ID Number 2007-107
Fuels Treatment Projects Application
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Type of Applicant:
A (State)
Email:
mark.gray@wadnr.gov
Phone:
360-902-1754
FAX:
360-902-1781
Please Call Ahead for FAX:
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Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
1111 Washington Street SE PO Box 47037 Olympia, WA 98504-7037
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Mr. Chuck Johnson, Landowner Assistance Manager
Organization/Jurisdiction:
WA State DNR, Northeast Region
Email:
chuck.johnson@wadnr.gov
Phone:
509-684-7474
FAX:
509-684-7484
Project Information
Project Title:
Bead Lake Community Fuels Reduction Project
Project Location:
Bead Lake
County:
Pend
Oreille
Congressional District:
5
Latitude:
48.1808
Longitude:
-117.05
State the desired outcome in relation to NFP Goals and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Project Objectives:
The desired outcome of this project is to protect the community of Bead Lake through a coordinated effort of fuels reduction projects across private and
federal lands within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) in the Bead Lake Community. This project focuses on the private lands prioritized in the Pend
Oreille County CWPP for fuels reduction. These strategically located fuel breaks will modify fire size, intensity, and behavior; thereby reducing risk to lives,
homes, businesses and natural resources. The created fuel breaks will assist firefighters in fire suppression, reduce costs, and increase firefighter safety. The
Pend Oreille County CWPP identified mitigation and action items that needed to be implemented in order to achieve the goals identified. Funding this
project will help to accomplish those goals. The CWPP process has increased community awareness and landowners are interested in participating in fuels
reduction projects throughout the Bead Lake community.
Name of CWPP:
Pend Oreille County CWPP
Name of Communit(y/ies) at Risk:
Bead Lake
Proposed Project Start Date:
06/01/2007
Proposed Project End Date:
11/30/2008
Federal Funding Request:
$200,000.00
Total Project Cost:
$230,000.00
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.
Pend Oreille County LCG is submitting 6 Fuels Grants with DNR as Applicant. This is the #1 Priority.
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal: Organization/Jurisdiction:
1) Carl Wright, FMO
Phone
Pend Oreille Valley R.D., Colville National Forest
509-447-9281
Pend Oreille Valley R.D., Colville National For.
2) Eric Trimble, Fuels Specialist
Phone
509-447-9281
3) Loren Torgerson, Assistant Region Manager
Phone
Email cwright@fs.fed.us
509-684-7474
Email etrimble@fs.fed.us
DNR, Northeast Region
Email loren.torgerson@wadnr.gov
Project Planning Information
Name of Local Coordinating Group:
Pend Oreille County 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?
This is a collaborative proposal by the Pend Oreille County LCG and is the #1 priority project.
List federal lands that are adjacent to the project and proximity.
US Forest Service, Pend Oreille Valley Ranger District
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
200
Treatment
Mastication/Mowing
Acres
100
Treatment
Hand Pile
Acres
100
Treatment
Hand Pile Burn
Acres
100
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Treatment
Pruning
Acres
200
Treatment
Ladder Fuel Removal
Acres
200
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:
Bead Lake is a community of 3 separate homeowner associations with minimal fire protection, all in need of
hazardous fuels reduction. The neighborhoods are served by a network of power lines that pass through forested areas
and across ownerships. This project will be a coordinated effort among many landowners to treat hazardous fuels
identified in the Bead Lake Risk Assessment and the Pend Oreille County CWPP as high priorities for community
protection.
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:
The slash created by thinning, pruning and fuel ladder removal will be piled, chipped and/or masticated on private
land along main transportation routes, powerline corridors, and common property lines near homes in the community.
Creation of strategic fuel breaks in the community itself, in cooperation with the USFS Bead Lake fuels treatment
project, provides a treated area that can effectively modify fire behavior by keeping fire on the ground where it can
safely and effectively be controlled.
C. Explain how the project is designed to reduce smoke production impacts that affect public health. (10 points)
Response:
Much of the slash created by the fuels reduction activities on this project will be chipped and/or masticated. The slash
that is piled for burning will be allowed to cure for one season prior to burning. Piles will be free of non-combustable
debris and dirt. Permits will be obtained and conditions followed. Smoke management approval may be necessary.
Contacts with law enforcement and adjacent landowners will be made. Pile and broadcast burning will occur when
conditions are such that the risk of escape is low. Resources will be available for immediate suppression if necessary.
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:
Implementation of the proposal will contribute to the local economy by providing jobs for local contractors. Because
this proposal is "seed money" for a much larger project, these jobs will last long after this proposal is complete. This
proposal helps pay a small portion of the cost of fuels reduction activities planned and currently being accomplished in
the Bead Lake Community.
B. Will biomass that is produced by the project be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much? (10 points)
Response:
Any merchantable products will be marketed. Some biomass removed from site will be in the form of firewood. Some
of the biomass may be used as livestock bedding and/or chipped/shredded and spread on site for nutrient recycling.
The community is open to any biomass removal that Forest Concepts might propose.
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 Bead Lake Risk Assessment and Pend Oreille County CWPP was completed as a collaborative process,
advocated by local community members and P.O. Co. RFD #6, among other groups. Working within the LCG, the
community is striving to meet the goals of the CWPP. This project will help to complete strategically located fuel
breaks across private lands that, combined with the USFS Bead Lake project, will protect the community of Bead
Lake and associated critical infrastructure.
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:
This fuel break will compliment several landowners and USFS treatment projects in the vicinity. Pend Oreille Co.
RFD #6 and Firesafe Spokane will provide voluntary labor and expertise for the project. DNR will provide
administration at no cost to the grant. All grant funding will go to work on the ground to complete the cooperative
fuels break.
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:
Tasks requiring funding include 200 acres of thinning, pruning, ladder fuel removal, and a mix of piling, chipping and
masticating. Project and environmental planning, overhead, benefits and monitoring will be provided by DNR. This
allows the maximum amount of grant funding to be used for on-the-ground fuels reduction work by local contractors
and operators. The amount of costs shown in the budget are from $/ac estimates of contract work provided on USFS
lands adjacent to this proposal, from other similar projects administered, and from other contracts awarded by the
DNR. This project will tie in with the USFS Bead Lake fuels projects occurring in the Bead Lake community. Some
private landowners in the project area are also currently treating hazardous fuels. The project will also protect
important infrastructure that contributes to the area economy. The cost of the project compared to the potential benefit
of having contiguous fuel breaks in this strategic area across all ownerships is well justified. Costs per acre will be
less, and acres treated will be more, depending on how much of the acreage we are able to treat with machinery versus
hand crew treatments.
Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Project Planning
February 2006 - June 2007
Acquire Funding
June 2007
DNR
June - July 2007
DNR
Environmental Review and RFP Preparation
DNR and CWPP Committee
Project Implementation
July - December 2007
DNR, Contractors, Landowners and CWPP
Committee
Monitoring and Project Reports
July - December 2007
DNR, Contractors and CWPP Committee
Project Implementation (if not completed in 2007)
May - November 2008
DNR, Contractors, Landowners and CWPP
Committee
Project Budget
P.O. Co. RFD #6
Firesafe
Spokane
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Partner 3
Total
Personnel
Administration
$0.00
$15,000.00
$4,500.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$20,500.00
Environmental Review
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$16,000.00
$4,500.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$21,500.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
Advertising
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
GIS Support
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$200,000.00
$23,500.00
$5,000.00
$1,500.00
$0.00
$230,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Indirect Costs
Subtotal
Travel
Mileage and Per diem
Subtotal
Equipment
Laptop and GPS
Subtotal
Supplies
Prevention Materials
Subtotal
Contractual
Fuels Management
Subtotal
Other
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.