2006-123
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN-INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Treatment Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Oregon Department of Forestry, SWO District, Medford
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111) Type of Applicant: ( enter appropriate letter in box )
503-945-7341
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
503-945-7416
Please Call Ahead For FAX
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip) :
2600 State Street Salem, OR 97310
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
A
H. Independent School District
I. State-Controlled Institution of Higher Learning
J. Private University
K. Indian Tribe
L. Nonprofit Organization
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Ms. Mary Helen Smith Grant Coordinator/Teresa Vonn Field Coordinator
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Oregon Department of Forestry
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
503-945-7341
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
503-945-7417 Call Ahead For FAX
Project Information
Project Title:
Jackson County North Hazard Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
03/01/2006
Project Coordinator
Email: msmith@odf.state.or.us
Proposed Project End Date:
12/31/2007
Federal Funding Request:
$ 255,050
Total Project Funding:
$
617,734
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
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).
The Oregon Department of Forestry, recognizing the need for increased fuel reduction is requesting funding to continue the existing highly successful Defensible Space cost-share program. Interest in fuels reduction in Jackson County remains high with several smaller communities actively involved in developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans [CWPP], including, Seven Basins Watershed, and Battle Mountain. This project will provide financial assistance to citizens in high risk areas identified in CWPP efforts. It will also strategically place treatment areas identified through interagency collaboration with rural fire districts and ODF. Approximately 155 interface homes would directly benefit from the hazard reduction funding in Wagon Trail, Crowfoot Road, Old Stage Road, and Military Road. An additional 223 acres of roadside and driveway or strategically placed fuel treatments are proposed.
Project Location:
Latitude: 42.66326 Longitude: 122.477
County:
Jackson
Federal Congressional District:
2
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal: Telephone number of Contact:
Leanne Mruzik, BLM, Fuel Management Specialist
Luis Ramirez, BLM, Forestry Technician
Teresa Vonn, ODF, District Protection Planner
541-618-2200 Ext.
541-618-2218 Ext.
541-664-3328 Ext.

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:
Address these items x project location (e.g., Watershed, neighboring community) as applicable: x anticipated outcomes x community partners and their role(s) x x x x project relationship to the community risk assessment and mitigation plan amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc.) project timeline and matching or contributed funds 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?
Several Members of the Josephine/Jackson County Local Coordination Group have been contacted.
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 Acres Treatment Acres 303
303
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
The project will be located in high risk areas throughout Jackson County with the emphasis being of high concern to firefighting agencies including
Wagon Trail, Old Stage, Military Road, Kane Creek, and Crowfoot Road. This area has a history of fast-moving grass fires that start at lower elevations and run uphill into timber, threatening this populated area. Approximately 155 homes are at risk are targeted. The Wagon Trail Road community[near Jacksonville]area has 40 homes targeted, with 15 properties located in a box canyon. The area consists of dense brush and timber in which ladder fuels are prevalent. The Wagon Trail community is of particular interest of an important ODF partner, Fire District #9. Ownership in the initial project area is mostly residential, situated below private and BLM commercial timberlands. The Crowfoot Road [near Butte Fall] area has a neighborhood of 45 homes identified as at extreme risk through the ODF Senate Bill 360 process. Old Stage Road, Kane Creek and Military Road
[near Medford] are of particular interest to an important ODF partner, Fire District #3. Seventy[70] homes and 20 acres of driveway and extended defensible space areas have been targeted for treatment.
Jackson County has begun the process of developing a CWPP. Meetings with ODF, the Jackson, County Natural Resource Coordinator, and GIS
Coordinator have begun the risk assessment process. Local agencies including ODF, BLM, and Fire Districts #3 and #9 are committed to providing assistance.
Anticipated outcomes: Creation of defensible space [homes and driveways], with potential for larger scale community fuel breaks, plans for maintenance, and a reduction in the rate of human-caused fire occurrence, through increased resident awareness and fire prevention education.
ODF participation in CWPPs throughout Jackson County will facilitate increased coordination between the fire services and local residents.
Partners / roles:
*Neighborhood groups - fire planning & hazard reduction actions
*ODF - Technical assistance in fire planning, on-site residential hazard reduction recommendations / plans
*Jackson County - Funding ODF personnel with Title 3 funds, to provide on-site resident assistance
*Jackson County Fire District #3 and #9 - Technical assistance in fire planning, on-site residential hazard reduction recommendations / plans
*BLM - Technical assistance in fire planning
Amount or extent of actions: Requested funding would create defensible space around 155 homes and extended defensible space for 223 acres along driveways.
ODF has a long history of successfully implementing NFP grants.

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:
In addition to dwellings and residential out buildings, infrastructure protected will be primarily power line and road systems, from fire, and fire-related erosion.
Reductions in the rate of human-caused fire occurrence and prevention of injuries/fatalities are anticipated as a result of the one on one education each landowner receives when meeting with a Forest Officer to assess the potential for a cost share grant for fuel reduction. Fire prevention and life safety education will be built into any community fire plan. Modification of vegetation will reduce fire intensity, lessen the possibility of structure fires extending into wildlands, creation of defensible space, improvement of fire apparatus access, and improved escape routes and safety zones for area residents will result from both the education and fuel reduction components of this project. Fuels to be treated include but are not limited to natural brush species such as manzanita, wedge-leaf ceanothus, and madrone, and natural coniferous fir and pine tree species. Hazard reduction plans will also include treatment of non-native, flammable vegetation such as scotch broom. Ladder fuels and hazardous fuel continuity will be treated through the processes of removal, reduction, or replacement with fire resistant plants. Treatment will be primarily by hand, but may also include some use of mechanized equipment. Slash disposal will be accomplished through chipping and broadcasting on the surface, to inhibit re-growth of brush, and enhance area soils through decomposition, burning, or lopping and scattering. Through a combination of community meetings and one-on-one residential assessments, Oregon Department of Forestry will assist rural residents to take action to survive catastrophic wildfire.
Long term maintenance will be stressed through education and reinforced in all cost-share agreements with the acknowledgment that maintenance by the landowner is a condition of the cost-share. An aggressive education and outreach program sponsored by the county, ODF and Fire Districts #3 and #9, as well as those communities developing fire plans will be essential for the success of maintenance of treated areas. ODF will emphasize the importance of including a maintenance component in all CWPP efforts.
Multi-party monitoring by ODF in partnership with community fire planning leaders and Fire Districts #3 and #9 will implement project and effectiveness monitoring with the establishment of pre and post fuel treatment photo points. In the event of a fire through a treatment area photo points will also be obtained for analysis of project effectiveness. ODF proposes to purchase three digital cameras to implement this photo point collection through this grant. The photos will be available for community fire planning education opportunities such as the Firewise program.

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:
The fuel reduction industry in Southern Oregon has developed into a competitive venue for those willing to invest in equipment to mulch or shred smaller diameter brush, hard and softwoods up to 6-8" DBH. One contractor is utilizing a shearer to harvest small diameter material for utilization. Continuation of cost-share for fuel reduction will continue to drive and expand this industry. Two years ago there was one large slash buster working mostly on federal lands, today there are 5 smaller machines working on private lands.
Both handcrews and machine treatment are used in Southern Oregon, with the machine work being limited by slope. Machine operators and contract crews have asked to be included on a contractors list available to landowners upon request from ODF. Three
Forest Officers will work winter months to provide technical assistance, cost-share approval and project compliance inspections.
Biomass utilization has historically been in the form of firewood and pole production. Poles are being used for furniture,fencing and building materials primarily by landowners. Some pole companies will perform the fuel reduction if the number and quality of poles is of particular abundance and quality. ODF maintains a list of pole companies/buyers available for landowners. The Jackson County
CWPP is actively seeking avenues of utilization of small diameter material and will continue to explore opportunities with the BLM as they pioneer this field with stewardship contract.
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:
This project will target those communities-at-risk identified through the Senate Bill 360 analysis, Brian Ballou, Wildland Urban
Interface Specialist, ODF, contact[541]664-3328. Over 1200 homes are identified as high risk in Jackson County, of these 1,100 homes are at extreme risk.
Jackson County has secured funding for a CWPP, hired Jeff Schwanke as the Phase one consultant, and begun planning meetings to coordinate the risk assessment and mitigation plan. The date of completion is December 2007.
The proposed treatment areas have been developed with Fire Districts #3 and #9, BLM, ODF, and local landowners. The projects build on existing or proposed BLM and Districts #3 and #9 projects, and existing private treated lands.
Local support for the project is high. Landowner interest exceeds the demand. This grant would implement an already successful cost-share program that provides a rebate of $330 per acre for those parcels that are approved to participate in the program.
The current level of support is high throughout the county between community members and agency personnel.
*Neighborhood groups - fire planning & hazard reduction actions
*ODF-Technical assistance in fire planning, on-site residential hazard reduction recommendations/plans
*Jackson County Fire Districts #3 and #9 - Technical assistance in fire planning, on-site residential hazard reduction recommendations/plans

Tasks
On-site resident assistance - development of individual hazard reduction plans
Begins 3/06
Time Frame
Community planning meetings
Monitoring / Evaluation
Ongoing
Promote expansion of affected areas & recruiting additional resident participants
Ongoing
Hazard Reduction
Ongoing
3/1/06-12/31/07
Responsible Party
Oregon Department of Forestry, and
Jackson County Fire Districts #3 and
#9
Landowners/Oregon Department of
Forestry, and Jackson County Fire
Districts #3 and #9
Oregon Department of Forestry, and
Jackson County Fire District #3 and
#9
Community Fire Planning Leaders,
Landowners/Oregon Department of
Forestry, and Jackson County Fire
Districts #3 and #9
Landowners/Oregon Department og
Forestry/Fire Districts #3 and #9 /
Contractors

Community Leaders Landowner
Cost Category
Description
Personnel
Federal
Agency Applicant Partner 1 Partner 2 Partner 3
Total
Technical Assistance
ODF Match
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
OPE
$63,840
$0
$63,840
$0
$205,000
$205,000
$5,000
$0
$5,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$68,840
$205,000
$273,840
$34,090
$0
$34,090
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$34,090
$0
$34,090
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Vehicle/Cell Phone Use
Garmin 76 GPS units
Subtotal
Supplies
Office Materials
3 Digital Cameras
Subtotal
Contractual
Landowner Cost-share
$0
$963
$963
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1,050
$1,050
$0
$0
$0
$25,184
$0
$25,184
$2,500
$0
$2,500
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,184
$963
$26,147
$2,500
$1,050
$3,550
$0
$0
$0
Subtotal
$125,000
$0
$125,000
Other
Field Administration
Salem 6% (Prot +Finance
Subtotal
$14,804
$15,303
$30,107
Total Costs
Project (Program)
Income
1
$255,050
$0
$232,684
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$5,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$125,000
$0
$125,000
$0
$0
$0
$125,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$250,000
$0
$250,000
$0
$0
$0
$14,804
$15,303
$30,107
$0 $617,734
$0 $0
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.