Enclosure 3A - Project Summary Form
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Wildland Urban Interface Fuels / Education and
Prevention / Community Planning for Fire Protection Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Bend Metro Park and Recreation District
Phone:
541 388 5435
FAX:
541 388 3613
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip) :
1675 SW Simpson Bend OR 97702
Project Title:
Shevlin Park Fire Fuel Mitigation
Proposed Project Start Date:
November 1, 2002
Email: paul@bendparksandrec.org
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Paul Stell, Administrative Manager Park Services and Development
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Bend Metro park and Recreation District
Phone:
541 388 5435
FAX:
541 388 5435
Email: paul@bendparksandrec.org
Project Information
Proposed Project End Date:
March 30, 2003
Federal Funding Request:
$32,600
Total Project Funding:
$42,680
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
No
Brief Project Description:
This is a fire fuel reduction project identified in the Shevlin Park Coordinated Resource Management Plan.
Shevlin Park is a 700 acre Nature Park on the West side of Bend. It is heavily timbered with considrable fuel build up under old growth and second growth ponderosa pine. Plans for fuel reduction include using county inmate work crews to thin brush, juniper and younger ponderosa pine. Funds being requested are to cover the cost of the inmate crew to cut, pile and burn the smaller fuels. The requested funds would also cover the cost of hiring a contractor to remove marketable material to be sold as well as an environmental assessment.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable): County:
T. 17 S., R 11 E., W.M.
Deschutes
Congressional District:
Second
Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1) Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
(2) Wildland Urban Interface Education and Prevention Project
(3)
(4)
Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
Fuels Utilization and Marketing Project
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
Shevlin Park, along Tumalo Creek on Bend, Oregon's west side.

Enclosure 3B (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:
Address these items as applicable:
 project location
 project implementation
 anticipated outcomes
 measures and reporting
 interagency partners
 project relationship to community or natural landscape fire plans
 project time frames and income
 specify types of activities and equipment used
 amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc)
 environmental, cultural and historical resource requirements
Response:
Shevlin Park, donated by the Shevlin Hixon Lumber Company in 1921, is located on Shevlin Park
Road on the West side of Bend, OR. This approximately 30+ acre fire fuel reduction project in need of funding is on a slope above Tumalo Creek at the north end of the park. Adjacent private property up slope from the project is also heavily timbered. Access to the site is limited in part to foot travel. Building more roads is inconsistant with the District's goal to maintain the site as undisturbed as possible. Inmate work crews from the Deschutes County Sheriff Department have proven to be an excellent resource to accomplish fire fuel reduction goals with minimum distubance to the park. Cost per acre is estimated at about $1,100.
The Park District had scheduled fall/winter 2002--2003 to treat the north end of the park on the east side of
Tumalo Creek. The project is presently unfunded, however, and is rescheduled for fall/winter 2003--2004 pending grant funding. Over 200 acres have been treated over the past 10 years as funds became available.
This project is consistant with the Bend area Fire Free Program, Project Impact and is support by Bend Rural
Fire Department, Oregon State Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Central Oregon Community
College Forestry Department, Oregon Department of Fisha and Wildlife, as well as neighbors and users of the park.
The desired future condition for Shevlin Park is a more fire resistant and diverse habitat that is more like
Central Oregon Forests prior to fire suppression at the beginning of the twentieth century. Existing conditions are typified by large volumes of undergrowth and reproduction that is of a similar age and character, i.e. older decadent bitter brush and manzanita along with excessive quantities of younger ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine. The goal is to create a mosaic of multi-aged species more typical of pre-suppression era forests of this inland region. When the project is complete, fuel continiuty will be modified to the extent that a wildfire will be less likely to spread under normal conditions. The average crown spacing is targeted at
30 feet and ladder fuels will be removed from under remaining trees. Brush 30 to 40 feet away from trees will be preserved although maintained at lower density.
Work will begin as the ground freezes and is more resistant to distubance. Crews will fall trees and cut brush according to prescriptions detailed in the Shevlin Park Management Plan. Lighter fuels will be piled and burned as the project proceeds. Heavier material will be removed and processed into firewood to be sold.
The goal is to produce the maximum benefit to habitat in terms of increased biodiversity and resistance to wildfire with a minimum of distubance. The management plan calls for two slash piles per acrea to be left for habitat.
Maketable material (firewood) will be removed from the site with a rubber tired skidder and trucked to the
District's maintenance facility where it will be cut to length and stored pending sale.
An environemental assessment will be completed prior to beginning work if required by NEPA.

Enclosure 3B (Page 2 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding must include narrative responses that address the following four criteria. Within each criterion, subcriteria are listed in descending order of importance. Limit your responses to the areas provided .
1. Reducing Fire Risk. (40 points) )
A.
Describe how the proposal promotes reduction of risk in high hazard areas or communities, or natural landscapes.
B.
Describe how the proposed project benefits resources on federal land or adjacent non-federal land, or how it protects the safety of communities.
C.
To what extent does the project implement or create a cooperative (1) fuels treatment plan or (2) community fire strategy
(include evidence of the plan if it already exists)?
D.
Explain to what extent the affected community or proponent has been involved or plans to involve the affected community in a qualified fuels education program (e.g., FIREWISE).
E.
Explain how the proposal (1) leads to, enhances or restores a local fire-adapted ecosystem, and/or (2) mitigates or leads to the mitigation of hazardous fuel conditions.
F.
How will the proposed treatments or programs be maintained in future years?
Response: When complete, the treated area will have an average crown spacing of 30 feet and the shrub layer will be reduced overall by 60 to 80 percent. Fuel continuity will be broken up both vertically and horizontally. Danger of wildfire spreading through the park and/or onto adjacent private and USDA Forest
Service lands will be greatly reduced. The prescription for treatment was first delineated in the Shevlin Park
Management Plan created by a team from the community, including Oregon State Fish and Wildlife, Central
Oregon Fly Fishers, Audoban Society, and interested public. Since that plan was published, further consultations and endorsements came from USDA Forest Service, Oregon State Forestry Department, Bend
Rural Fire Department and Crown Pacific Corporation Foresters (who manage several thousand acres west of
Shevlin Park). The District's fire fuel mitigation efforts are consistant with, and support, ongoing efforts by
Crown Pacific and USDA Forest Service as well as the Bend Fire Free program. Central Oregon Community
College forestry professors believe the fire cycle on the West side of Bend was about 17 years on average.
The District is committed to emulating over time the conditions that were prevelant as a result of that cycle primarily by using prescribed fire and hand cutting and piling excessive new growth as needed. Increasing growth in the urban forest interface compounds the need for better and continuing fuels management. The
Awbrey Hall Fire, which started in Shevlin Park, burned about 3,000 acres and destroyed nearly 30 homes, provides the community a good example as to the importance of this type of work.
2.
Increasing local capacity. (30 points )
A.
How would the proposal improve or lead to the improvement of the local economy in terms of jobs and sustainable economic activity? How many jobs are expected to be created or retained and for how long (please distinguish between essentially yearround and seasonal jobs)? How will this proposal link to toher projects (or proposed projects) to create year-round jobs?
B.
To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities or natural landscapes?
C.
Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response: Indirect economic benefits resulting from effective implemetation of the Shevlin Park Management
Plan come from the community having a safer, healthier more fire resistant forest on its outskirts. Tourism is the number one industry in Bend. Not only do local citizens enjoy the area but thousands of visitors from outside the community visit this area every year. Over the past few years the District has actively promoted its forest management efforts with the local media and set an example for the community to learn from.
All material removed that is over 6 inches in diameter is to be cut into fire wood and sold. Funds are then used to support District operations. An estimated $10,000 could be generated from this project.

Enclosure 3B (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
3.
Increasing interagency and intergovernmental coordination. (15 Points)
A.
Describe how this project implements a local intergovernmental strategy or plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if it already exists.
B.
Explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning through a “Local Coordination Group” for wildland fire activities, or among federal, state, tribal, local government and community organizations. List the cooperators (a detailed list of cooperators will be required for projects that are funded).
Response: Bend Metro Park and Recreation District is a active partner with other resource management agencies in managing fire fuel concerns. Bend Fort Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest is currently drafting an Environmental Assessment and will be a key partner with a prescribed burn scheduled for spring or fall 2003. Project planning has involved Laurie Heath and tim Bisby, past and present , F.C.O.s for Bend Fort Rock District, Capt. Bob Madden of the Bend Fire Deaprtment, Wayne Rowe and John Jackson of the Oregon State Department of Forestry. These managers are responsible for fire control in and adjacent to Shevlin Park. Their involvement is indespensible. Fire fuel management in Shevlin Park can be considered as part of the overall fuel management strategy for the forest west of Bend. Forestry consultant Dick Johnson is responsible for drafting burn plans and advises the District regarding forest fuels management projects.
This particular project for which funds are being sought will involve District staff, the Deschutes County
Sheriff Inmate Work Crew, a logging contractor to remove logs, and a consultant to perform an environmental assessment in addition to those mentioned above..
4.
Expanding Community Participation. (15 Points)
A.
To what extent have interested individuals, groups, and communities been provided an opportunity to become informed and involved in this proposal?
B.
Describe the extent of local support or opposition for the project, including any cost-sharing arrangements.
C.
What are the environmental, social and educational benefits or concerns of the project?
Response: Bend Metro Park and Recreation District conducts a long term media education program through news releases and television coverage for most all major projects. The ongoing management of Shevlin Park, which includes many forest health projects, continues to be studied by students and conservation groups. The
District has received editorial support from local media and excellent coverage and interpretation to the local public. The Districts successes to date have been helpful to other resource managers to get the message out regarding the importance of responsible fire fuel management.

Tasks
Environmetal Assessment
Cut, pile and burn lighter fuels
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Time Frame
If required, this would be initiated upon receipt of funding and completed prior to November
2003 or start of work in the field.
Responsible Party
Private consultant to be determined.
Novem ber, 2003 to March 2004 District staff and Deschutes
County Sheriff Inmate Work
Crew.
Remove logs from site February, 2004 to March, 2004 Private contractor and District staff.
Process logs into firewood
Sell firewood
March 2004 to June 2004 Deschutes County Sheriff
Inmate Work Crew.
August 2004 to October 2004 District staff

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Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
Federal
Agency Applicant Partner 1
Cost Category
Description Partner 2 Total
Personnel
Crew leader
Manager
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Logging contractor
Environmental Assessment
Subtotal
Other
Inmate Work Crew
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$7,360.00
$2,720.00
$10,080.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$8,000.00
$11,000.00
$21,600.00
$21,600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$8,000.00
$11,000.00
$0.00
$7,360.00
$2,720.00
$10,080.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$21,600.00
$0.00
$21,600.00
Total Costs $32,600.00 $10,080.00 $0.00 $0.00 $42,680.00
Project (Program) Income 1 $32,600.00
$10,080.00
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.
$42,680.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00