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Enclosure
NATIONAL
FIRE PLAN
COMMUNITY
3A -Project
ASSISTANCE
Application
Summary
Form
AND WILDLAND
for Fuels Treatment
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URBAN
INTERFACE
PROJECTS
Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Friends
of the Greensprings
(FOG)
Phone:
(541) 482-2706
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
OJ
FAX:
(541) 482-2859
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
Township
E. Interstate
F. Intermunicipal
G. SpecialDistrict
.D.
Emall.
greener@mlnd.net
H. Independent
SchoolDistrict
I. State-Controlled
Institutionof HigherLearning
J. PrivateUniversity
K. IndianTribe
L. NonprofitOrganization
M. Other (Specify)
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
15097 Hwy 66, Ashland,
OR 97520
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Gerald Green, Chairman
Organ ization/Jurisdiction:
Friends of the Greensprings
Phone: 482-2706
I FAX:
(541)
1 Email:
greener@mind.net
Project Information
Project Title:
FOG Community Fuels Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
Jan 1, 2005
Proposed Project End Date:
Dec 31, 2007
Federal Funding Request:
$195,328
Total Project Cost
$334,558
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please prioritize, and explain if the projects are stand alone, sequential or other: Yes,
these component parts are all sequential. The priorities are listed with each part below.
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).
This project is an extension of FOG's current grant and would enable us to focus on these four
components:
1. Defensible
Space grants for an additional
130 homes, 130 acres treated,
(highest priority),
2. Continuation
of mapping and further work on the area-wide comprehensive
fire plan (second highest),
3. Extended fuel breaks for an additional
114 homes, 256 acres treated, (third highest),
4. Three Strategic
Project
defensible
Community
fuel breaks, 74 acres treated,
Project I,.ocation:
County:
Adjacent
to C-SNM
Jackson
Nam!t:A F~dfral, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this
proposal:Paul Galloway Community Assistance Tech. RRNF
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(fourth highest).
asks landowners to join and cost share in a voluntary effort to reduce high fuel loads and create
home
on their
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an areao:Wide-comDreh
.fire
Dlan.
Federal Congressional District:
Dist. 2
I Telephone number of Contact:541-560-3404
Enclosure 3A (Page 1 of 3) -Project Narrative Description
Applications
fimding
mustincludea narrativeresponsethatdescribestIle proposal. Pleasedo not submitresponseslonger thanonepage'
single space,for
12-pitch
font.
Describeprojectincludin2,but notlimitedto:
Address.
project location(e.g.,Watershed, .project relationshipto the communityrisk assessment
and
theseitems
neighboringcommunity)
mitigationplan
asapplicable:.anticipated outcomes
.amount or extentof actions(acres,numberof homes,etc.)
.community partnersandtheir
.project timeline and matchingor contributedfunds
role(s)
.proponent's ability to completeproject
For this project,explainthe level of cooperation,coordinationor s1rategic
planning,througha "Local Coordination
Group." If you haven'tworked with a local coordinationgroup, why not?
This project asks landowners adjacent to or intermingled in Cascade-SiskiyouNational Monument (CSNM) to join a voluntary community effort to reduce fuels and create defensible spacearound their
homesites. About 102,000 acres of checkerboard C-SNM, BLM and private lands extend from 1-5 eastward
to the Jenny Creek drainage and from the California/Oregon border northward to the Hyatt Lake Recreation
area.
This project representsa continuation of our current grant. 484 homesites have previously been identified
and our efforts have beento initially get defensible spacegrants for all of these homes. As these grants are
completed a determination is made by the ODF officer as to whether the site needs additional extended fuel
break work. We are also involved in developing a comprehensive fire plan for this area that meets the needs
of the private landowners, but also mesheswith our neighbor's plans, Fire Dist. #5, ODF, BLM, C-SNM and
JacksonCo.
Over the last eight years, FOG has formed neighborhood fire action plans and is now involved in joining
these neighborhood plans into an overall comprehensive plan for the whole 101,760 acres. In previous
grants, heavy fuel loads were located and grant money was applied to homes and extended acreagesin high
risk areas. This grant will attempt to complete 75% of the total defensible home spacesand begin to focus on
extended fuel reduction acreagesand strategic, identified fuel breaks.
Priorities for this project are as follows:
(1) GIS mapping component of upgraded fire plan $5340
(2) Defensible Spacefuel reduction at 130 new homesites 130 acres 50/50 cost share $42,500
(3) Extended acreagefuel reductions at 114 homesites 256 acres 50/50 cost share $84,480
(4) 100 foot wide community fuel break following the CORP Railroad lines from their intersection
with Slide Creek southward 4 about miles to the intersection with 1-5, 30 acres $15,000
(5) 100 foot wide community fuel break following the Talent Irrigation District canal from
Greensprings Reservoir eastward about 4 miles to Larry Barham's property 29.75 acres $14,875
(6) 100 foot wide Corral Creek Road community fuel break from Hwy 66 northward for 6250 feet.
14.3 acres $7150
(7) Project Manager position will overseeproject, file progress reports and upgradesto the fire plan.
$7000
(8) Provide project outreach, processrequests, schedule,coordinate fuel reduction work $18,350
(9) Provide reflective house numerals and backing plates for 200 homes not within Fire Dist. #5 $633
Total Project $195,328
FOG will provide ODF with the homeowner requests for fire consultation. ODF will authorize work and
provide field pre-and post-inspections at eachhome or project. Landowners will have all responsibility and
liability for work done on their property. Contractors will be engaged by landowners at their discretion, and
will look to landowners for satisfaction of all contract terms. ODF will process approved fire workplans, and
provide direct payment to landowners on all completed projects.
Enclosure
3A (Page
2 of 3) -Project
Evaluation
Criteria
Applications for funding mustincludenarrativeresponsestlIat addressthe following threecriteria. Be sureyou addresseveryone
briefl, et thorou
.Limit
our res onsesto the area rovided.
1. Reducin Hazardous Fuels 50 oints
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 multimonitorin to im rove this and future ro'ects?
The main infrastructure protected in this project are the 484 homes, Pinehurst School, Oregon Extension
of Houghton College, Green Springs Inn, Pinehurst Inn, Box R Ranch Resort, Camper's Cove, Hyatt Lake
Resort, Greensprings Christian Fellowship, Greensprings Power Plant, Buckhorn Springs Resort, Callahan's
Lodge and the Hyatt Lake Recreation area.
Homesite Fuel reductions and extended acreage requests are determined by the ODF evaluation. FOG has
identified high fuel areas from BLM fire hazard GIS maps and backed that up with on the ground evaluations
that verify the map information. Homesites in high fuel areas have been given priority in previous grants and
in this application. Homeowners in many areas find dense, mixed conifer, second growth interspersed with
Manzanita and Buckbush. Homeowners will prune to remove ladder fuels, thin from below to reduce stem
density, remove brush species and break, pile and bum or chip the slash during low fire danger periods. In
addition, three, 100 foot wide community fuel breaks are planned that expand existing fuel breaks and offer
the most potential of being able to stop large fires moving cross country.
Yearly inspections of the strategic fire breaks and homesites can be organized by ODF during their annual
contact with the residents of the project area. Additional work can be recommended to the homeowner at that
time, by the ODF Community Fire Officer. Project trains landowners to recognize and treat fuel buildup
through annual fire training.
Homeowner evaluation, ODF inspections and FOG assistance to the frail and elderly, along with
continued FOG sponsored, educational workshops on firefighting and related topics will form the basis of the
monitoring effort. FOG also anticipates a good deal of community input as a comprehensive fire plan is
developed for the area. C-SNM's fife management plan is expected to be released this year and that also will
involve community input and adjustment of FOG's plan to bring it into alignment.
Enclosure
3A (Page 3 of 3) -Project
Evaluation
Criteria
2. Increasin2Local Capacity(25points)
A. How would the proposalimprove or leadto the improvementof the local economyin termsof jobs and
sustainableeconomicactivity?
B. How manyjobs are expectedto be createdor retainedand for how long?(Pleasedistinguishbetween
essentiallyyear-roundand seasonal
jobs).
C. Whattools and skills will be gainedor utilized as a resultof this project?
D. Will biomassbe utilized; if so, in what mannerand how much?
Homesite fuel reduction begins a process of landowner involvement which sustains local jobs for thinning,
pruning, and slashdisposal initially on 1- acre, but later on extended fuel breaks, forest managementplans,
and forest stand improvement. Currently 11 resident individuals actively work year around in the proposal
area, three as forestry consultants and eight on five fuels crews. There is a resident contract excavator for
brush removal and water source ponds, and two portable sawmill contractors. The BLM and ODF will
continue to co-fund a year-round Community Forest Officer to handle the increasedworkload; Service
Forester will continue as part ofODF StewardshipForestry.
FOG will continue to be an available model to other Oregon communities. Skills gained by the
homeowners at FOG sponsoredworkshops range from learning how to use firefighting tools to sizing water
tanks and distribution systemsto cover their defensible space. Homeowners gain an awarenessof fire and
become much more proactive once they start to get involved. The neighborhoods begin to look out for each
other and develop communication links and responseplans that are ready to go in case of fire.
Poles, rails and posts are the main biomass products, with some small scale portable lumber milling.
Firewood is marketed locally or kept for homeowner use.
Demonstrating Community and Intergovernmental Collaboration (25 Points)
A. How will this project implementa communityrisk assessment
and mitigationplan?Includenameof plan, date
it was prepared,andlocal contactto get a copy of the plan if requested.
B. How hasthis treatmentbeencoordinatedwith adjacentlandownersand local/Stateffribal/Federalagencies?
C. Identify the cooperators/partners
involved in implementationof this project.
D. Describethe extentof currentlocal supportfor the project, includinganycost-sharin~agreements.
FOG completed the Emigrant Creek Watershed AssessmentProject in 2001 and the Keene Creek
Watershed Assessmentin 2004. Both of these projects integrate wildfire planning with wildlife values and
watershed protection across all ownerships within the project area. Copies of these plans are available from
FOG or the Medford, Ashland and Southern Oregon University libraries. Both studies identified uplands and
mapped high fuel areas with respectto homesites in the area. Initial grants treated homesite's defensible
spacesin the most severely overgrown areas. Critical community fuel breaks were identified and high
priority treatment completed.
For three years, FOG has periodically convened an inter-agency federal and state group to addressgaps
and overlap problems affecting all landowners. Fire District #5, ODF, BLM, Boise, US Timber, Superior
Lumber, Central Oregon Pacific Railroad, J.H. Baxter, Timber Products, Talent Irrigation District, ODOT,
JacksonCounty, BOR are all kept abreastof the fire planning situation in the area.
Most of the individual contracts awardedto homeowners by ODF have a 50/50 cost share match. FOG
has seeninvolvement grow steadily over the last five years. At the completion of this grant, we estimate that
75% of the possible homesites will have defensible spacework completed. Homeowner extended breaks
and community fuel break work will be ongoing. FOG's comprehensive fire plan for the area will be
established and aligned with our neighbors.
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Convene FOG Wildfire Committee Meetings
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Processfire consulation requests to ODF
Project Manager
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Generate special lists for ODF seasonalcrews
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Community Coordinator
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Community Coordinator
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Project Manager
Coordinate with yearly work schedule
Schedule and host recognition events
An'ange publicity
Write final project report
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Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
~ommunity Cooroinator
Project Manager
Applicant
Partner 1
ODF/BLM
Subtotal
Partner 2
Total
Landowners
13,500
7,000
20,500
13,500
7,000
20,500
Fringe Benefits
Independent contractors
none
Subtotal
Travel
Project travel
Subtotal
480
150
630
480
150
630
Equipment
House Numerals/Backing
633
633
Subtotal
633
633
Subtotal
1800
570
2,370
Supplies
Plinting/Postage/Maili~
pffice/Field Supplies
1200
3000
570
3570
1200
Contractual
Fuel Reduction contracts
Processed by ODF
164,005
10,000
126,980
300,985
Subtotal
164,005
10,000
126,980
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GIS mapping
~isk Management, Office, Fiscal
Subtotal
5,340
2,000
7,340
900
900
195,328
2,250
Other
Total Costs
5,340
2,900
8,240
10,000
126,980
334,558
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
Programincomeis the grossrevenuegeneratedby a grant or cooperativeagreementsupportedactivity duringthe life of the
~t Programincomecan be madeby recipientsfrom feeschargedfor conferenceor workshopattendance,from rentalfees:acned
from renting out real propertyor equipmentacquiredwith grantor cooperativeagreementfunds, or from the sale of:ommodities
or itemsdevelopedunderthe grant or cooperativeagreement.The useof ProgramIncomeduringthe projectperiod
nayrequire prior approvalby the grantingagency.