Project Summary Form
Id Number 2006-015
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN-INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Treatment Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
L
541-488-0208
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
541-488-4909
Please Call Ahead For FAX
H. Independent School District
I. State-Controlled Institution of Higher Learning
J. Private University
K. Indian Tribe
L. Nonprofit Organization
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
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
541-488-0208 2
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
554 488-4909
Call Ahead For FAX ✔
Email:
oshana@lomakatsi.org
Project Information
Project Title:
Williams Fuels Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
09/30/2006
Federal Funding Request:
$ 236,538
Proposed Project End Date:
12/31/2007
Total Project Funding:
$
279,638
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Priority 1: Wagner Creek Fuels Reduction, complimenting adjacent fuels projects and strategies planned by BLM, USFS, ODF, and
Lomakatsi's recent 75 acre RAC fuels reduction project on private lands. #2: Williams Fuels Reduction Project. #3: Tiller Workforce Training
and Fuels Reduction Project.#4: Takilma Fuels Reduction Project. #5:Upper Colestin Road Fuels Project.
Brief Project Summary: Who, What, Where, Desired Outcomes in relation to NFP Goals and Community Risk Assessment and
Mitigation Plans (This should summarize page 2).
This project in Williams Oregon is directly related to NFP goals, to Josephine County Integrated Fire Plan [JCIFP] Community Risk Assessment, and
high hazard areas indicated by BLM fuels maps. Lomakatsi has coordinated this fuels reduction project with landowners, BLM, JCIFP,Williams Rural
Fire Protection District and Applegate Fire District 9. Lomakatsi will perform strategic fuel hazard reduction on 160 acres along high risk rural
residential roadways serving multiple residences, adjacent to federal lands scheduled for fuels reduction work in the next 2-3 fiscal years [BLM,
Penny Stew, Scattered Apples]. Outcomes of will be reduced fuel loads along high-risk roadways and strategic landscape areas to decrease fire
hazard, and the creation of fire-safe defensible safety zones for escape, and for the advancement of fire suppression, for protecting homes,
resources, and federal lands. The project has potential to protect over 80 adjacent homes.
Project Location:
Latitude: 42.22304
Longitude: 123.282
County:
Josephine
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Federal Congressional District:
2
Telephone number of Contact:
Tim Gonzales, Medford BLM
541-618-2384 Ext.
Mark Sorenson, Josephine Co., msorensen@co.josephine.or.us
541-474-5300 Ext.
Applegate Fire District 9 Chief Brett Fillis
541-899-1050 Ext.
Project Narrative Description
Applications for funding must include a narrative response that describes the proposal. Please do not submit responses
longer than one page, single space, 12-pitch font.
Describe project including, but not limited to:
x project relationship to the community risk assessment and
x project location (e.g., Watershed,
Address
mitigation plan
neighboring community)
these items
as applicable: x anticipated outcomes
x amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc.)
x project timeline and matching or contributed funds
x community partners and their
role(s)
x proponent’s ability to complete project
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?
Josephine County Integrated Fire Plan
Is this project adjacent to a current prescribed burn project on federal lands or to one that is planned within the next
three years? (Yes/No) Yes
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres:
* Treatment Thinning
Acres 160
Treatment Hand Piling
Acres 160
Treatment Thinning
Acres 160
Treatment Hand Pile Burning
Acres 160
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Other 1
Acres 0
Other 2
Acres 0
Location: The project will provide fuels reduction on 160 acres in strategic identified areas located in Williams Oregon, in the greater Applegate
watershed. The treatment areas chosen for this project include Fields Rd, Glenlynn, Dreamhill, and upper Pine Tree Way. These roads all spur off of
Water Gap Rd, the main transportation route from Grants Pass/Murphy and Applegate Hwy 238 to the community of Williams. These four chosen
treatment areas / roadways provide access for over 80 addresses with multiple occupancy. The roads also provide access to the BLM land directly
adjacent, which is scheduled for fuels treatments during the next two years in the Penny-Stew Stewardship Project administered by Medford BLM.
Lomakatsi will be performing the fuels work for the Penny Stew project, which is adjacent to this proposal area. Our crews are especially familiar
with the adjacent roadways, the fuel loads, the fire condition class, fuel models, and even the community counter-culture of the area. The project
area is also borders the recent Powell Creek Fire of 2003.
Outcomes: The project outcomes are: increased community participation in strategic fuels reduction and maintenance, to decrease fuel loads along
roadways for improved community fire protection, reduced fire intensity, improved firefighter and individual safety, ingress and egress along rural
residential roadways adjacent to planned BLM fuels treatments. Strategically planned thinning will create safety zones, and will improve fire
suppression efforts in the event of a fire. Effective, ecologically-based fuels reduction treatments which appeal to this niche community will increase
fire resiliency, enhance forest health, and increase community partners in furthering the mutual community safety goals of the Josephine County
Interagency Fire Plan and the National Fire Plan. Lomakatsi's focus fuels reduction/thinning, combined with local and regional efforts promoting the
utilization of small diameter poles / biomass may stimulate partnerships for potential economic activity in this alternative community.
An additional outcome of the project is the provision of continued employment in hard to serve rural areas, increasing the skill, capacity and
efficiency of the local fuels reduction workforce. Through Lomakatsi's partnership with the National Fire Plan in combining workforce training with onthe-ground fuels reduction work, Lomakatsi has been able to train, retain and employ a local workforce, in close proximity to home. This is especially
valuable in economically distressed rural areas.
Partners in planning the project include the Josephine County Interagency Fire Plan team, and Tim Gonzales, Medford BLM. Project areas were
outlined and discussed with JCIFP and Applegate Fire District 9 Chief Brett Fillis, Williams Fire Chief Steve Scruggs, and landowners.
This project will also benefit from Lomakatsi's involvement in performing fuels reduction for the Penny-Stew Stewardship Project, which includes
strategies for bio-mass and thinning by-product utilization. To support utilization potential, the BLM has donated the use of an old maintenance yard
to serve as a 'sort-yard' for poles and products-other-than-logs [POL] from the Penny Stew project. This activity directly benefits this NFP proposal
by maximizing awarness and support for utilization options resulting from fuels reduction projects in the Williams community area.
Community Risk Assessment/Extent of Actions: The proposal has been developed and prioritized in direct relationship and cooperation with the
partners networking through the Josephine County Interagency Fire Plan Team [JCIFP]. Project will provide roadside, driveway and landscape fuels
treatments that will cover approximately 160 acres, safeguarding ingress and egress for up to 80 homes and thousands of acres of adjacent federal
land. The project area is identified on JCIFP website, http://cwch.uoregon.edu/CCWP/JCIFP/Attachments/JCIFP_NFP_06.jpg
Timeline/Ability to Complete: Lomakatsi's highly skilled workforce can complete this project within the timeframe of a 3-4 months within a 12 month
timeframe, allowing for weather, seasonal restrictions, burn conditions, and sensitive plant/animal species. Through workforce training and
development programs, some funded by the NFP, Lomakatsi has trained, retained and expanded to employ up to a 25 person workforce. Our crews
are available to undertake fuels reduction projects throughout the region. Lomakatsi has implemented numerous restoration projects in Williams,
held workforce training programs there, and has the available local workforce component from Williams which is intrinsically linked to the successful
fulfillment of this proposal.
Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding must include narrative responses that address the following three criteria. Be sure you address every one
briefly, yet thoroughly. Limit your responses to the area provided.
1. Reducing Hazardous Fuels (50 points)
A. Describe the community infrastructure that will be protected.
B. Explain how the proposal reduces fire behavior in high hazard areas by describing the fuels to be disposed or
removed, and the techniques and timing of the treatments.
C. How will the proposed treatments be maintained in future years?
D. How will you use multi-party monitoring to improve this and future projects?
Response:
A-Community infrastructure to be protected consists of four rural residential roadways, up to 81 adjacent residences, watershed
and forest resources, and adjacent BLM lands. The roads all originate from lower Water Gap Road towards the adjacent BLM
lands; Water Gap is a main transportation artery connecting Applegate/Murphy Hwy 238 to the Williams Valley. The designated
project areas include Fields Rd, Dream hill Rd, upper Pine Tree Way, and Glen Lynn Road. These roads all are contiguous to BLM
lands included in the Grants Pass Resource Area's Scattered Apples Landscape Project and the Penny Stew Stewardship project.
Protection of these roadways, adjacent residences, and the creation of strategic defensible space and suppression safety zones is
a mutually shared goal of Lomakatsi, Applegate Fire District, local BLM coordinators, JCIFP, and the Williams community.
B. Fuel types and conditions vary throughout the project area. The treatment area is comprised of a mixed conifer / hardwood stem
exclusion site condition, with some areas of dense chaparral. Vegetation is a mixture of dead and live, with areas of high to
extreme fuel hazard conditions.
The majority of the treatment area is a Fire Regime Condition Class [FRCC] 3, with some sections moving from a FRCC 2 toward
a 3. Fire Behavior Fuel Model numbers 4, 9, and 10 have been identified with in the treatment area. Lomakatsi's fuels reduction
treatments will greatly reduce vegetative density and fuel connectivity bringing the FRCC down between a 1 & 2.
Lomakatsi work crews will alter fire behavior through manual fuel hazard reduction treatments. Fuels reduction techniques will be
manual thinning by hand crews using chainsaws, pole chainsaws and occasionally a chipper. The majority of slash disposal will be
accomplished through hand pile / swamper burning. Chipping will be used in special cases at the landowners's requests. Snag
density will be greatly reduced in concentrated areas of concern.
Thinning will take place from fall through the late spring. In areas that have larger portions of dead and dry fuel, swamper burning
will take place directly following thinning,. Burning will generally be done into April depending on seasonal fire conditions. The
majority of the treatment slash will be hand piled to "summer over" in preparation for burning the following winter. This reduces
smoke and increases burning efficiency.
C. This is a very pro-active community, and Lomakatsi will involve landowners in our Fire Resiliency Maintenance Program[FRMP],
a 50% landowner cost share and grant-funded program to provide site specific fuels maintenance strategies. FRMP includes, but is
not limited to: brushing, noxious weed removal, native grass reseeding, revegetation with native fire resilient tree species, harvest
of cultural plants and non-timber forest products, and prescribed fire [after fuels treatments!] in appropriate areas. The FRMP
Cultural Plant Restoration Program incorporates landowners with knowledgeable Native American instructors where cultural plants
are found, inspiring 'cultural plant management', linking usage with basketry and herbology, encouraging pruning & harvesting of
shrubby species, saplings, brush and other potential fuel hazards.
D. Directly adjacent to this NFP project is the site of Lomakatsi's first multi-party monitoring program at the Penny Stew
Stewardship Project. Multiple stakeholders will draft baseline-monitoring data for this adjacent site, and a community meeting is set
for February 19, 2005, at the Williams grange. Any and all interested parties are invited. [Reviewers: come if you can!] Once
accepted by the community, the Penny-Stew multi-party monitoring baseline data collection strategies can be replicated to directly
support this Williams National Fire Plan proposal, since many landowners will already be involved in baseline data criteria,
selection & collection on fuels treatment sites already adjacent to their homes/neighborhoods.
Project Evaluation Criteria
2.
Increasing Local Capacity (25 points)
A. How would the proposal improve or lead to the improvement of the local economy in terms of jobs and
sustainable economic activity?
B. How many jobs are expected to be created or retained and for how long? (Please distinguish between
essentially year-round and seasonal jobs).
C. What tools and skills will be gained or utilized as a result of this project?
D. Will biomass be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response:
A-Lomakatsi's fuels reduction projects lead to the improvement of the local economy by providing on-the-job training and
employment, creating an efficient available local workforce, providing jobs for people where they are needed most, in rural WUI
communities. Pending grants for Biomass and small diameter utilization options with Sustainable Northwest may provide additional
economic benefit to small industries in the region. B-Project will create seasonal jobs for up to 4 months within a 12 month period,
employing up to 20 people. Lomakatsi continually develops projects and seeks opportunities to create year-round employment for its
workforce. C-The refined skills of the Lomakatsi workforce will be utilized to provide the high quality fuels work that will be the result
of this project. Lomakatsi uses community workshops and it's "Ecological Principles for Fuels Reduction", as a tool for increasing
involvement of landowners. Lomakatsi will also use the Jackson-Josephine Two County Newsletter, FireWise, signage, brochures, &
media tools. D-Options for biomass utilization include networking with Blair Moody, Medford BLM, JCIFP Biomass Sub-Committee,
Sustainable Northwest marketing /utilization grants, networking with Jefferson Sustainable Development Initiative, S.W. Or. RC&D
Small Diameter Fuels Committee meetings. Recent: USDA Forest Products Lab Biomass Utilization studies and grant programs may
benefit partnerships for biomass utilization.
3.
Demonstrating Community and Intergovernmental Collaboration (25 Points)
A. How will this project implement a community risk assessment and mitigation plan? Include name of plan, date
it was prepared, and local contact to get a copy of the plan if requested.
B. How has this treatment been coordinated with adjacent landowners and local/State/Tribal/Federal agencies?
C. Identify the cooperators/partners involved in implementation of this project.
D. Describe the extent of current local support for the project, including any cost-sharing agreements.
Response:
A. This project implements fuels treatments prioritized through the Josephine County Interagency Fire Plan - http://cwch.uoregon.
edu/CCWP/JCIFP. Project map is at http://cwch.uoregon.edu/CCWP/JCIFP/Attachments/JCIFP_NFP_06.jpg. It outlines 2005 &
2006 project boundaries / priorities.
B - This treatment has been closely coordinated with Tim Gonzales, Medford BLM, Applegate Fire District 9 Chief Brett Fillis,
Williams Fire Chief Steve Scruggs, and is included in JCIFP process. Consensus at JCIFP meetings agreed that: Lomakatsi best
serves needs for education, outreach, and fuels reduction in the niche community of Williams. Project area is adjacent to the
scheduled BLM Penny Stew Stewardship fuels reduction treatment which Lomakatsi will implement within the next two years.
C-This project will be implemented by Lomakatsi's locally trained workforce, with oversight of BLM, landowner participation,
communication with Williams Fire Dist and Fire Dist.9.
D-Local support for this Lomakatsi proposal for Williams is outstanding. We have made great progress in promoting fuels reduction
as a critical step towards ecosystem enhancement and forest restoration in this 'environmental community', and we will continue to
do so through strategic, sensible and widely supported fuels projects such as this. Lomakatsi will request a 25% cost share from
landowners, and will use the same agreement template as is currently being used by Applegate Fire District 9 for its cost-share
fuels projects, which are also funded by the NFP. Using similar templates will help unify program effectiveness across county and
fire district lines. The cost share is reflected in the budget line at 20% to compensate for variable rates possibly adjusted for larger
landscape areas and/or low income needs.
Project Work Form
Tasks
*PROGRAM START - UP
-Media Contact / Announcements
-Contact Partner Organizations
-Agency Coordination
COMMUNITY EDUCATION FORUMS
Meetings/ Educational Presentations
Multi-party Monitoring & Preliminary Utilization
Networking
PARTICIPATION
Coordinate w/Fire Districts
-Landowner Project Review & Approval
-Engage Multi-Party Monitoring Stakeholders
PRESCRIPTIONS- Map Boundaries of
Agreed Treatments
-NEPA
-Inventory Veg & Fuel Density
MONITORING
Set Up Multi-Party Monitoring
Protocol, Gather Baseline Information,
Compile info
IMPLEMENTATION
-Community Meeting/ Overview of Project
areas
-Begin Fuels Treatment
-Review Baseline Multi-Party Monitoring Data
PERIODIC REVIEW & Utilization
Coordinate w/Agencies
Collection of Multi-Party Monitoring Data
Coordinate Utilization Options
FINAL SUMMARY REPORT
Presentation of Final Report To Community
and Agencies
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Within 60 days of Project Funding
LOMAKATSI collaborating with:
Applegate Fire Dist 9
Williams Rural Fire District
BLM,
Within 60-90 days of Funding
LOMAKATSI
Williams Rural Fire Dist
Applegate Fire Dist 9
BLM
Landowners
Within 90-120 days of Project
LOMAKATSI
Fire District
Landowners
Within 120-150 days of Project Funding
LOMAKATSI
BLM oversight
Landowner agreements
Within 120 - 150 days of Project Funding
LOMAKATSI
Landowners, Consultants, BLM, Fire
Dist.,
Agencies, Stakeholders
LOMAKATSI
Within 120 -360 days of Project Funding
On-Going for Project duration
LOMAKATSI
Agencies
Multi-party monitoring Team,
Stakeholders
LOMAKATSI
300 - 360 days of Project Start-Up
Project Budget
Landowners
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Partner 3
Personnel
Project Coordinating Team
Forest Tech Team
Subtotal
$13,500
$0
$0
$0
$0
$13,500
$14,200
$0
$0
$0
$0
$14,200
$27,700
$0
$0
$0
$0
$27,700
$0
$0
$4,725
Fringe Benefits
Project Coordinating Team
$4,725
$0
$0
Forest Tech Team
$4,970
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,970
$9,695
$0
$0
$0
$9,695
Project Coordination Team
$3,900
$0
$0
$0
$0
$3,900
Forest Tech Team
$1,050
$0
$0
$1,050
$4,950
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,950
$2,800
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,800
$1,400
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1,400
$4,200
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,200
$3,500
$3,500
$0
$0
$0
$7,000
Equipment Maintenance
$3,750
$0
$0
$0
$0
$3,750
Subtotal
$7,250
$3,500
$0
$0
$0
$10,750
$153,600
$0
$38,400
$0
$0
$192,000
$1,200
$1,200
$1,200
$0
$0
$0
$2,400
$154,800
$38,400
$0
$0
$194,400
$2,600
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,600
$25,343
$0
$0
$0
$25,343
$27,943
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$27,943
$236,538
$4,700
$38,400
$0
$0
$279,638
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
4 chain saws
Fire / Safety Gear
Subtotal
Supplies
Field Operation Supplies
Contractual
Fuel Hazard Treatment
Instructors/Ed. Events
Subtotal
Other
GIS/GPS & Reports
Administration & NEPA
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program)
Income1
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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.