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:
La Pine Community Action Team
Phone:
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
L
541-536-3972
FAX:
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
F. Intermunicipal
G. Special District
541-536-3972
Email:
kristi.otteni@copartnership.org
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):
PO Box 329 La Pine, OR 97739
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Scott Gestvang
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Bend-La Pine Public Schools
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-322-5550
541-322-5352
sgestvan@bend.k12.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
Youth Job Training and Fire Reduction Program
Proposed Project Start Date:
March 2005
Proposed Project End Date:
June 2005
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Cost:
$22,386
$26,146
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please prioritize, and explain if the projects are stand alone, sequential or other:
Low Income, Senior and Disabled SB 360 Compliance Project – high priority
These projects are compatible, but are stand alone.
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 grant will purchase new equipment and a used van for the high school forestry class to complete ladder
fuel projects and provide a laboratory for the high school students to gain marketable job skills, explore future
Natural Resource career pathways, learn concepts of land stewardship and civic responsibility. This project
combines Wildlands Urban Interface fuel reduction with expanded educational opportunities for La Pine High
School Forestry Class students. Ladder fuel reduction will be provided by the students on BLM, Forest
Service and public park lands in the La Pine Basin that have been identified in the Upper Deschutes Basin
Community Fire Plan as high risk areas.
Project Location:
County:
Federal Congressional District:
La Pine Basin
Deschutes
Oregon 2nd
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Telephone number of Contact:
Kyrie Murphy, USDA Forest Service
Cindy Glick, USDA Forest Service
541-383-5522
541-3835495
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 project location is within the unincorporated areas of Southern Deschutes County, excluding the
community of Sunriver. This area is distinct from the rest of Deschutes County because it is an economically
distressed area. The La Pine Basin is forested with thick stands of second and third growth lodgepole pine.
This combination of excessive fuels and rural poverty has produced catastrophic wildfires that will continue
without intervention.
The outcome of this funding request will be the purchase 6 chainsaws, 2 brush cutters, 12 hard hats, 12
safety chaps, 12 Pulaskis, 1 chain grinder, saw and bar oil, 4 blades for the brush cutter and a used van to
provide transportation for the La Pine High School Forestry Class. No heavy equipment will be used. This
unique high school forestry program is under funded and sorely in need of new equipment. Currently, the
saws are all circa 1980’s, in and out of the shop for repairs and the students drive their personal trucks to the
work site. These grant funds will allow this valuable program to continue while meeting the goals of SB 360
with fuel treatment of land identified as high risk in the Upper Deschutes Basin Community Fire Plan.
Partners include The Bend-La Pine School District, Gilchrist High School, La Pine Park and Recreation
District, La Pine Community Action Team, La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, Watershed Research and
Training Center, Central Oregon Partnership, US Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry.
The La Pine High School’s Forestry Class has been working in a partnership with La Pine Park and
Recreation District (LPRD) for several years to provide hands on ladder fuel treatment, cleanup and planning
in the district’s four parks. The class has also done several plots of land for the BLM and Deschutes County.
The school Forestry Class allows for work to be completed at no cost to the recipients, while providing the
students with a laboratory to fulfill their Natural Resources career pathway Certificate of Advanced Mastery
(CAM). Students from neighboring Gilchrist High School are enrolled in the program also. Currently the
career pathway focus of the students is on fire science, wildland fire and forestry technician.
Funding from this grant will be used purchase equipment for the Forestry class to continue its service
learning projects. The students will reduce the level of hazardous fuels within parks, county and Federal land
that threaten the La Pine Community and the local natural ecosystems. The La Pine Rural Fire Protection
District will work with the forestry teacher and students to ensure compliance with the standards set out in SB
360.
The project will start in March 2005 with the purchase of equipment and a used van for the La Pine High
School Forestry Program and continue throughout the school year until June 2005. The benefits will go far
beyond the end date of the grant. The High School Forestry Class and the recipients of the work will benefit
for the life of the equipment.
LCAT has a long history of successful federal grant implementation and completion and will provide grant
administration as in-kind match. The High School Forestry Class has successfully operated for 15 years.
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:
A. Homes and land adjacent to the work area will be protected by the buffer areas created by fuels treatment.
Priority will be given to land near homes that are in areas identified as high risk by the Upper Deschutes
Basin Community Fire Plan that was funded by the NFP in 2004. Our natural resources and adjacent federal
and private lands will also be protected.
B. The Forestry class will reduce fuels by removing bitterbrush, thinning dense stands of lodgepole pine,
trimming lower limbs, removing down, dead woody debris, and pruning trees. Treatment will begin in the
spring of 2005 after the new equipment and van are purchased and will continue as long as the equipment is
functional.
C. The La Pine High School Forestry Program has been in existence as a self sustaining program for 15 years.
The School District funds the teacher for the Forestry Class and will continue to do so. The students in the
class are not allowed to accept payment for their work, only donations to the program for fuel, and equipment
repair, etc.
D. LCAT will connect the students and teacher with the work of the Watershed Research and Training
Center’s Upper Deschutes Basin Community Fire Plan and encourage them to participate in the fire plan as a
class project.
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:
A. No jobs will be directly created by this grant. Treated land will be more inviting and create an
environmentally friendly atmosphere to encourage more tourists to stay in our community. The increased
tourism may boast the La Pine economy. The students in the forestry class will gain marketable job skills
that will transfer into summer and after graduation employment and offer them the opportunity to research
possibilities for higher education and a career in Natural Resources or Fire Management.
B. No jobs will be created, but the fuels reduction work will continue for the duration of the equipment.
C. This integrated and interdisciplinary approach to education can be used in other schools to promote
academic and professional studies that offer hands on activities and real life applications. This will help the
students realize the connection between their education and future. Building partnerships within the
community will result in a shared vision of stewardship; pride in the community and give students the tools to
create positive changes within their surrounding environment.
D. Students will cut wood into firewood to be hauled to the school, split and sold to generate revenue for the
program. Limbs and brush will be stacked for disposal or burning.
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. This proposal will fully implement the existing Fire Safe Homes Program available from the La Pine
Rural Fire District and the Upper Deschutes Basin Community Fire Plan that will be developed by the
Watershed Research and Training Center in 2004.
B. Lands to be treated by the High School Forestry Class will be coordinated with adjacent land owners and
local/State/Tribal/Federal agencies during the development of the Upper Deschutes Basin Community Fire
Plan.
C. Partners include The Bend-La Pine School District, La Pine Community Action Team, La Pine Park and
Recreation District, La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, Watershed Research and Training Center, Central
Oregon Partnership, US Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry. The Area Administrator for the
K-12 La Pine Schools is a member of the La Pine Community Action Team. This proposal addresses two of
LCAT’s work plan goals. 1. Expand access to educational opportunities. 2. Promote vocational and workplace training.
D. The high school Forestry Class students will volunteer all labor for the fuels treatment. The Forestry
Teacher will purchase the supplies, provide supervision and document the success of the project. LCAT will
donate administration of the grant.
Enclosure 3A - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Purchase equipment for the High
School Forestry Class
March 2005
La Pine High School Forestry
Teacher
Ladder Fuels Treatment will begin on
land identified as high risk areas in the
Upper Deschutes Basin Community
Fire Plan.
April 2005
La Pine High School Forestry
Students
LPHS Forestry Teacher
Write report on the success of the
project
June 2005
La Pine High School Forestry
Teacher
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Bend-La Pine Schools
Auto Discount
Total
Personnel
Teacher purchasing equip.
Subtotal
500
500
500
500
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Used Van
Subtotal
15,000
2,500 17,500
15,000
2,500 17,500
6,626
6,626
6,626
6,626
Supplies
Saws, safety equip., etc.
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
Other
7% Grant Ad-min, In-kind
Subtotal
Total Costs
760
760
1520
760
760
1520
$22,386.00
760
500
2500 26,146
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.