Project Summary Form
Id Number 2006-051
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
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 (LRP)
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:
Wagner Creek Fuels Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
09/30/2006
Federal Funding Request:
$ 235,424
Proposed Project End Date:
12/31/2007
Total Project Funding:
$
282,374
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Priority 1: This Wagner Creek Fuels Reduction proposal, complimenting fuels projects and strategies planned by BLM, USFS, ODF, and
Lomakatsi's recent 75 acre RAC fuels reduction project for private lands adjacent to this NFP-06 project proposal area. #2: Williams Fuels
Reduction Project. #3: Tiller Workforce Training and Fuels Reduction Project.#4: Takilma Fuels Reduction Project. #5: 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).
Project will treat 160 acres of roadside, single-ingress/egress residential drives and strategic landscape areas adjacent to Wagner Creek Road,
Talent, Oregon. It will create accessible, defensible ingress/egress routes to benefit up to 35 homes, and critical upslope forest watershed
resources. The Wagner Creek Neighborhood Group, Jackson County Fire District 5 staff and Lomakatsi have partnered to create the Wagner Creek
Neighborhood Community Wildfire Protection Plan [WCN-CWPP] to meet the NFP goals of collaboration, project prioritization, implementation,
making recommendations for treatments of landscape and structural ignitability, on-going hazard reduction, monitoring and maintenance. Wagner
Creek Rd accesses Applegate Valley, an essential route for passage in the event of wildfire. The project strategically coincides with other adjacent
WUI fuels reduction plans and projects by USFS, BLM, ODF; Wildcat Canyon Homeowners/Ashland Fire & Rescue/National Fire Plan.
Project Location:
Latitude: 42.223
Longitude: 123.282
County:
JACKSON
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Federal Congressional District:
2
Telephone number of Contact:
Christie Mastrofini and Greg Chandler Medford BLM
541-618-2384 Ext.
Jackson Co. Fire District 5 Chief Dan Marshall
541-535-4222 Ext.
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?
Wagner Creek Neighborhood Community Wildfire Protection Plan with Jackson Co. Fire Dist 5
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 Pile Burning
Acres 160
Treatment Hand Piling
Acres 160
Treatment
Acres 0
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Other 1
Acres 0
Other 2
Acres 0
* Location: Lomakatsi has worked with The Wagner Creek Neighborhood group, Jackson County Fire District 5 staff and BLM [for a recently
developed RAC proposal] to define a large 850 acre project area, or 'Wagner Creek Neighborhood'[WCN] for multi-year planning and
implementation of fire protection programs. This NFP proposal will treat fuel hazards on 160 critical acres within this greater 850 acre Wagner Creek
Neighborhood [WCN], including roadsides, driveways and strategic adjacent landscape areas located within the areas adjacent to Wagner Creek
Road, in the Wagner Creek Watershed of Talent, Oregon. If considered as a stand-alone project it will create accessible, defensible ingress/egress
routes to benefit up to 35 homes directly, yet the project combines with other area efforts to also protect valuable upland forest watershed resources
adjacent to both Talent and Ashland. The protected area contains critical links to the Talent Irrigation Ditch and canals providing water for municipal
and agricultural uses. Wagner Creek Road provides critical thoroughfare in the event of wildfire, it accesses the Applegate Valley, providing
evacuation routes if necessary from either end.
Directly up-slope to the WCN project area is BLM land, and the forested ridge which defines the boundary between the Talent/Wagner Creek
watershed and the greater Ashland Watershed. This 2006 National Fire Plan request is designed to strategically coincide with the other federal,
state and local/private fuels projects planned, requested, and in progress in the area. For instance, Lomakatsi has been awarded a cost-share fuels
reduction project by the Medford BLM RAC for treatment on 75 acres within this 850 acre Wagner Creek Neighborhood. When funded, this 2006
National Fire Plan proposal will greatly increase the scope and effectiveness of the many attempts to address fire hazards and protection for this
critical WUI area. Other fuels projects adjacent to the WCN are listed in question #7, Demonstrating Collaboration.
* Partners/Outcomes/Community Risk Assessment: The Wagner Creek Neighborhood group [WCN] has met with Jackson County Fire District 5
[JCFD5] Chief Dan Marshall, Division Chief Darren Wellburn, and Lomakatsi to create the WCN Community Wildfire Prevention Plan [WCN-CWPP].
Chief Marshall is writing the plan. On-going CWPP meetings are held with Fire Dist. 5 staff in the meeting rooms at the new JCFD5 Fire Station in
Talent. To achieve the wide-scale community wildfire protection, the WCN-CWPP committee has mapped out a broad program area, or
"neighborhood" which consists of an approximately 850 acre of contiguous rural residential properties within the boundaries of the high wildfire risk
areas indicated in the Jackson County Fire District 5 Wildfire Hazard Map for the Talent area. Strategic sequential fuels reduction projects in this
WUI are an outcome goal of the WCN-CWPP. The intent and creation of this proposal has also been coordinated with Christie Mastrofini, and Greg
Chandler, Medford BLM.
Local landowners are hosting Lomakatsi and JCFD5 District Chief Darren Welburn on March 2, for a home-based community meeting with the WCN
to further participation in fuels projects to benefit their neighborhood, and the forest and watershed resources beyond.
The bottom line for some of the areas chosen for treatment is that they contain single-access multi-residential drives with high risk, high hazard fuel
loads, and extremely hazardous snag-fields adjacent to them in some areas, actually preventing fire fighting access. It is imperative that these areas
be treated soon. We anticipate that enforcement of Senate Bill 360 in Jackson County will increase participation. The project target area is also
extremely strategic in overall goals of protecting upland forest and watershed resources of the Talent AND Ashland areas.
* Timeline: The project will begin within a reasonable/seasonable time from the receipt of funding. Ideally, thinning, hand piling, and hand pile
burning will be underway from fall through spring of Sept. 05 through June 06.
* Matching funds: A cost share mechanism/match requirement will be built into this grant, requesting a 25% match from landowners. If necessary,
match ratio may be considered on a sliding scale for economic hardship, and may include adjustments to match ratios for larger strategic 'landscape'
fuels treatments. Landowner participation in project implementation may also be considered as in-kind match if economic hardship prevails. The
match is indicated at 20% in the budget line to reflect possible sliding cost share levels for economic hardship or landscape level treatments.
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: Wagner Creek Rd, Talent Irrigation Ditch water source and Canals for the
transportation of critical irrigation water supplies, including the West Canal, Upper West Canal, Fredrick Canal, etc., and the water
source provided by Wagner Creek; County Road ways, Homes, Rural residential drives, Plant Oregon Nursery, watershed
resources, upslope BLM lands, & up-slope adjacent Rogue-River Siskiyou National Forest which contains the Ashland Drinking
Water Source Protection Area, McDonald Peak Roadless Area and Mt Ashland. In the event of a fire, fuels work will protect the
valuable fire fighting equipment, resources and personnel of Jackson County Fire District 5 and/or ODF.
B- Fuel types vary throughout the project area. The treatment area is comprised of mixed conifer / hardwood / and chaparral
vegetation types with extreme fuel hazard conditions. Douglas fir
beetle-kill snag fields [8 to 28 dbh] constitute a large portion of treatment emphasis, averaging 50 - 75 snags per acre.
The treatment area is a Fire Regime Condition Class 3. Fire Behavior Fuel Models # 4, 9, and 10 have been identified with in
the treatment area. Lomakatsi's fuels reduction treatments will alter vegetation and dead fuels and bring the FRCC between a 1 &
2. Lomakatsi's fuels reduction treatments will greatly reduce vegetative density and fuel connectivity bringing the FRCC down
between a 1 & 2.
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. The majority of the treatment slash will
be hand piled to summer over and allowed to dry to reduce smoke and increase burning efficiency the following winter.
Chipping will be used in special cases at the landowner's requests. To address the high hazard snag areas we will contour fall
85% of snags from 10 in. and up across slopes, and dispose of smaller diameter snags, the branches and smaller fuels.
Thinning and cutting activities will take place from fall through the late spring. In areas that have larger portions of dead and dry
fuel, swamper burning may take place directly following thinning. This burning will generally be done into April depending on
seasonal fire conditions.
C- Lomakatsi will involve landowners and JCFD5 in our Fire Resiliency Maintenance Program [FRMP], a 50% landowner cost
share and grant-funded program to provide fuels maintenance strategies including, 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 connects
landowners with knowledgeable instructors where cultural plants are found, inspiring 'cultural plant' management, linking plant
usage with basketry and herbology, encouraging pruning and harvesting of shrubby species, saplings, brush and other potential
fuel hazards. LRP will also continue to network and cooperate with landowners, funders, and programs that will maintain the
benefits of the fuels reduction work.The Jackson County Job Council Youth Stewardship Program will also participate as a project
implementation partner.
D- WCN, JCFD5 and Lomakatsi have identified initial stakeholders and begun to draft adaptable multi-party monitoring criteria to
inspire stakeholder participation. Site tours of past and future treatments will begin the multi-party process, building trust with
landowners. Collective goals may include effectiveness monitoring, photo-point and ecological monitoring, ect. Input from of local
experts, community members, JCFD5 and BLM staff will be requested. Multi-party is beneficial for increased participation &
acceptance of ecological changes to the land.
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 improvement of the local economy by creating employment and income to stimulate economic activity. It will
create 8 to 10 seasonal jobs spanning 3 - 4 months in a 1 year period. Lomakatsi develops other programs, seeks restoration
contracts for on-going jobs and sustainable economic activity through OWEB, RAC, Jobs-in-the-Woods, foundations, etc.
C- Lomakatsi staff uses networking, education, and organizing skills to advance the goals of this project, using its "Ecological
Principles for Fuel Load Reduction and Restoration" as a tool for bringing ecology and fire science into an understandable format to
increase the participation of communities. The OSU Extension Service Jackson-Josephine Two County News is a tool that will be
used to educate and increase participation. Lomakatsi workforce uses its skills and tools for performing ecologically sensitive yet
highly effective fuels reduction work desired by landowners.
D-Options for biomass utilization include networking with Blair Moody, Medford BLM, Sustainable Northwest membership & a
pending small diameter marketing and utilization grant, contact with Jackson County Fuels Committee, Jefferson Sustainable
Development Initiative, networking with S.W. Or. RC&D Small Diameter Fuels Committee meetings on biomass issues. Recent news
& potential: USDA Forest Products Lab Biomass Utilization studies & grants programs may benefit partnerships for biomass & fuels
reduction by-product 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- The Wagner Creek Neighborhood group meets bi-monthly with JCFD5 and Lomakatsi to expand the 2005 Wagner Creek
Neighborhood Community Wildfire Protection Plan [WCN-CWPP]. To obtain the draft WCN-CWPP plan, contact JCFD5 Chief Dan
Marshall at [541] 535-4222. The WCN-CWPP has defined a broad "neighborhood" program area of 850 acres of rural residential
properties.
B- Project has been coordinated with Jackson Fire District 5, and is supported by and compliments projects of the Medford BLM.
Lomakatsi is awarded a 75 acre Medford BLM RAC fuels reduction project for 2005 within this same defined 850 acre program area
of the WCN-CWPP. Other adjacent fuels projects for upslope BLM areas are planned for FY2008. ODF/City of Ashland/NFP 2004
has adjacent projects up slope in progress for Wildcat Canyon, 125 acres of thinning now in progress on landowner Todd Hoffman's
land. In the up-slope Wagner Gap area, the Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest/ Ashland Forest Resiliency Project indicate fuels
treatments are needed for Fire Condition Class III.
C- Partners in implementation will include Jackson Co. Fire Dist.5, WCN, Siskiyou Fire Services, oversight by Medford BLM.
D- This project is the exciting result of local community organizing, action and JCFD5 support for coordinating and mitigating fuels
issues in this neighborhood, and beyond. Landowners and JCFD5 contributed time, information, coordination and planning, and will
provide a cost share of up to 20 - 25% of thinning costs. Cost share is shown at 20% in budget to mitigate variables. Lomakatsi is
also currently working to successfully complete their NFP FY2004 Anderson Creek/National Fire Plan Project fuels reduction project
and are familiar with the extreme fuel conditions in the Talent area.
Project Work Form
Tasks
*COORDINATION OVERVIEW
Collaboration with Agencies
Meetings with Partners and Local
Organizations
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
-Media /Announcements of Project
-Outreach/Education Community Meetings /
Tours
-I.D. Initial Monitoring Stakeholders
LANDOWNER OUTREACH
Meet with Property Owners
-Initial Site Visits
-Map treatment areas
-Set up NEPA
PRESCRIPTIONS
-Inventory Veg and Fuel Density
-Create Fuel Treatment Plans/Prescriptions
-Landowner Review
-I.D. monitoring plots
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
-Prescription Review w/
partners and Landowners
-- Organize Volunteer Work Days
IMPLEMENTATION
-Coordinate Crews
-Implement Fuel Treatments
PERIODIC INSPECTION AND REVIEW
-Coordinate w/ Agencies
-Community Site-Tours
-Collect & compile monitoring data
FINAL SUMMARY REPORT
-Monitoring summary
-Presentation of Final Report To Community
and Agencies
Time Frame
Responsible Party
WIthin 60 days of Project Funding
LOMAKATSI
In collaboration with:
JCFD-5
Neighborhood Groups
BLM
Within 70 Days of Project Funding
LOMAKATSI
Partnering with JCFD-5 and WCNWagner Cr. Neighborhood Group
BLM
Multi-party Monitoring Team
Within 90 Days of Project Funding
Within 90 - 120 Days of Project Funding
Within 120-150 Days of Funding
Within 150- 240 Days of Project Funding
On Going for Project duration
LOMAKATSI
JCFD-5
WCN-Wagner Cr.Neighbor Group
BLM
LOMAKATSI with
Overview to include:
JCFD-5
BLM
Wagner Creek Neighborhood Group
LOMAKATSI
Landowners
JCFD5
BLM
LOMAKATSI
BLM Inspectors
Landowners
-LOMAKATSI
-BLM
-JCFP5
-Landowners/WCN
-Multi-party Monitoring Team
-LOMAKATSI
240-360 days from funding
Project Budget
Landowner Cost
share
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Ja. Co. Fire Dist 5
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Partner 3
Personnel
Project Coordination Team
Forest Tech Team
Subtotal
$13,500
$0
$0
$1,000
$0
$14,500
$15,500
$0
$0
$0
$0
$15,500
$29,000
$0
$0
$1,000
$0
$30,000
$0
$0
$4,725
Fringe Benefits
Project Coordination Team
$4,725
$0
$0
$5,425
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$5,425
$10,150
$0
$0
$0
$10,150
Project Coordination Team
$550
$0
$0
$0
$0
$550
Treatment Implementation
$950
$100
$0
$1,050
$1,500
$0
$0
$0
$0
$100
$0
$1,600
$2,800
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,800
$1,400
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1,400
$4,200
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,200
$3,650
$3,650
$0
$0
$0
$7,300
Equipment Maintenance
$4,100
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,100
Subtotal
$7,750
$3,650
$0
$0
$0
$11,400
$153,600
$0
$38,400
$1,200
$0
$193,200
$1,200
$1,200
$1,200
$0
$1,400
$0
$3,800
$154,800
$38,400
$2,600
$0
$197,000
$2,800
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,800
$25,224
$0
$0
$0
$25,224
$28,024
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$28,024
$235,424
$4,850
$38,400
$3,700
$0
$282,374
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Forest Tech Team
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Four 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.