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:
Dale Swedberg, Sinlahekin Wildlife Area, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
509.223.3358
509.223.3358
swedbdas@dfw.wa.gov
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
P.O. Box C, Loomis, WA 98827
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Dale Swedberg, Wildlife Area manager
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Owns and manages Sinlahekin Wildlife Area
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
509.223.3358
509.223.3358
swedbdas@dfw.wa.gov
Project Information
Project Title:
Sinlahekin Fire History Analysis – Educational Component
Proposed Project Start Date:
September 1, 2003
Proposed Project End Date:
August 31, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
$31,250.00
Total Project Funding:
$45,050
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize: No
Brief Project Description:
This project would supplement already funded proposals: Sinlahekin Fuels Management &
Demonstration Project – Phase 1 and Sinlahekin Fuels Management and Treatment Planning with
Public Participation, Education and Prevention – Phase 2. Project Goal: Fill an identified
information gap by completing a Fire History Analysis on the approximately 16,000 acre Sinlahekin
Wildlife Area. A fire history analysis would provide invaluable information in terms of understanding
the fire history of the Sinlahekin, the influence of historic fires on the vegetation types, desired
future condition and above all it would yield valuable data that would provide highly graphic results
for use in educating the public about fires, fire history and how proper management and use of fire
is needed to reduce potential catastrophic wildfire that would be devastating to wildlife habitat and
Ponderosa pine forests. Process: Contract with the fire history analysis experts to do a fire history
analysis. When completed the information would be included in the I&E component and
development of the Adaptive Fuels Management Plan of Phase 2.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Congressional District:
Sinlahekin Wildlife Area
Okanogan County
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Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1)
(2)
Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
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:
Loomis – Sinlahekin Valley – Aeneas Mountain
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:
 project location
Address these
 project implementation
items as
 anticipated outcomes
applicable:
 measures and reporting
 interagency partners
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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
This project is located on lands managed as the 14,000 acre Sinlahekin Wildlife Area (SWA) and
includes ~2,833 acres of land owned by BLM and under auspices of USF&WS. SWA is bordered by
Washington DNR lands to the west and northeast, USFS land to the south, private lands on the southeast, and
private lands to the north. Specifically SWA is contained within portions of TWPs 35N, 36N, 37N, 38N
RNG 25E. This project is being proposed to fill an identified information gap that will further enhance the
understanding of the fire history of the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area as well as yield data that can provide very
graphic information to further help the public understand the necessity of managing and using fire to prevent
catastrophic wildfires from destroying wildlife habitat and fire adapted plant communities. Further the
historic fire regime is an important reference point to assess changes in vegetative pattern and the associated
risks to catastrophic fire that have resulted from livestock grazing, timber harvest and decades of fire
suppression. We are asking for funding to initiate and complete a fire history analysis of the Sinlahekin
Wildlife Area as a supplement to Phase 1 and Phase 2.
This project would be implemented under contract with a contractor experienced, skilled and efficient in
conducting fire history analysis investigations.
Anticipated outcomes would include: 1) a collection and inventory of all fire scars and increment bores of
remnant live trees and early seral tree species on the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area and adjacent private and public
land cooperators; 2) mapping of fire scar and increment bore locations; 3) development of a master
chronolgy through cross dating; 4) preparation and reading collected fire scar cross-sections; 5) development
of maps depicting spot fire locations with year of occurrence and fire extent maps depicting estimated size of
fires with year of occurence and, 6) finally all of the previous items incorporated into a comprehensive
narrative of the analysis with a summary of management implications.
This supplementary project will be incorporated into the Phase 1 and Phase 2 as “identified additional
information needs” component necessary for the develop of Adaptive Fuels Management Plans and develop a
highly effective and understandable Fire Ecology and Management Information and Education progam for
the approximately 50,000 visitors to the SWA.
Response:
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: Directly the proposal won’t reduce risk in high hazard area, however the information derived from a fire history
analysis of the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area will be used in developing an Adaptive Fuels Management Plan and to help the public
more clearly understand the need for fuels treatment to reduce risk in high hazard areas and natural landscapes by graphically
demonstrating the history of fires. Completion of a Fire History Analysis on the Sinlahekin and adjacent private cooperating lands
and other public lands (State DNR, Federal BLM and USFS) will facilitate the understanding of all stakeholders’ regarding the
significance of historic fire regimes and underscore the present condition of high risk with the need for fuels treatment. This project
would contribute to creating and implementing a cooperative fuels treatment plan as well as a community fire strategy by virtue of
the fact that the lands involved would be private, Federal BLM and USFS as well as State DNR. Additionally, the proponent has
been involved with local stakeholders through a Citizen’s Stewardship Group (CSG) consisting of individuals representing a broad
range of interests who provide input on management of the SWA.
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: This
supplementary project would improve the local economy temporarily by bringing in
individuals who would be doing the Fire History Analysis. Their living and working in the local area would
add economic benefits to the local economy.
A major element of the project is to gather data needed to fill an identified information gap. The data
collected with the subsequent analysis will be used in development of the Adaptive Fuels Management Plan
and in developing information and educational materials to better help inform some of the approximately
50,000 annual visitors to the SWA. This project will demonstrate to other communities and land managers the
need for fire history inoframtion when planning for fuels treatment and fire management. No fuels would be
used in 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: 1)
involved with the USFS Tonasket Ranger District (USFS-TRD) in development of a
comprehensive fire management plan,
2) working and coordinating with USFS-TRD in planning fuels treatment and prescribed burning on adjacent
lands,
3) in consultation and working with BLM regarding fuels and use of prescribed fire to improve wildlife
habitat on lands owned by BLM and managed as part of the SWA,
4) in consultation with WDNR regarding implementation of prescribed burning on SWA lands adjacent to
WDNR lands. SWA has had numerous discussions with the Partnership for a Sustainable Methow - Forest
Stewardship Project (PSM-FSP) regarding efforts to assess, plan and implement fuels treatment work in an
environmentally, economically and socially acceptable manner.
5) The Healthy Ponderosa Pine Working Group will provide input and assistance throughout Phases 1 & 2.
SWA has engaged the environmental organization, Friends of the Loomis Forest (FLF) in discussions of
needed fuels treatment and prescribed fire to reduce potential of dangerous wildfires and restore the fireadapted ecosystem of the SWA to benefit fire- adapted plant communities and wildlife dependent, thereon.
This proposal would provide vital fire history information needed for a complete fuels treatment plan and an
effective information and education program for reaching even the most skeptical of individuals.
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: The SWA
has been and continues to working with local, state, federal and private organizations in
an effort to generate funding and support for this project. The Tonasket High School Principle has agreed to
involve students in mapping and development of GIS layers for roads, waterways and wetlands as well as
mapping general plant communities. He has agreed to allow students to participate in any segemnt of the
project they want to and ther is a need. The Methow Conservancy has been contacted about creating maps
needed for use in field assessments. Mule Deer Foundation and Bessie Hewitt estate have been contacted
about providing cost share funds for Mule Deer habitat assessment and mapping. Healthy Ponderosa Pine
working group will provide assistance in developing prescriptions and monitoring protocols. Additionally
they will provide avenues of communication and information dissemination on a statewide basis. The Forest
Stewardship Project is supportive of this effort and has resources and networks that would enhance
cooperation and coordination of a diverse audience. WDFW will provide housing to individuals working on
the project and in need of such. Forest, vegetation, and wildlife assessments will be contracted out to qualified
contractors. Environmental benefits would be revealed through low impact fuels treatment and reintroduction
of fire into fire adapted ecosystem by reducing potential damage of wildfires. Social benefits would come in
the form of future jobs in fuels treatment and increased economic activity in the local economy. Educational
benefits would be reflected in the I&E and Demonstration components as well as interaction with the CSG
and involvement of the THS biology class. The Upper Columbia Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group is
willing to provide support in networking with numerous interest groups and stakeholders.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Initiate and complete data collection
1 September 2003 – 31 March 2004
Contractor
Complete Fire History Analysis
1 April 2004 – 31 May 2004
Contractor
Prepare Maps and Write Report
1 June 2004 – 31 August 2004
Contractor
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
WDFW Mule Deer Foundation
Total
Others
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Lodging
Subtotal
2,800
2,800
2,800
2,800
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
Other
Indirect
25,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
36,000
25,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
36,000
6,250
6,250
Subtotal
6,250
6,250
Total Costs
31,250
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.
45,050