Enclosure 3A - Project Summary Form
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NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Treatment Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire Protection District
Phone:
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
G
541-923-6776
FAX:
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
F. Intermunicipal
G. Special District
541-923-5247
Email:
crr_rfpd@msn.com
H. Independent School District
I. State-Controlled Institution of Higher Learning
J. Private University
K. Indian Tribe
L. Nonprofit Organization
M. Other (Specify) _______________________
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
7000 SW Shad Rd, Terrebonne, OR 97760-9250
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Patrick Reitz, Chief
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire Protection District
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-923-6776
541-923-5247
crr_rfpd@msn.com
Project Information
Project Title:
Community-wide Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction and/or Modification
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
April 30, 2001
December 31, 2006
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Cost:
$140, 948
$254,458
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please prioritize, and explain if the projects are stand alone, sequential or other:
No
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).
To continue work on the project previously awarded grant monies through the National Fire Plan.
To reduce and/or modify the fuels available within the wildland urban interface and to reduce the perceived
need for outdoor burning of waste to reduce the likelihood of a catastrophic wildland fire. This would be
accomplished through fuels treatment and community education; with community and local business
participation and cooperation; and interagency participation and cooperation.
To expand Wildland Urban Interface community education and outreach programs to better address
prevention and preparation issues.
Project Location:
County:
Federal Congressional District:
Crooked River Ranch RFPD, OR
Jefferson / Deschutes
2 - Rep. Greg Walden
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Telephone number of Contact:
Sue Stewart
(541) 416-6745
Enclosure 3A (Page 1 of 3) - 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:
 project location (e.g., Watershed,
Address
neighboring community)
these items
as applicable:  anticipated outcomes

project relationship to the community risk assessment and
mitigation plan
 amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc.)
 community partners and their
 project timeline and matching or contributed funds
role(s)
 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 haven’t worked with a local coordination group, why not?
The Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire Protection District (CRR RFPD) is a nearly all-Volunteer Fire Department located in
the high dessert of Central Oregon. It serves a community with limited access and a serious Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)
problem.
The District is isolated on a "peninsula" between the merging Crooked and Deschutes Rivers Canyons to the north, with
only one paved access road to the south; and is 90+% surrounded by Federal Lands belonging to the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) and the Crooked River National Grasslands (CRNG). In addition, a portion of the adjacent BLM land is
designated a Wilderness Study Area; portions of the Crooked and Deschutes Rivers are designated Wild and Scenic
Waterways; and both rivers are critical habitat to endangered Salmon and Trout species.
Like all of Central Oregon, the CRR RFPD is rapidly being developed. A voter-mandated fixed tax rate limits available
financial resources, providing just enough to address the daily operations of the District with a nearly all-volunteer fire
department. The Grant Project allows for much needed wildland fire prevention through actual fuels treatment and
community education not otherwise available.
Work on the project was initiated in April of 2001, with the start of planning, coordinating, and community "buy-in", prior
to receiving National Fire Plan (NFP) funding in November, 2001. Since November, 2001: One full-time employee,
designated Project Supervisor/Equipment Operator, has been hired; the equipment purchased included a 4x4 tractor with a
swing-arm flail mower and a 3-point hitch "tree cutter" mower attachment, a walk behind brush mower, chainsaw, and misc.
safety equipment; cooperative resolutions approved and working relationships built upon between community organizations
and agencies through a series of public meetings; road right-of-way survey completed and initial tree limbing and removal
completed; survey, planning, and coordinating completed, and treatment work is underway on several parcels of community
property; meeting and planning work initiated for adjacent Federal Lands; with survey and planning work continuing for
remaining tracts of community property; and partnerships established with other NFP Grant recipients to trade equipment and
services when possible to reduce program expenses. Treatment includes the removal and/or modification of fuels and reseeding where applicable to reduce the more flammable "light" fuels.
This project focuses on community-wide fuels reduction and/or modification, through actual fuels treatment, and
community education over 3-5 year period. Its effects are both immediate and long-lasting, reducing the threat of a
catastrophic wildfire by reducing available fuels and sources of potential fires, and the potential reliance on outside fire
suppression resources.
Past efforts by the communtiy have focused on evacuation, suppression, and outside resources. The District has been
actively pursuing change of that mindset to "sheltering in place", self-empowerment, self-reliance, and reducing the need for
outdoor burning of waste.
Throughout the project, community education efforts will be reinforced through newsletters, mailings, articles,
presentations, and model property sites. In addition to fuels reduction and modification, reducing the perceived need to use
outdoor burning as a disposal method is emphasized. The addition of a part-time WUI Planner/Educator by the District has
enabled the District to expand the programs capabilities.
Working with both the BLM and the CRNG, the District will help reduce the fuel load on those areas immediately
adjacent to it, reducing the threat of spread of a wildfire, while protecting critical habitat.
The District enjoys strong working and cooperative relationships with all of the organizations and agencies it interfaces
with, with the goal to make it safer for all. This project aids not only the District, but the BLM and the CRNG toward
protecting lives and property, but also preserving our way of life and critical wildlife habitat.
Enclosure 3A (Page 2 of 3) - 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: This
project reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfire by reducing the amount of fuels available and
the likelihood of starting a wildland fire by reducing the perceived need to use outdoor burning as a method
of waste disposal. It will establish a cyclic and perpetual fuels treatment program, along with a brush and
paper-recycling program, providing both immediate and long-term results; reducing vegetation to a level that
can be managed through routine maintenance. Fire protection will be preventive in nature, with improved
access to those areas with limited or no access due to excessive fuels. Because the vegetation will be better
controlled, habitat will be improved and preserved, protecting the soils from eroding into the watershed, and
protecting endangered fish and birds. Wood and brush recovered will be used for trails and mulch (controls
moisture, reduces need for watering). The District fills a 5-acre site throughout a year with wood, brush and
other natural material as a result of a limited program now in place. Estimates indicate that a formal program
as in this project would collect five times the material annually. This project serves the CRR RFPD and those
that utilize the adjacent Federal Lands. All told, it will treat or affect approximately 35,000+ acres. No
permits are necessary within the District, however protections are in place for threatened & endangered
species. The BLM and CRNG/USFS have begun assisting on those lands belonging to their respective
agencies. The community organizations have formalized their support with the adopting of cooperative
resolutions and assisting with the project. This project combines with the education and awareness efforts
through partnering with Fire-Free. Additionally, Community Assistance Grant Program money though the
State has been made available to treat individual private properties.
Enclosure 3A (Page 3 of 3) - 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: The project has created 1 permanent full-time position and will create part-time per diem positions. The
District has also partnered with the Heart of Oregon Youth Corp and Jefferson County Adult Community Justice
to provide additional jobs and training to local youth. It provides for grinding and re-using of the natural material,
and the recycling of paper waste. The grindings would be used for local trails and mulch, while larger material will
be used for the Firewood for Seniors program. Because of the expense and liability of owning and operating a
large grinder, the District has partnered with the homeowner’s assn. to share the expense of contracting for such a
grinder. The other necessary equipment for the project has been or will be purchased, rented or leased locally
when possible; and local contractors hired to deliver services when possible. Non-profit community organizations
operate the collection at the community brush disposal area as a fundraiser for the respective organizations.
This project allows for wildland fire prevention not otherwise available due to limited financial resources and
personnel. It takes the prevention, education, utilization and protection plans already in place at local, state, and
federal levels, and puts them into action emphasizing building and improving relationships, and working
cooperative partnerships. The project serves as a model using actual fuels treatment to reduce the likelihood of
spread of a wildland fire and protecting critical wildlife habitat; and encourages reducing outdoor burning of waste
by using recycling as a means of disposal to reduce the threat of a start of a wildland fire. This project further
improves access to the limited water standpipe system and community property within the District and reduces
roadside fuels, again through fuels treatment, thus improving infrastructure .
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: The project improves coordination of local organizations and both local and federal agencies through
application of fuels treatment. It takes the prevention, education, utilization and protection plans already in place at
local, state, and federal levels, and puts them into action emphasizing building and improving relationships, and
working cooperative partnerships. The CRR RFPD is a target area for wildland fire concerns due to the limited
access, limited resources, developing WUI environment, adjacent federal lands, and critical wildlife habitat.
The District is working with the BLM, CRNG/USFS, CRR Club & Maintenance Association (property owners)
Board of Directors and various departments and committees, CRR Special Road District, Jefferson and Deschutes
Counties Public Works Departments, CRR Riders (horse) Club, CRR Fire Volunteers and CRR Fire Auxiliary.
The project will also involve other community organizations including: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, CRR Lions,
CRR Chamber of Commerce, CRR Grange, CRR Seniors, and Mariposa Garden Club. Additionally, the District is
working with Project Impact and Fire-Free programs to provide education and information to the public.
The project requires both environmental and technical assistance from both the BLM and the CRNG/USFS
with initial meetings already taking place. Possible additional assistance from USF&WS and the Oregon Division
of Fish & Wildlife may also be needed. Recreational lands as well as cattle grazing allotments and critical wildlife
habitat are involved. The District is also consulting with the Soil Conservation District for technical assistance and
planning.
Enclosure 3A - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Identify and mark boundaries of
community property
Present – September, 2005
CRR RFPD, CRR C&MA
Identify and mark boundaries of (CRR
RFPD federal lands
June, 2002 – March, 2005
BLM, CRNG, CRR RFPD,
CRR C&MA
Environmental assessments of Federal
Lands
June, 2002 – March, 2005
BLM, CRNG
Roadside fuels reduction
Continuous
CRR RFPD, CRR SRD, CRR
C&MA, HoOYC
Community property fuel reduction
Present – December, 2006
CRR RFPD, CRR C&MA,
HoOYC, JC ACJ
Community Education & Outreach
Continuous
CRR RFPD
Federal lands fuel reduction
Fall, 2002 – December, 2006
CRR RFPD, BLM, CRNG
Brush Disposal Area Operations –
collection, composting, grinding,
distribution
Continuous
CRR RFPD, CRR C&MA,
HoOYC, JC ACJ
HoOYC = Heart of Oregon Youth
Corp
JC ACJ = Jefferson County Adult
Community Justice
BLM = Bureau of Land Management
CRNG = Crooked River National
Grasslands
CRR SRD = Crooked River Ranch
Special Road District
CRR RFPD = Crooked River
Ranch Rural Fire Protection
District
CRR C&MA = Crooked River
Ranch Club & Maintenance
Association
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Personnel
Supervisor/Operator – FT
Operator/Laborer (2) – PT
WUI Planner/Educator
Subtotal
$54,590
$11,000
$65,590
$22,000
$22,000
$11,000
$6,500
$11,000
$6,500
$54,590
$28,500
$22,000
$105,090
Fringe Benefits
Health Insurance
Subtotal
$10,368
$10,368
$10,368
$10,368
Travel
Travel & Training
$3,500
$3,500
$3,500
$3,500
Subtotal
Equipment
Fuels Treatment
Other
$18,000
$13,500
$31,500
Subtotal
$18,000
$8,000
$26,000
$1,000
$1,000
$4,500
$4,500
Fuel, PPE, Misc.
Equipment Maintenance
Subtotal
$9,000
$6,000
$15,000
$7,500
$2,000
$9,500
$4,500
$1,500
$4,500
$1,500
Supplies
$22,500
$8,000
$30,500
Contractual
JC ACJ
Heart of Oregon Youth Corp
Other
Subtotal
$12,000
$8,000
$4,000
$24,000
$12,000
$8,000
$4,000
$24,000
Other
Admin., mailings, etc.
Community clean-up event
Subtotal
Total Costs
$140,958
$24,000
$6,000
$30,000
$2,500
$6,000
$8,500
$1,000
$1,000
$26,500
$13,000
$39,500
$66,000
$28,500
$9,000
$254,458
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
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.