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:
Lomakatsi Restoration Project (LRP)
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 488-0208
Lomakatsi@hotmail.com
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
PO Box 3084, Ashland OR 97520
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Oshana Catranides, Executive Director
Organization/Jurisdiction:
501 © 3
501 © 3
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 488-0208
oshanac@hotmail.com
Project Information
Project Title:
Colestin Road Fuels Reduction Project, phase II
Proposed Project Start Date:
December 2003
Proposed Project End Date:
November 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$ 226,705
$ 244,905
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize: Yes. (1) Colestin Rd Fuels Reduction; (2) West Williams
Community Fire Hazard Reduction Project (3) Siskiyou Mountain Park Fuels Reduction Project; (4) Anderson Creek Road Fuels
Reduction Project (5) Cave Junction Roadside / seniors / Defensible Space Project
Brief Project Description: Colestin Rd II
Phase II project will extend Colestin Road fuel treatments an additional 2 miles along both sides of
Colestin Rd. to enhance fuels reduction strategies advanced by Lomakatsi’s previous fire mitigation
work in the area (Colestin Railroad Interface Fuels Reduction Project, 2002; Colestin Rd Thinning Project Phase1,
2003). Project will extend thinning to create widened zones of reduced vegetative density,
highlighting critical areas between previous road and railroad interface fuel treatments, which are in
close proximity, but still have dense fuels between them which would exacerbate the spread of
wildfire. Thinning will be expanded beyond its 50 foot boundary in locations where railroad interface
thinning and roadside thinning treatment boundaries end in close proximity to each other, but where
islands and patches of dense fuels still pose a hazard between the treated areas, especially
upslope vegetation between the tracks, road, and homes. Reducing these fuel loads will expand the
advantages of the projects, creating firefighting vantage points and safer passage on the Colestin
Road, which is the only access egress road serving the residents of the Colestin area.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Congressional District:
Colestin, Oregon
Jackson County
52
Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1)
(2)
X 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:
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
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Address these
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project
implementation
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items as
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anticipated
outcomes
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applicable:
 measures and reporting
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 interagency partners
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Response: Project is located on private properties
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
adjacent to Colestin Road and Central Oregon Pacific
Railroad easements. Colestin Rd. is a dirt road and it is the only ingress and egress for about 200 residents of
the Colestin Valley. Heavy fuel loads line the road as it winds south from Mount Ashland Ski Road in the
Rogue River National Forest to its intersection with Interstate 5 to the south, near Hilt in northern California.
Implementation / Amount / Extent of actions: Project will reduce fuel loads on about 100 acres of private
land, reducing contiguous fuel densities along Colestin Rd. Project will also treat adjacent fuel loads located
directly between the areas of concern treated during Lomakatsi’s Colestin Railroad Interface Fuels Reduction
Project (4 miles, 31 properties; NFP 2002) and Colestin Roadside Thinning Project (2 miles, in progress; NFP
2003). There are areas where the railroad interface fuels treatments and the roadside treatments end at a mere
50 to 100 feet apart. Directly in-between the two fuels treatment areas, there are patches of dense vegetation
which still pose significant threats to the exacerbation and spread of wildfire, especially the up-slope
vegetation still left between the train tracks and the road, and the homes in-between. Fuels reduction in these
strategic treatment-connecting-corridors will expand the benefits of the existing fuel breaks created by the
Lomakatsi road and railroad interface thinning projects. Expanding fuels treatments through these dense
‘patches’ between the road and railroad interface treatments would create significant fuel breaks and fire
fighting vantage points. Fire District Chief Steve Avgaris and the private landowners who have participated in
past projects support extending the thinning treatments to create these logical fire mitigation points.
Anticipated outcomes This project will decrease fire risk and hazard by strategically implementing fuels
reduction treatments that will link previously treated areas to create contiguous fuel-reduction-zones. This
will serve to decrease fire intensity, increase fire supression capabilities, and improve citizen saftey and
mobility along the Colestin Valley’s sole access road. Project will expand areas of reduced fuels to create
fire-fighting vantage points for wildfire defense along the often-adjacent ignition points posed by the roadway
and the railroad easements.
Measures and reporting will be concurrent with requirements of the funding agency. Attention will be paid to
identifying potential marketable by-products of fuels reduction to supply data for groups interested in
marketing feasibility studies and projects.
Interagency Partners include Colestin Rural Fire District (CRFD), Cottonwood Creek Watershed Association,
Jackson County Road Dept. Consultation will be sought from BLM, ODF, Rogue River National Forest,
Ecosystem Resotration Office of US Fish & Wildlife office in Klamath Falls. Jackson County Road
Department (contact Jim Douglas) will donate complimentary chipper and hauler use to demonstrate support
of private landowner participation in fuels reduction.
Project time frame: Project will be conducted seasonally as weather, fire restrictions, and NEPA requirements
allow. Expected project time frame is one year.
Activities / Equipment used: Manual fuel load reduction will be accomplished with chainsaws, polechainsaws, loppers. Other equipment includes drip torches, fire tools, saftey equipment, and when necessary
may include a chipper, hauler, or zig-zag yarder and appropriate transportation.
Compliances: Project will comply with regulatory requirements including NEPA, SHIPO, and permitting
processes.
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: A)Project
reduces wildfire risk by reducing contiguous fuel loads in densly vegetated areas along
the potential ignition points presented by Colestin Rd, homes, and railroad tracks. The project increases
saftey and mobility on the valley's only access and/or escape route, and will link existing fuel breaks to
create strategic zones of reduced vegetation. This project will increase community fire safety, reduce the
spread of wildfire, and greatly increase areas of defensiblity along the often-adjacent ignition points posed by
the roadway and the railroad easements.B) Project protects natural resources on BLM, Rogue River and
Klamath National Forest, Mt. Ashland Ski Area, and Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, reducing fuels
on private properties to lessen the intensity of wildfire. In turn, the project increases fire safety for the entire
Colestin community, and for the firefighters who depend on Colestin Road as their sole access and exit route.
(C and D) The project is requested as a cooperative fuels treatment plan by CRFD, CCWA, and Lomakatsi.
Thirty one contiguous private landowners participated in the Colestin Railroad Easement Fuels Reduction
Project, representing a hugely cooperative community venture on all fronts. Lomakatsi uses workshops and
personal contact to educate community members about fire ecology, and the importance of effective fuels
reduction strategies for protection of homes and community. (E) Project significantly reduces hazardous fuels
in key mitigation areas to enhance and restore the qualities of a fire-adapted fire- resilient ecosystem. (F)
Lomakatsi, as an NGO, can apply for future funding to maintain ecologically based fuels treatments as a
measure of ecosystem conservation and protection. After initial treatments, follow-up treatments become
easier for landowner stewardship, and/or more affordable to contract-out.
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 other 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: The proposal
will create approximately 8-10 seasonal local jobs during a one-year period.
Lomakatsi has trained a diverse and competent workforce, for whom we seek private and federal restoration
contracts to provide year-round employment. Lomakatsi implements other projects to create work through
programs such as OWEB, USFWS Jobs-in-the-Woods, etc. LRP also develops private foundation grants to
groups such as the Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters, the Norman Foundation, Tides Foundation etc.
This project will link Lomakatsi’s workforce to other projects focused on fuels mitigation in the Ashland
area, including the Ashland Watershed Protection Project, and ODF defensible-space rebate program. B)
Lomakatsi began its fuels reduction work in the Colestin through an NFP grants in 2002 and 03. The initial
programs served the community and fire district as substantial models for these complimentary follow-up
projects which have emerged through community requests and consensus. Lomakatsi bases its work on its
“Ecological Principles for Fuel Load Reduction and Restoration”, an available guideline for landowners and
communities to use as a model to outline and design fuels reduction strategies and programs (attached). These
model guidelines have been posted on various websites, distributed at workshops and community meetings,
and are available for free to anyone and everyone who wants them. C) Jackson Co. Road Dept. will donate its
chipper and crew for one week, to haul & remove biomass fuels resulting from the thinning projects, at
landowner discretion.
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: A) Although
no official written 'plan' exists for this community based project, it’s implementation is
a direct response to the long-term efforts of CRFD Chief Steve Avgaris, Cottonwood Creek Watershed
Association (CCWA), ODF, and Lomakatsi to get people in the area involved in fuels reduction projects. Fire
fuels reduction has been a priority focus of the community, due to severe drought and the frequent occurrence
of railroad-induced fires in the area. Lomakatsi worked with ODF in past years to ‘break the ice’ in initiating
site visits and fuels treatments for defensible space projects in the Colestin area. LRP’s previous NFP fuels
reduction projects in the Colestin, combined with its eight year history of community organizing in riparian
restoration and revegetation projects in the area, has led to the creation of this specific request.
B)Though no “Local Coordination Group”exists for this area, Lomakatsi has cooperated with local
stakeholders, federal and state land management agencies, and the fire district to increase support for
reducing fuels and improving fire safety in this valley. LRP’s history of projects in the area brought attention
back to what has been called a “forgotten valley” by Andy Hamilton of the Klamath Falls Ecosystem
Restoration Office of US Fish and Wildlife Service (Cottonwood Creek flows into the Klamath River).
Lomakatsi will coordinate this project with assistance from the Colestin Rural Fire District, Cottonwood
Creek Watershed Association, ODF, and Medford BLM. CCWA supports projects that enhance, restore and
protect the natural resources so abundant in their area. Jackson Co. Road Department will volunteer its
chipper / hauler crew for one week of work to enhance the effectiveness of the project.
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: A) This proposal evolved as an outcome of Lomakatsi’s earlier Colestin projects, for which
community involvement has been a very strong inspiration. The Colestin Valley News, "The Buzz",
announces community and landowner meetings about developing projects. Lomakatsi’s history of successful
projects in the region has created an intrinsic network of involved and informed community members.
Coordination of the NFP funded Colestin Railroad Interface and Colestin Road (phase 1, in progress) Fuels
Reduction projects worked to inform many residents about this developing proposal in the Colestin area, and
word of mouth spreads good ideas such as this one like…well…wildfire in a small rural community (sorry).
B) Local support for this project is extremely high, drawing strength and noteriety from the 31 landowners
and their families who participated in earlier railroad easement thinning project, as well as from the fire
district, ODF, and BLM, and new participants in the current Colestin Road Fuels Reduction Project. C)
Project outreach and organizing provides forums for educating residents about the importance of fuels
reduction on all forefronts. Socially, this project brings residents together with local organizations to enhance
and expand fuels reduction and community protection strategies that almost everyone can agree on.
Environmentally, this project is of keen significance to protecting natural resource values on private and
adjacent public/federal lands. The reduction of the potential for catastrophic fire provides environmental
protection for forestlands and water qulaity, wildlife habitat and biodiversity, in an area highlighted for its
ecological significance by the designation of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument. The area is a critical
'land bridge' for wildlife passage from the Siskiyous across to the Cascade mountain range.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
COORDINATION OVER-VIEW
--Meetings with Partners / Collaborators:
Within 50 Days of Project Start-Up
LOMAKATSI
Colestin Rural Fire District,
Cottonwood Creek Watershed
Association, Jackson County Road
Dept., BLM, ODF
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
--Media and Announcement of Project
--Initial Community / Watershed Association
Meetings.
Within 70 Days of Project Start-Up
LOMAKATSI, with assistance from
Cottonwood Creek Watershed
Association, Colestin Rural Fire
District, Colestin ‘Buzz’ Newsletter
LANDOWNER OUTREACH
--Contact Property Owners about Project
--Seek Landowner Participation through
Education and Outreach
--Initial Site Visits w/ up to 40 Landowners
Within 90 - 120 Days of Project Start-Up
LOMAKATSI
PRESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT
-Identify Treatment Areas
-Inventory Vegetation and Fuel Density
-Create Fuel Treatment Plan
-Agency Collaboration on Treatment Design
-Landowner Review and Approval of Plans
Within 120-150 Days of Project Start-Up LOMAKATSI in consultation with
landowners,Colestin Rural Fire
District, BLM, ODF
BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
--Permitting Processes / Prescription Review
--Community Meeting To Review Project
Scope
-- Organize Community Volunteer Work Days
Within Days 150-180 of Project Start-Up LOMAKATSI, Cottonwood Creek
Watershed Association, Community
Members, Colestin Rural Fire District,
BLM
IMPLEMENT PROJECT
--Coordinate Work Crews, Contractors,
Consultants, Instructors, Inspectors
-- Begin On-The-Ground Work
--On-Site Community Demonstration
Workshops
Within Days 180 of Project Start-Up
LOMAKATSI
PERIODIC INSPECTION AND REVIEW
--Coordinate w/ Agencies
Within 240 Days of Project Start-Up
LOMAKATSI
ODF
FINAL SUMMARY REPORT
Presentation of Final Report To Community
and Agencies
Within 360 Days of Project Start-Up
LOMAKATSI
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Colestin Rd. Project
Cost Category
Description
Personnel
Project Coordinator
Assistant Coordinator
Forest technician
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Coordinator
Technician
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
CCWA / Fire Dist.
Total
Jackson. Co. Roads
5,000
2,500
6,200
1,000
400
5,000
3,900
6,200
13,700
1,000
400
15,100
3,744
2,170
3,744
2,170
Subtotal
Travel
Site visit prescriptions
Crew transportation
5,914
5,914
800
2,200
200
200
1,200
2,200
Subtotal
Equipment
Chainsaws and accessories
Miscellaneous equipment
3,000
200
200
3,400
4,500
1,800
7,500
800
5,000
12,000
7,600
Subtotal
Supplies
Gas, oil, chains, repairs
Maintenance of tools and vehicles
Miscellaneous Supplies
6,300
8,300
5,000
19,600
5,200
2,400
1,200
1,000
5,200
3,400
1,200
Subtotal
Contractual
Implement fuels reduction
Instructors, education, events
8,800
1,000
9,800
160,000
2,200
1,200
400
160,000
3,800
162,200
1,200
400
163,800
6,500
20,291
500
7,000
20,291
26,791
500
27,291
226,705
12,200
Subtotal
Other
Prescription/development
Administration
Subtotal
Total Costs
1,000
5,000
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.
244,905