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:
Entiat Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests
Phone:
FAX:
509-784-1511
509-784-2161
Email:
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
Po box 476, Entiat, Wa. 98822
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Michelle Ellis, Entiat District Acting FMO
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Entiat Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
509-784-1511
509-784-2161
mrellis@fs.fed.us
Project Information
Project Title:
Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
Spring 2004
Fall 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$19,000.00
$19,000.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
NO
Brief Project Description:
Contract firewood cutting and stacking of hazardous fuels along access routes and boundaries on
private, state, and federal lands.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Congressional District:
Chelan
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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) XX 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:
Entiat Valley
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
Response:
The Hazardous Fuels Reduction Firewood Project area is located on federal, private, and other
agency lands in the Entiat River drainage of north central Washington State. The pilot project
represents a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and other landowners whose properties
were burned by the 1970 Entiat wildfires, the 1988 Dinkleman wildfire, and the 1994 Tyee wildfire.
The goal of the project is to target the heavy fuel build up that has occurred in interface areas since
the fires and reduce their potential as a fire hazard.
The fuels consist of downed, small diameter fire-killed trees that were not removed in any
previous recovery projects. The Firewood Project will be completed by a contract/force account,
fire wood cutting program and will involve cutting the downed trees into firewood-sized bolts, and
stacking them along roads and other access areas. This may involve some light winching of the
wood to the road or land boundaries (up to one to two chains).
Potentially 50 miles of roads/boundaries within the Wildland Urban Interface would qualify for
treatment. The ownership of the wood would remain with the landowner. All federal wood would be
sold under the existing firewood permit system or sold by commercial permit if interest is
expressed.
Since the fiber has begun to break down in the wood, it is often over looked as a source of
firewood. However, it has been found that once the wood is cut and stacked, it becomes much
more desirable because of the ease in collecting the wood. The stacked product is expected to be
removed in a timely matter.
Preliminary scoping indicates that the project has full support of Chelan County Fire District #8,
as well as interest from local landowners, the Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Land
Management, and the City of Entiat.
Approximately one third of the potential area for treatment has completed NEPA, with the
remainder NEPA covered by the firewood program.
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. This project would remove accumulations of hazardous fuel wood up to 12 inches in diameter
along boundaries and roads. This project would move the area toward the desired vegetation
condition class of 1, (fire regime 1) from its present condition class of 2.
B. This project would increase probabilities of stopping/slowing the spread of fire from, or to,
adjacent lands.
C. This project would develop and implement cooperative agreements. The project is supported
by the management strategies of the Entiat Watershed analysis (1996).
D. A combined Entiat/Chelan FIREWISE workshop was conducted in Chelan in 2002.
E. (1) Many of areas are being evaluated for their applicability for vegetation treatments to
improve ecosystem conditions, primarily by prescribed fire. The breaks in the fuel continuity
resulting from this project would assist in control lines for prescribed fire. (2) This project
would reduce the 2-12 inch sized hazardous fuel loadings adjacent to ownership boundaries and
interface access.
F. This project is a one-time treatment that would supplement the implementation of long-term
vegetation management on adjacent lands.
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:
A. The project is expected to provide 4-7 seasonal jobs. The contract would be advertised locally.
There are local persons that cut and sell wood to supplement their household income. This
could extend and/or increase their opportunities for additional income. This project could also
provide opportunities to persons that do not have the equipment or time to cut and gather
firewood.
B. This pilot project would provide a prototype for future possibilities of firewood cutting and
utilization of hazardous fuels in other areas beyond the Entiat Ranger District. If this is found
to be an inexpensive and income-producing fuels reduction project locally, then it is believed
that this type of contract could expand.
C. Most fuel wood located on Forest Service land would be utilized through the Forest Service’s
current firewood permit process. It has been discovered that stacked firewood along a road is
utilized to a much greater extent than if the same firewood is left on the ground unprocessed.
Fuel wood on private lands would remain in the ownership of the landowner to utilize. If
firewood is not removed after a time, then the stacks could easily be burned as hand piles.
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. The project is supported by the management strategies of the Entiat Watershed analysis (1996)
for vegetative management and hazardous fuel utilization. The plan implements follow up
actions described in the Tyee Fire Recover EA (1995). These actions describe desired fuel
loadings adjacent to roads and private lands that border National Forest lands. Much of the
first season of this project would be to evaluate the feasibility of this type of fuel reduction and
utilization. If the project is successful then a full range of options could be explored with other
groups.
B. This project has the full support of Chelan County Fire District # 8 and would fall within their
urban interface protection strategy developed in 1989, after the 50,000 acre Dinkleman Fire.
This project also has gained support from local private landowners, Washington Department of
Natural Resources, Bureau of Land Management, and the City of Entiat.
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. The implementation of this project in 2004 would result in an evaluation of the treatment. There
will be additional public scoping conducted in cooperation with other agencies and private
cooperators this year (2003) to gain support and participation. This season there are plans to
inventory lands that are a candidate for this type of project. Meetings, more than likely one on
one, will be held with cooperators.
B. Support has been identified from the local fire district and several small tract private landowners.
Feed back from local landowners indicates there is an interest in the valley for this type of project.
C. It is felt that a positive relationship in the form of cooperation between local private landowners,
local agencies and the Federal Government would result, and provide the groundwork for future
projects.
This project meets the objectives of the Washington State Smoke Management Plan in exploring
alternate methods of utilization.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Fuel wood survey and inventory.
CY 2003 – continued on a larger Entiat District Fuels Tech.
scale FY 2004.
Landowner/agency meetings.
CY 2003 - continued on a larger
scale in FY 2004
Entiat District FMO/Ranger
Landline surveys if needed.
CY 2004
Forest surveyors
Contract Preparations.
CY 2004
Entiat District FMO
Contract implementation and
administration.
CY 2004
Entiat District CORs
Monitoring.
CY 2005
Entiat District Fuels Tech.
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Personnel
Subtotal
$9000
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
$10000
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
$19000
Firewood sales
$1000
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.