Enclosure 3C - Project Summary Form
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NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Prevention & Education Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization: Scott Gestvang, La Pine High School
Phone: 541-322-5550
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
H
FAX:541-322-5352
Email
sgestvan@bend.k12.or.us
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
F. Intermunicipal
G. Special District
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):
P.O. Box 306, La Pine, Oregon, 97739
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Scott Gestvang, Forestry/Natural Resource class instructor
Organization/Jurisdiction:
La Pine High School, Bend-La Pine Public School District
Phone:541-322-5550
FAX: 541-322-5352
Email:sgestvan@bend.k12.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
La Pine High School Forestry Program/Newberry Estates Fuels Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
March, 2005
Proposed Project End Date:
March, 2006
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Cost:
$22,700
$56,100
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please prioritize, and explain if the projects are stand alone, sequential, or other:
This project integrates the La Pine High School forestry curriculum with hands on experience doing fuels reduction work in
Newberry Estates. No other projects are proposed at this time.
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).
La Pine forestry class in partnership with Prineville BLM will implement an education/prevention component of the
comprehensive plan for reducing wildland fire risks in the La Pine area. This will be an expansion and an
enhancement to the forest education program at La Pine High School. The project will help La Pine forestry students
take classroom concepts about fire ecology, prevention, restoration of fire adapted ecosystems and apply these
concepts through hands-on learning activities in the field. Opportunities for supplemental activities in the classroom
and through service learning projects will also be available. The goal of this project is to support a forestry class
that has a hands-on understanding of the ecological role of fire in local ecosystems, and has the knowledge and
skills to be actively involved in mitigating fire risk in their community forests and at home. Students may then find
opportunities for involvement outside the classroom, including but not limited to future career opportunities. An
immediate action will be to assess their own homes/properties for fire risk and then reduce those risks.
Project Location (latitude/longitude of project):
County:
Congressional District:
La Pine High School/Newberry Estates
Deschutes
2nd- Greg Walden
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Telephone number of Contact:
Steve Castillo, Forester, Prineville BLM
(541) 416-6700
Enclosure 3C (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, and 12-pitch font.
Describe project, including, but not limited to:
 type of project to be delivered
 project location
 method of delivery
 project relationship to community or natural
landscape fire plans
 target audience
 timeliness
 tools and/or skills needed to complete project
 projected timelines and cost estimation
 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:
Type: Hands on experience implementing fuels reduction projects in Newberry Estates.
Method of Delivery: Instructors drive students to the project location, teach students appropriate use of saws,
hand tools and their maintenance, guide students in the interpretation and implementation of fuels reduction
prescriptions, and help students find markets for firewood and post/pole materials being removed. Students
receive approximately 175 hours of hands on experience during the course of the school year.
Target Audience: La Pine High School Forestry Class- approximately 20+ students.
Project Location: Newberry Estates, 4 miles southeast of La Pine, Oregon.
Timeliness: This proposal supports an ongoing effort started a few years ago between the school and the
BLM. Past program success has spurred a need to expand the program.
Cost: $22,700 Matching funds will be solicited from 3 other sources cover the full $56,100 project cost.
Timeline: On-going. Any funds received will be used immediately to purchase equipment and provide
additional staff.
Relationship to community or natural landscape fire plans: This Education and Prevention proposal is
part of the Central Oregon Fire Management System (Prineville BLM, Deschutes and Ochoco National
Forests) strategy for reducing wildland fire risks in the La Pine area. It is linked to the Newberry Estate
Fuels/Forest Management Plan (May 1, 2002, Prineville BLM).
Tools &/or skills needed: Expertise in the areas of forest education, fire ecology and prevention, and
equipment use/maintenance.
Monitoring & Evaluation Procedures: La Pine High School administrators conduct formal and informal
classroom evaluations annually. Steve Castillo, Forester for the Prineville BLM also inspects and evaluates
the work site for contract compliance.
Level of Cooperation: Central Oregon Fire Management System has focused on reducing wildfire risks in
the La Pine community wildland/urban interface as a result of several wildfires in the past few years. La Pine
Community Action Team, citizens, Forest Service, BLM, landowner, conservation, timber industry, Rural
Fire Protection District, and school district came together to develop/implement a plan for reducing wildland
fire risks.
Enclosure 3C (Page 2 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
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:
Goal: Integrate the La Pine forestry classroom concepts with practical application through hands-on
understanding of the ecological role of fire in local ecosystems. Give students the knowledge and skills to be
actively involved in mitigating fire risk in their community forests and at home. An immediate action will be
to assess their own homes/properties for fire risk and then reduce those risks.
Objectives. To achieve this goal, participants will be able to:
(1) Learn proper use/care of equipment.
(2) Assess fuel loading and fire potential.
(3) Demonstrate knowledge of fire prevention, including fuel treatments – in forests and at home.
(4) Have opportunities to apply knowledge and skill through service learning projects that involve planning,
monitoring, reducing fuels and educating others.
(5) Learn marketing skills for small diameter and down wood.
Outcomes. This project will result in a:
(1) FIRE LITERATE COMMUNITY, that
(A) Has a keen awareness of the severe threat fire poses to communities and ecosystems;
(B) Is committed to improve fire prevention, reduce hazardous fuels and restore fire-adapted ecosystems;
(C) Actively promotes and engages in efforts to reduce those fire threats and contribute to overall forest
health.
THIS IN TURN WILL LEAD TO:
(2) Collaborative community planning and monitoring efforts to manage forests to mitigate wildfire; and
(3) Direct action to reduce wildland urban interface fires.
Enclosure 3C (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
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?
Community Participation and Collaboration. Central Oregon Fire Management System
(COFMS) has taken the lead in presenting fuels reduction plans on federal lands around La Pine over the past
3 years. They have involved La Pine Community Action Team, La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, local
landowners, La Pine Parks and Recreation, and the school district. Several COFMS plans are currently in
place and being implemented for the 3 wildland urban interface areas around La Pine. The school district has
been actively implementing fuels reduction work at Newberry Estates and La Pine Parks and Rec, as
prescribed within management plans for these areas.
Prospects for Success and Sustainability. School funding across the state has been going down. However
students have raised money from the sale of firewood, and post/pole material salvaged from their fuels
reduction efforts. Money earned has allowed them to purchase minimal equipment and pay their way to
forestry competitions held statewide. As a result, forestry students are now able to letter in forestry and be
marginally self supporting at the same time. Right now there is adequate gear to outfit/transport/supervise 3
sawyer/swamper teams. With grant support to purchase enough equipment and instructor assistance, 10
sawyer/swamper teams can be operating at any given time. The class can then expand their participation on
fuels reduction projects in the community. Money generated from expanded firewood and post/pole sales will
help fund future forestry class activities and projects.
Evaluation: Annual high school administration review process that currently exists. The program has also
been certified by the Oregon Department of Education.
Response:
3.
Partnerships (40 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:
Local involvement and Partnerships: The La Pine High School forestry program brings in natural resource
experts from BLM, Forest Service, and La Pine Rural Fire Protection District to supplement class curriculum.
Students are engaged with local mills and wood purchasers as they find markets for usable materials. The
school currently has a 5 acre fuels reduction contract with Prineville BLM for Newberry Estates in which
they receive $50/acre for hand piling the treated slash. There are several thousand more acres under decision
currently available. Students are able to purchase some tools and safety equipment from their wood sales
receipts and two years ago the class was granted enough Perkins $$ to buy two Stihl chainsaws and four sets
of safety gear. Bend La Pine School District supplies a 1980 GMC Suburban for the class to use. This is
appreciated but far from ideal as the Suburban can only transport five students and the class size averages
around twenty students. The school district also supplies the salary of the forestry instructor.
Project Relationship to Community Management Plans: The La Pine fuels reduction effort is under the
direction of Central Oregon Fire Management System. This educational project tiers to mitigations and
monitoring requirements identified in the Newberry Estates Fuels/Forest Management Plan, Prineville BLM,
May 1, 2002. Contact Steve Castillo, BLM forester for a copy, 541-416-6700. This effort will promote
community participation in the development of future management plans.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Review Newberry Estates Fuels
Reduction contract with students.
Explain spacing and leave tree
requirements as well as hand piling
specifications. Review the need for
fuels reduction and how and why the
contract was written in the specific
terminology.
Administer power tool safety and
maintenance information and power
tool safety exam. Go over safety
concerns in the field and traveling to
and from the field.
Five days @ 67 minutes per class
time. Starting March 8, 2004 and
continuing with work presently
being completed at the project
worksite.
La Pine High School
Forestry/Natural Resources
Five days @ 67 minutes per class
time
La Pine High School
Forestry/Natural Resources
Determine work classifications for the
students. Assign twenty students to
four working teams with a sawyer and
swamper specified for each team.
One day @ 67 minutes per class
time
La Pine High School
Forestry/Natural Resources
Implement project and assure quality
workmanship and safety. Continuing
educational component while in the
field which will include review of fuel
loading, disease, tree identification,
chain saw maintenance and field
repair, falling and bucking techniques,
land stewardship, and safety.
Ongoing daily @ 67 minutes per
class
La Pine High School
Forestry/Natural Resources
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Equipment
Chainsaws, power tool equipment
Handequipment
tool equipment
Safety equipment
First aide equipment
Storage equipment
Transportation (vehicle)
Subtotal
6@$1,000
$1,000
6 sets @ $100
$100
$2,500
5,000
$15,200
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Personnel
75 hour@$100/hour
7,500
$7,500
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
22,700
Salvage and
work completed
on present
contract.
$1,200 +-
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.