Project Summary Form
Id Number 2006-121
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN-INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Prevention & Education Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Oregon Department of Foresty
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
A
503-945-7341
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
503-945-7416
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):
2600 State Street Salem, OR 97310
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Ms. Mary Helen Smith Grant Coordinator/Mike Ziolko Project Coordinator
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Oregon Department of Forestry
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
503-945-7341
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
503-945-7416
Call Ahead For FAX
Email:
msmith@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
Statewide Biomass Utilization Statewide Education & Development
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
07/01/2006
07/01/2008
Federal Funding Request:
$
187,774
Total Project Funding:
$
413,103
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
This is the only "statewide" application that the Oregon Department of Forestry is submitting.
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 project will help develop state policies and programs that encourage biomass utilization. The project will identify and work to
remove barriers that impede the use of biomass. All woody vegetation types will be part of the project. Goals of the project are: 1Elimination of excess and hazardous fuels, that provides economic development opportunities to rural communities and 2-Attain
State air quality goals, through less burning of biomass materials and less smoke production.
Grant funds will be used to hire a staff specialist who will:
1-Identify and develop partnerships and collaborative stewardship opportunities to foster biomass utilization.
2-Facilitate public/private partnership groups and disseminate utilization information that supports the fire prevention, forest health,
smoke management and carbon sequestration/global warming programs.
3-Work with other state and local agencies to further economic development in rural communities.
Project Location:
Latitude: 1.1
Longitude: 1.1
County:
All
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Federal Congressional District:
3
Telephone number of Contact:
Glenn Montgomery, Oregon Economic and Community Dev. Dept.
503-986-0158
Marty Stipe, P.E., Department of Energy
503-378-4926
William VonSegen, USFS
503-808-2348
Describe project, including, but not limited to:
x type of project to be delivered
x project location
x method of delivery
x project relationship to community or natural
landscape fire plans
x target audience
x timeliness
x tools and/or skills needed to complete project
x projected timelines and cost estimation
x monitoring and evaluation procedures
For this project, explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning, through a “Local Coordination
Group.” If you haven’t worked with a local coordination group, why not?
Response:
Oregon is 43 percent forested. Without proactive management, forests are at significant risk to insect and disease impacts and catastrophic wildfire. With the
successful award of this grant, our agency will participate and provide leadership in the development of uses for forest biomass by developing policies and
programs that encourage the utilization of the material, in lieu of burning either by wildfire or prescribed burning. This project will identify and work towards
removing the barriers that impede the use of biomasss, so that forest fuels may be effectively managed throughout the state of Oregon. It will also develop
public/private partnerships and collaborative stewarship opportunities,which add value to biomass utilization, especially with the intent to retain or create longterm jobs in economically distressed communities. We will work to promote and incorporate biomass facilities and opportunities into all facets of forest health,
management and restoration work of the National Fire Plan. We will also promote active fuels management on public and private forest lands as key tools to
produce biomass for energy generation, biofuels and other renewable uses and to improve and maintain healthy forests.
Sustainable Supply Opportunities by Region: This position will identify federal, state, and private forestlands where proximity and non-timber biomass
production provide long-term opportunities for biomass recovery for energy generation, while facilitating forest health restoration.
With an urgency to get coordination between several agencies working on this topic, before all involved head down different paths, a recommendation from the
recent ODF Protection Review was that ODF develop a ODF Bioenergy Task Force, with representatives from the Private and Community Forest, Protection
From Fire, Forest Resources Planning and Smoke Mgmt. Programs to involve and coordinate implementation of the Department's biomass and Bioenergy
strategies. This group will work with statewide biomass working group comprised of key stakeholders, to refine and focus the work that is being done. The
working group would provide input to the Governor and Legislature through the Renewable Energy Working Group to develop and promote incentives and
investments in sustainable biomass renewable energy production. Many state and federal agencies will be participating in this statewide group to bring these
efforts in alignment. It is the intent that the Oregon Department of Forestry play a strong role with this group, while promoting active fuels and vegetation
management on public and private forestland as key tools to produce biomass for energy generation and while restoring and maintainging forest health and
reducing the risk of catastrophic fire with associated large suppression costs.
With these efforts will come an essential political capital that will build from this group in developing a shared vision that includes a more integrated economic
look at the social, economic, and environmental benefits biomass renewable energy can offer. The involvement of communities throughout the state of Oregon
will benefit by this project.
Through this consolidated work Oregon Department of Forestry will:
1.Develop coordinated statewide strategy to address forest health concerns through better biomass utilization.
*Establish position at ODF to provide staff support to develop a coordinated strategy.
*Work with key state and federal agencies, Governor's office, landowners, urban interests.
*Together produce a integrated strategy
2. Key in on developing sustainable supply to attract investments.
*Establish criteria for sustainable supply, varies by ecotype, to address environmental issues of concern in utilizing biomass.
*Identify and develop opportunities by region [biomass/cogen/biofuels/nich market opportunities] to improve forest health and rural economies.
*Analyze economics of opportunities in each region
*Lend assistance to pilot projects where possible.
*To enlarge public support make utilization of urban wood waste part of project.
3.Promote public legislative education/support to implement strategy.
*Develop education pieces to tell the story on benefits to forest health of better utilization of biomass in Oregon, and strategies in place to address concerns.
*Deliver education pieces to decision makers, agencies, and communities.
*As appropriate take legislative needs to state legislature/congress.
4.Evaluate effectiveness of project.
*Strategy
*Education
1. Prevention of Wildland Urban Interface Fire (40 points)
Describe how the proposal will lead to:
A. Reduction of wildland urban interface fire
B. Reduction of structural losses
C. Homeowner action and personal responsibility to reduce fire loss of private land.
Response:
In recent years, throughout the dry forest types of the Western U.S., comprehensive and integrated efforts have been directed
towards forest health restoration, reduction of threat from catastrophic wildfires and sustainability of the forest ecosystem and
surrounding communities. All of these efforts involve traditional as well as innovative strategies and techniques to address the
issues and consequences of poor forest health and non-sustainable past practices. In each case, these beneficial proactive
approaches, while generating significant short and long term improvements to the health of the forest ecosystem, have often
concurrently generated waste streams of small diameter or non-marketable larger diameter material [slash] in vast quantities.
A sustainable supply/demand assessment of conditions and trends needs to be completed. The Department has committed to do
this in the Oregon Department of Energys second draft of the Oregon Renewable Energy Action Plan. This topic is beginning to be
looked at the Governor's staff, ODF, Oregon Economic and Community and Development Department [OECDD], our federal
partners and ODOE.
The ability to utilize biomass materials should stimulate the accelerated removal of hazardous wildland urban interface fuels. This in
turn, should result in less severe fires, a reduction in structural losses, lower fire suppression costs, reduce smoke production from
wildland fire and prescribed fire, and enhancement in the ability by homeowners to take direct responsibility for fuels management
on their own property.
2.
Community Participation (30 points)
Detail the community participation and collaboration for this project. Define clearly why you believe your group
will be successful in delivering the proposal to the target audience. How will the project be sustained or carried
forward beyond project timelines? How will the project be monitored and evaluated?
Response:
The Board of Forestry's strategic plan, the Forestry Program For Oregon, places great emphasis on comprehensive, integrated, and
proactive sustainable efforts and outcomes for Oregon's forests, communities, and citizens. Converting biomass, a historically nonmarketable waste, to energy is highly consistent with the vision and goals of the Oregon Board of Forestry. The Private sector is
poised to act, invest, develop and begin energy production as sustainable viable markets are developed. But for this to occur, the
value of utilizing biomass power verses the cost of utilizing existing energy sources must considered. Approximately 4.9 jobs per
megawatt [MW] of biomass power generated are created as a result of commercial/industrial scale development of a biomass power
generation facility [i.e., a 25 MW plant supports over 120 living wage jobs]. This effort is critical to provide all levels a more
comprehensive understanding, acceptance, and support of the wide range of societal benefits that are a direct or indirect result of
biomass production and processing. Audiences should include policy/law makers, county officials, forestry/natural resource
managers, non-governmental organizations, private industry, interested public, media, etc.
3.
Partnerships (30 points)
Detail the level of involvement of any local multi-agency, emergency services, non-profit coordination group, and
provide a list of partners for this project with their current and expected level of involvement, including any kind of
contributions or matching funds. What is the project relationship to a community risk assessment or mitigation
plan? Include the name of the plan, date it was prepared, and local contact to get a copy of the plan if requested.
Response:
We will work with those listed below to identify barriers and develop programs to encourage biomass utilization. Personnel in other
agencies will be used as resources in a partnership-working environment. Private industry and landowners will be part of the
partnership to further develop economic opportunities and biomass products. Federal - US Dept of Energy; Environmental
Protection Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Tribal - Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Recent federal
legislation allows Tribes to manage adjoining federal lands has created new opportunities for developing a biomass utilization plan
in this area. State - Governor's Office, OR Economic & Community Dev. Dept., OR Dept. of Energy, State University System, OR
Public Utility Commission, OR Department of State Lands. Private - OR Business Assn.,OR Forest Industries Council; OR Small
Woodland Owners Assn., Pacific Power, Portland General Electric, Misc Investor Owner Utilities, Private Energy Consulting Firms,
Energy Investors, OR Energy Trust, OR Environmental Council.
In harmony with the Board of Forestry's vision for Oregon's Forests, OECDD has produced a white paper titled "Achieving more
Benefit From Our Forest Resources". Restoring forest health, reducing the risk of severe fire, marketing Oregon wood, and creating
jobs in rural communities are key actions in the plan. All of which are also articulated in the Forestry Program for Oregon. The ODF
is coordinating with OECDD and the Governor's office on this strategy. Also, the Oregon Department of Forestry, Northeast Oregon
District has been doing some of this work already. This project work will be integrated into the current local efforts already taking
place.
Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Help develop policies and program objectives to
encourage and enhance biomass utilization.
Responsible Party
ODF staff and Statewide multiple agency
work group.
Through grant life
Address the current fuels situation with multiagency and broad community participation
ODF staff and multiple federal and state
partners.
Curently happening/ongoing
Assess current biomass utilization and identify
barriers to enhancement or promotion of incentives
Ongoing
ODF staff and multiple federal and state
partners. Statewide multiple agency work
group.
ODF staff and multiple federal and state
partners.
Work to implement policies and program objectives.
Ongoing
Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Partner 3
Personnel
Personnel/Labor
ODF Match
Subtotal
$102,264
$0
$0
$0
$0
$102,264
$0
$122,717
$0
$0
$0
$122,717
$102,264
$122,717
$0
$0
$0
$224,981
$46,008
$55,210
$0
$0
$0
$101,218
$0
$0
$55,210
$0
$0
$0
$0
$46,008
$0
$0
$0
$101,218
$5,000
$6,000
$0
$0
$0
$11,000
$0
$0
$0
$5,000
$0
$6,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$11,000
$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
$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
Fringe Benefits
OPE
Subtotal
Travel
Vehicle/Per Diem
$0
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
$0
Other
Salem 6%(Prot+Financ)
$11,266
$0
$0
$0
$0
$11,266
Indirect Costs
$23,236
$0
$0
$0
$64,638
$34,502
$41,402
$41,402
$0
$0
$0
$75,904
$187,774
$225,329
$0
$0
$0
$413,103
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
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.