Project Summary Form
Id Number 2006-188
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN-INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Treatment Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Washington State Department of Natural Resources, NE Region
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
A
509-684-7474
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
509-684-7484
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 190 Colville, WA 99114
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Mr. Chuck Johnson Community Fire Planner
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Washington Department of Natural Resources, NE Region
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
509-684-7474
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
509-684-7484
Call Ahead For FAX
Email:
chuck.johnson@wadnr.gov
Project Information
Project Title:
Enterprise/Hunters WUI Fuels Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
06/01/2006
Federal Funding Request:
$ 201,250
Proposed Project End Date:
12/31/2007
Total Project Funding:
$
220,570
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes, WA State DNR is submitting numerous projects prioritized by the Stevens County Local Coordinating Group.
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 Washington State Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the BIA, Spokane Tribe, and Stevens County Fire District 2 will
conduct fuels reduction projects on private lands located on, adjacent to, or near the northwest corner of the Spokane Indian Reservation. This
project complements and enhances existing and planned fuels reduction projects on federal, tribal, and private lands that benefit the communities of
Enterprise, Fruitland, and Hunters, WA. Included in this area is Camp Na-Bor-Lee as well as recreational homes and developments surrounding
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake and the Columbia River. The ultimate goal of this project is to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire by eliminating
ladder fuels and reducing fuel concentrations in the wildland urban interface.
Project Location:
Latitude: -48.033
Longitude: 118.361
County:
Stevens
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Federal Congressional District:
5
Telephone number of Contact:
Kevin Ritzer, BIA Spokane Reservation
509-258-4566 Ext.
Rick Anderson, Stevens County FPD 2 Chief
509-722-3100 Ext.
Steve Harris, WA DNR Prevention Coordinator
509-684-7474 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?
This project is being coordinated through the Stevens County LCG with chair input.
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 175
Treatment
Acres 0
Treatment
Acres 0
Treatment Clipping
Acres 0
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Other 1 Ladder Fuel Removal
Acres 175
Other 2
Acres 0
A. The Enterprise/Hunters WUI Fuels Reduction Project lies between the communities of Enterprise and Hunters bounded by the Columbia River
[Lake Roosevelt]to the west and the Spokane Indian Reservation to the south. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is conducting considerable fuels
reduction activity in the wildland/urban interface. This proposal complements these efforts and extends fuels reduction work onto adjacent private
lands. Within this community is Camp Na-bor-lee and numerous recreational developments fronting the Lake Roosevelt. The Enterprise proposal
involves creating strategic fuels reduction units on the landscape to protect these communities.
B. There are several anticipated outcomes: Reduce fire intensity and torching potential near private improvements, break up the continuity of
hazardous fuels conditions across the landscape, provide firefighters with a chance to mount a reasonable defense against wildfire and build owner
awareness of fire hazard mitigation.
C. There are several community partners involved in planning this project. Fire managers from the BIA, WADNR, Stevens County Emergency
Services, and Stevens County Fire Protection District #2 support this proposal. Primary responsibility will rest with the WADNR to initiate, implement,
and monitor project activities. WADNR will utilize the services of local fuel contractors and consultants to complete. The BIA will continue to provide
valuable expertise, outreach, and adjacent project coordination. Stevens County Fire Distict 2 will continue to provide prevention and educational
information to the public.
D. Community risk assessment and mitigation measures have been determined by local fire managers utilizing RAMS and NFPA-299. A countywide
Community Wildfire Protection Plan is in progress. This plan will formalize local plans including assessing risks, recommending mitigation strategies,
and prioritizing projects. However, local fire managers recognize a critical opportunity in timing a fuels reduction project in conjunction with the
current joint fuels reduction effort by BIA and DNR on the Spokane Indian Reservation. These communities are in a recognized high risk area, and
fuels reduction efforts will be continued and monitored by state, federal, and county agencies.
E. It is estimated that 175 acres of hazardous fuels reduction will be accomplished.
F. Since this project proposes to continue the work of a successful partnership currently being administered by the WADNR , implementation can
start quickly after funding. Match funding is limited yet agency partners will contribute significant resources to accomplish grant objectives.
G. The proponents have continually demonstrated the ability to complete numerous National and State Fire Plan projects. There are experienced
consultants and fuels reduction contractors in the area who will implement this project in a timely manner.
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. The communities in this project are typical of the wildland urban interface in the inland northwest. These towns service a rural
population that is disbursed over the forested landscape. The area is served by a network of state highways, county roads, and
railways with parallel power lines. The area consists of unincorporated communities with limited infrastructure and monetary
resources.
B. The proposal will change fire behavior by reducing fuels in the area of private improvements. Contractors will thin small,
overstocked trees, remove brush, prune low limbs, and chip woody debris. This will decrease fire intensity, flame length, and the
tendency for fire to ascend into tree crowns. The overall effect is to reduce Fuels Condition Class from 2 or 3 down to 1. Fuel
reduction projects in this community will have the broader effect of breaking up the continuity of hazard fuels across the landscape.
The project meets National Fire Plan Implementation Plan goals by: focusing on treating improvements and hazards that would
most threaten firefighters defending homes, increasing homeowner education by distributing FireWise literature during the risk
assessment phase, restores portions of unhealthy forests by reducing fuels condition class from 2 or 3 down to 1, collaborating
across agency lines to prioritize common goals, achieving fuel reduction goals in the wildland/urban interface where adjacent to
federal lands, planning cross-boundary fuels work both by this grant and the current fuels reduction work occurring on the Spokane
Reservation to achieve a coinciding implementation schedule and monitoring results so work can be improved during the project
and in the future.
C. Property owners will be required to maintain the projects for 10 years.
D. Local fire managers will monitor projects to insure compliance. Appropriate changes or recommendations will be incorporated
into the project and noted for inclusion in future projects.
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. Ongoing fuels reduction work has stimulated the local economy by creating forestry jobs that support many families within the
community, especially on the reservation.•
B. The cooperating agencies maintain, improve, and educate their workforce. Each offers unique opportunities to create and retain
jobs. Specifically the project will maintain one to two year round agency employees to monitor and administrate the projects, one
seasonal local fuels consultant, and one seasonal local fuels contractor with four to five employees will be employed for up to 18
months.•
C. These communities are natural resource based. These projects expand and utilize the tools and skills of displaced forest industry
workers and pass on the heritage of the forest products industry.
D. Biomass has and will continue to be utilized on a local level. Locals retrieve firewood, fence poles, and rails from under
merchantable sized material and utilize chips as landscape mulch and livestock bedding.
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 proposed Stevens County Community Wildfire Protection plan is currently in progress. Cooperators anticipate that this plan
will be top priority for funding by the Stevens County Local Coordinating Group.
B. This project is a result of continued cooperation between the Spokane Tribe, BIA, WADNR, Stevens County Fire District,
Stevens County, private contractors, and the public that they serve within the communities.
C. WADNR will be lead agency. Cooperators are the BIA, Spokane Tribe, Stevens County Fire District 1, Stevens County, and
private consultants.
D. Local support has been enthusiastic especially from the landowners receiving treatment. There is a mosaic of completed
projects throughout the communities with anticipation to complete the entire area. A match will occur from WADNR in the form of
outreach, education, grant administration, and monitoring.
Project Work Form
Tasks
--Obtain funding--Obtain the services of a
Fuels Consultant--Obtain the services of fuels
reduction contractors
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Grant Administrator
May 2006
--Begin outreach and project planning
Grant AdministratorFuels Consultant
May 2006 & Ongoing
--Begin Fuel Reduction Plans with landowners
Fuels Consultant
June 2006 & Ongoing
Fuels Reduction Contractors
--Implement fuel reduction projects.
June 2006 & Ongoing
--Monitoring visits to treatment areas
Grant AdministratorCooperating
Partners
July 2006- Dec. 2007
Grant Administrator
--Project completion and accomplishment
report
December 2007
Project Budget
Stevns Co FPD 2
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Partner 3
Personnel
Administration
$0
$5,640
$1,000
$0
$0
$6,640
$0
$5,640
$0
$0
$0
$5,640
$0
$11,280
$1,000
$0
$0
$12,280
$0
$2,260
$0
$0
$0
$2,260
$0
$0
$2,260
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,260
Mileage
$0
$1,460
$0
$0
$0
$1,460
Per Diem
$0
$0
$0
$1,320
$0
$1,320
$2,780
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,780
$0
$500
$0
$0
$0
$500
$0
$500
$0
$0
$0
$500
$0
$1,000
$0
$0
$0
$1,000
$0
$500
$0
$0
$0
$500
$0
$500
$0
$0
$0
$500
$0
$1,000
$0
$0
$0
$1,000
Fuels Consultant
$26,250
$0
$0
$0
$0
$26,250
Fuels Contractor
$175,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$175,000
$201,250
$0
$0
$0
$201,250
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$201,250
$18,320
$1,000
$0
$0
$220,570
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Monitoring
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Indirect Costs
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Cameras, GPS units
Laptops
Subtotal
Supplies
Education Materials
Signs
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
Other
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.