Project Summary Form
Id Number 2006-050
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN-INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Treatment Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Lomakatsi Restoration Project (LRP)
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
L
541-488-0208 2
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
541-488-4909
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✔
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 Excutive Director
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Lomakatsi Restoration Project (LRP)
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
541-488-0208 2
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
554 488-4909
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Email:
oshana@lomakatsi.org
Project Information
Project Title:
Upper Colestin Road Fuels Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
09/30/2005
Federal Funding Request:
$ 114,035
Proposed Project End Date:
12/31/2007
Total Project Funding:
$
136,785
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).
Lomakatsi is partnering with Colestin Rural Fire District volunteers, landowners and BLM to plan and implement this 75 acre project. This Upper
Colestin Rd. project compliments Lomakatsi's previous NFP projects in the area. Colestin Rd is a single ingress-egress route which serves over 300
residences. This project will link our previous work on lower-mid Colestin Rd and 4 miles of railroad easements. The project will fulfill the desired
outcomes of decreased fire intensity, increased fire safety, improved fire resiliency, and increased ecosystem health, as well as NFP goals to
"include long-term investments in projects and build upon prior year's programs to ensure that projects are strategically located and implemented
across the landscape." The Colestin-Hilt Fire Planning Committee has drafted a Colestin Community Wildfire Protection Plan, which includes
Lomakatsi's fuels work history in the area.
Project Location:
Latitude: 42.1885
Longitude: 122.693
County:
Jackson
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Federal Congressional District:
2
Telephone number of Contact:
Greg Chandler, Medford BLM
541-618-2267 Ext.
Steve Avgaris, Colestin Rural Fire District Chief
541-488-1768 Ext.
Lisa Buttrey, Volunteer Fire Fighter, Colestin CWPP Team
531-821-5479 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?
Colestin Community Wildfire Protection Plan, landowners and Colestin Rural Fire District Volunteers
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) No
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres:
* Treatment Thinning
Acres 75
Treatment Hand Pile Burning
Acres 75
Treatment Hand Piling
Acres 75
Treatment
Acres 0
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Other 1
Acres 0
Other 2
Acres 0
-Location: Project area is located the on upper portion of Colestin Road, an unpaved single access/egress road serving over 300 residences in the
Colestin area south of Ashland, Oregon. Colestin Road runs south down slope from Mt. Ashland Road into the Colestin Valley, connecting to
Interstate 5 at Hilt. The Cascade Siskiyou National Monument lies to the east of Colestin Rd, and National Forests boarder the area as well. This
project is planned to comprehensively extend the benefits of existing fuels treatments along mid-Colestin Road and four miles of fuels treatments
adjacent to Railroad easements which were funded by earlier National Fire Plan grants. It has been collaboratively designed to facilitate the
continued creation of a fire-safe travel corridor along upper Colestin Rd.
Sparks from railroad tracks have historically ignited numerous fires in the Colestin/Hilt area. Past hot, dry summers have caused volunteer
firefighters to actually follow trains to watch for potential train-track-sparked ignitions. The railroad tunnel on the Siskiyou Summit is under repair, with
summer plans for trains to resume their journey through this dry valley and over the Siskiyou Mountains where fuel hazard conditions are extreme
and conditions are dry and dangerous during the long, hot summers.
The project area is adjacent to the boundaries of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument which will release its management plan on Friday Feb
11. Fuels treatments on this road will protect the ecological integrity and beauty of the National Monument area.
-Partners/Community Mitigation Plans/Outcomes: Lomakatsi has partnered with landowners, volunteer fire fighters, and members of the Colestin/Hilt
Fire Planning Committee to plan and develop this project as a strategy supported by the Colestin Hilt Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Lomakatsi workforce will implement this project, and will interface with the members of the Fire Planning committee and with landowners who want
to participate during project implementation. Project oversight and granting agency coordination involves Medford BLM as a project partner. This
Upper Colestin Road project coincides with Lomakatsi's previous National Fire Plan projects [four miles along railroad easements, two miles of mid
Colestin Road] to bring the Colestin Road Fire Safety Corridor Strategy closer to completion.
-Amount/Extent of Actions: This project will provide fuels reduction treatments along approximately 2 miles of Colestin Road, to include extended
treatments in strategic upslope and downslope landscape areas that are adjacent to BLM and National Forests, which will bring the project scope to
75 acres. The subsequent benefits reach upslope to Mt. Ashland Road, Mt Ashland Ski Area, Cascade Siskiyou National monument, and the
adjacent Klamath and Rogue River National Forests and BLM lands. The project also compliments a recent Klamath National Forest RAC award for
fuels treatments on over 600 acres adjacent to this proposed project area.
-Project timeline/ability to complete is two to three months during a one year time period. Lomakatsi workforce has expanded to include 25
individuals, giving us the capacity to run more than one crew at a time in order to implement multiple projects across the region. Participation in this
project will require a sliding scale match up to 25% from landowners. It is indicated a 20% to account for variables in cost share ratios. Larger
strategic treatments will require a lower cost share ratio. Lomakatsi workforce has undertaken numerous projects in the Colestin area over the past
eight years, and is very familiar with the Fire District staff, the landscape, the vegetation, and the community, all of which will increase the efficiency
with which this project is implemented.
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 includes the Colestin Road, the main transportation route through this 17 square mile
Colestin Valley, including 10 homes directly protected, Tashi Choling Temple, surrounding Buddhist community [200 + residents],
other residences, Colestin Fire station and equipment. Fire fighters will be have safer initial attack capability & escape and/or
access in the event of a wildfire. Fuels treatments will be implemented along high-risk areas of Colestin Rd. that are flanked by
heavily stocked forests, to reduce high fuel hazard along this critical route. It is the only mid-to-upper valley escape route in the
case of a fire. The project will protect upslope areas, Mount Ashland Ski Area, Mount Ashland Road, adjacent Rogue River
Siskiyou and Klamath National Forests, Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, and Interstate 5. It is ironic that this essential
roadway also presents a fuel hazard by being so overstocked, so the strategy is to implement fuels treatments to protect this
transportation infrastructure.
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 the low branches of larger diameter trees creating latter fuel conditions frequently throughout the
treatment area. Vegetation is a mixer 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.
LRP work crews will alter fire behavior by manual fuel hazard reduction treatments. Fuels reduction techniques will be manual
thinning with 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 landowner's requests. Snag
density will be greatly reduced in concentrated areas of concern.
Thinning and cutting activities will take place from fall through the late spring. Swamper burning will take place directly following
thinning, in areas that have larger portions of dead fuel. Burning will generally be done into April depending on seasonal fire
conditions and NEPA. The majority of the treatment slash will be hand piled to summer over in preparation for burning the following
winter. This decreases smoke and increases the efficiency of pile burning.
C. The Colestin Hilt Fire Planning committee is supportive organizing fuels maintenance in the future. Initial fuels treatments make
future maintenance easier. Lomakatsi will introduce our 'Fire Resiliency Maintenance Program' a 50% landowner cost share
program for: 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 Job Council
Youth Stewardship Program will assist with fuels maintenance.
D. Multi-party monitoring will identify goals and establishes project accountability and acceptance in the broader community.
Community meetings and site-tours of past and future treatments will begin the multi-party process, setting goals and building trust
with landowners and other stakeholders. Collective goals to be set by stakeholders may include effectiveness monitoring, social
monitoring, photo-point and ecological monitoring, in a format that is replicable for future projects. By virtue of Lomakatsi's history
and partnerships in the area, many stakeholders will participate. Multi party monitoring strategies will educate and inspire
landowners to continue maintaining fire reslient landscapes.
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/B. The project leads to the improvement of the local economy, creating employment and income to stimulate economic activity. It
will create 12 seasonal jobs approximately 2 to 3 months in duration. Lomakatsi has other Colestin restoration projects [USFWS
Jobs-in-the-Woods], which create employment opportunities for on-going sustainable economic activity. As a non-profit with a longterm history of projects, we will continue to create restoration programs for this area. This proposal also increases the duration of
local workforce employment. C-The Colestin Buzz newspaper is an educational networking tool that will advance the goals of this
project. Participation in the Colestin-Hilt CWPP will be bolstered by this project, increasing skills and creating a tool for continued fire
planning. Our Ecological Principles for Fuel Load Reduction are a tool for communicating the importance of fuels reduction for fire
safety and forest enhancement. Jackson-Josephine Two County Newsletter will be used for outreach and education. Lomakatsi's
workforce uses its skills and tools for performing the ecologically sensitive yet highly effective fuels reduction work desired by
landowners. D-Options for biomass utilization are networked with Blair Moody, Medford BLM, Jefferson Sustainable Development
Initiative, S.W. Or. Resource Conservation District, Sustainable Northwest grants for networking on utilization strategies. LRP will
partner for USDA Biomass grant partnerships.
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 reduction goals of the Colestin Hilt Community Wildfire Protection Plan, updated regularly and
available on the website: http://crfd.org/wildlandfireprevention.htm#overview.
B. This treatment is coordinated with Colestin Rural Fire District, the Colestin Hilt CWPP, and BLM. The project compliments
Klamath National Forest RAC "Colestin Fuels Project" grant for over 600 acres of fuels reduction in the Klamath National Forest
areas directly upslope from the Colestin Fire Station, and this project area along Colestin Rd. C. Cooperators include Colestin Rural
Fire District staff and volunteers, Colestin Hilt Fire Planning Committee, landowners involved in the CWPP, with BLM project
oversight as a standard of implementation. D- As evident in the Colestin Hilt CWPP, please note that our project history is quoted in
their fire planning website, evidence that Lomakatsi's work in the Colestin is consistently supported by the community, and the Fire
Districts. Cost Share for this project will be requested up to 25%, but is indicated in the budget line item at 20% to account for the
sliding scale factor.
Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
COORDINATION OVER-VIEW
--Meetings with Partners / Collaborators:
Within 30 Days of Project Funding
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
--Media and Announcement of Project
--Initial Community / Fire District / Landowner
Meetings
LANDOWNER OUTREACH
Communication with interested parties.
--Initial Site Visits
-Site mapping to be
NEPA ready
PRESCRIPTIONS
-Inventory Veg & Fuel Density
-Create Treatment Plan
-Outreach Multi party monitoring
-Agency & landowner Review
BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION --Community
Meeting To Review Project Scope
-Set Multi-party monitoring plots
-- Organize Community Volunteer Days
IMPLEMENT PROJECT
--Coordinate Work Crews, Consultants,
Inspectors
- Begin On-The-Ground Work
- Community Field Review
PERIODIC INSPECTION AND REVIEW
-Coordination w/agencies
-CRFD & Volunteers
-Monitoring Team
FINAL SUMMARY REPORT
Presentation of Final Report To Community
and Agencies
Within 60 days of funding
Responsible Party
LOMAKATSI
Colestin Rural Fire District, BLM,
Landowners
LOMAKATSI, assistance of ODF,
Colestin Rural Fire District, Colestin
Buzz Newsletter, 2-County News,
local newspapers, radio, etc
LOMAKATSI
Colestin Fire District
Within 90 Days of Project Funding
Within 90 - 150 Days of Project Funding
LOMAKATSI
BLM
Landowners
Within Days 150-180 of Project Funding
LOMAKATSI, Community Members,
Colestin Rural Fire District,
BLM
LOMAKATSI
Volunteers and Monitoring Team
180 -240 of Project Funding
Project duration
BLM
CRFD & Volunteers
Landowners
Multi-Party Monitoring Team
LOMAKATSI
Within 360 Days of Project Start-Up
Project Budget
Landowners
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Colestin Rural Fire
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Partner 3
Personnel
Project Coordination Team
Forest Tech Team
Subtotal
$6,950
$0
$0
$1,000
$0
$7,950
$7,100
$0
$0
$0
$0
$7,100
$14,050
$0
$0
$1,000
$0
$15,050
$0
$0
$2,432
Fringe Benefits
Project Coordinating Team
$2,432
$0
$0
Forest Tech Team
$2,485
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,485
$4,917
$0
$0
$0
$4,917
Project Coordination
$375
$0
$0
$100
$0
$475
Treatment Implementation
$750
$0
$0
$750
$1,125
$0
$0
$0
$0
$100
$0
$1,225
$1,400
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1,400
$700
$0
$0
$0
$0
$700
$2,100
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,100
$1,950
$1,950
$0
$0
$0
$3,900
Equipment Maintenance
$1,875
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1,875
Subtotal
$3,825
$1,950
$0
$0
$0
$5,775
$72,000
$0
$18,000
$0
$0
$90,000
$1,200
$1,200
$1,200
$0
$500
$0
$2,900
$73,200
$18,000
$500
$0
$92,900
$2,600
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,600
$12,218
$0
$0
$0
$12,218
$14,818
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$14,818
$114,035
$3,150
$18,000
$1,600
$0
$136,785
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
2 chainsaws
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.