtotal $1,200.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,200.00
Supplies
Office/mailings/postal
Chipper Blades $70/set
$2,500.00
$140.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$140.00
Subtotal $2,640.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,640.00
Contractual
50 acres @ $ 800/acre
Chipper $25/hrx8hrsx33day
$40,000.00
$6,600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$40,000.00
$6,600.00
Subtotal $46,600.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $46,600.00
Other
WR Admin $20hrx20mthx6 $2,400.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,400.00
Incentive @ $400/ac $30,000.00
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income 1
(using deductive alternative)
Subtotal $32,400.00
$97,061.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$0.00 $30,000.00
$0.00 $32,400.00
$0.00 $102,061.00
$0.00 $0.00
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.