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: Wallowa Lake Rural Fire Protection District
Phone: 541 432-6034
FAX: 541 432-6034
Email: twothart@oregontrail.net
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip): Post Office Box 922, Joseph, Oregon 97846
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title): Floyd Hoofard, Chairman, Board of Directors
Organization/Jurisdiction: Wallowa Lake Rural Fire Protection District
Phone: 541 432-6034
FAX: 541 432-6034
Email: twothart@oregontrail.net
Project Information
Project Title: Wildland/Urban Interface Fuel Reduction and Emergency Preparedness Planning
Proposed Project Start Date: March 2004
Proposed Project End Date: September 2004
Federal Funding Request: $46000
Total Project Funding: $46000
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Brief Project Description:
Funding received under this application would allow for the completion of an on-going fuel reduction program aimed at
reducing the fireload on public and private lands surrounding the unincorporated community of Wallowa Lake, Wallowa
County, Oregon. The community is surrounded by the Eagle Cap Wilderness (USFS-USDA) and Wallowa Lake State
Park (and other Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. holdings). Fireload reduction on public and non-profit lands,
including a Boy Scout Camp and Methodist Church camp, is nearly complete. This funding will allow fuel reduction on
the remaining private lands surrounding the community on the west side of Wallowa Lake.
A second part of this funding proposal provides for the preparation, printing, and installation of an emergency
evacuation placard aimed at getting the planned evacuation plans out to the heavy number of seasonal tourists to the
area by posting in all overnight accommodations and other tourist facilities within the district. The evacuation
information will be drawn from the existing Wallowa County Emergency Plan.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Congressional District:
Wallowa Lake
Wallowa
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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) X Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
(2)
Wildland Urban Interface Education and Prevention Project
(3) X Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
(4)
Fuels Utilization and Marketing Project
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
The unincorporated community of Wallowa Lake was defined according to Oregon statute in 2000. The Wallowa Lake
Rural Fire Protection District, which includes the unincorporated community of Wallowa Lake in its approximately7680
acres roughly surrounding the Wallowa Lake Basin in NE Oregon.
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:
Project Location: Wallowa Lake, Oregon
Project Implementation: Fuel reduction activities will be managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry and coordinated with
local landowners by Wallowa Lake Rural Fire Protection District. Local contractors will carry out fuel reduction. Average diameter
of materials removed is 8”, individual landowners would remain responsible for commercial harvest of larger material. Efforts to
include Wallowa Resources in providing information to landowners about possible markets or alternative uses for materials
removed will be undertaken by Wallowa Lake Rural Fire Protection District. Otherwise, materials removed will, as has been done
in past, be made available for heating fuel or burned onsite. Extremely small material is left to provide habitat or removed by
landowner.
Placard design and production will be through contract.
Anticipated Outcomes: An additional 35 acres of private timberland will be thinned and fuel loads reduced to safe levels. The entire
west side of the Wallowa Lake Basin, including lands bordering the Eagle Cap Wilderness, will thus be prepared for continued
management aimed at much-reduced fuel load levels. Risk of major conflagration in this heavily trafficked tourist destination is
therefore greatly reduced.
Visitors to the Wallowa Lake Basin will be aware of emergency evacuation procedures.
Measures and Reporting: Fuel reduction levels for individual properties will be set by the Oregon Department of Forestry. Total
acreage treated will be recorded. Performance levels for placard production and installation will be measured by the percentage of
accommodations covered, with 100% coverage the goal.
Interagency Partners: Oregon Department of Forestry, Wallowa Lake Rural Fire Protection District, Joseph Fire Department,
Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Nez Perce National Historical Park,
Community of Wallowa Lake, Wallowa County Emergency Services Department, Wallowa County Sheriff’s Department, Wallowa
Resources.
Project Relationship to Community or Natural Landscape Fire Plans: This project conforms to all current county, state, and USFS
fire management and emergency planning. Information for evacuation placards will be drawn directly from existing county
emergency management plan.
Project Time Frames and Income: Project will commence as soon as funding is available. Fuel reduction will be a continuation of
existing program and mechanisms are in place to select contractors, coordinate private landowner permissions and activities, and
coordinate efforts with Wallowa Resources. Placard design and production will follow grant award – bids will be solicited and let
with anticipated completion by late summer. No other funding is currently available for either of these activities.
Types of Activities and Equipment Used: Fuel reduction is primarily done by hand fallers and stackers due to the steep terrain and
density of forests involved. Little heavy equipment has been used in past.
Amount or Extent of Actions: 35 additional acres will undergo fuel reduction, approximately 300 properties within district will be
provided additional fire prevention protection as a result. An undetermined number (hundreds of thousands) of seasonal tourists to
the area will receive emergency evacuation information resulting from the placard production and installation.
Environment, Cultural, and Historical Resource Requirements: All environmental compliance is complete. It is of note that of the
properties covered by this project, the Wallowa Lake Lodge, on the National Historic Register, and a site of Nez Perce National
Historical Park (NPS) will receive additional fire prevention as a result.
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:
Clearly the fuel reduction component of this project fully meets the needs identified above. This overdue initial fuel reduction
project will allow individual landowners to maintain timber lands at greatly reduced fuel loads. This will be accomplished through a
voluntary program managed by Oregon Department of Forestry and based upon landowner education.
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. Jobs created as a result of this project will be short-term and do little for the long-term economic picture of the area.
However, tourism plays a major role in the economy of the area, as do the high value properties located within it.
Protection of both the tourism industry and high value property is vital to the economic well-being of the area. Some
relatively minor vegetation management job potential will result from this intial reduction as landowners maintain lower
fuel levels.
B. Information about the project is already available to other communities.
C. Utilization of biomass will follow current practice – relatively little use can be economically made of the resources
harvested other than for heating fuel. However, efforts to work with Wallowa Resources to find other uses will be
undertaken as a part of 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:
A. This project implements the existing planning between USFS, ODF, and Oregon State Parks and Recreation Dept. for fuel
reduction in this at risk area. Placard production and distribution implements the Wallowa County Emergency Plan by
getting vital information out to a large non-resident tourist audience.
B. As the project has been underway for some time, no additional strategic planning will be involved. A detailed list of
previous planning and the partners involved will be prepared if the project is funded. Please see earlier description of
partners for a summary of major components.
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. Both components of the project are implementation of planning that involved and was directed by local community members
and land management or emergency services agencies in the area. Public planning meeting were held and recorded.
B. There has been no local opposition to either aspect of the project. In fact, the fuel reduction project components already
completed have received high praise from locals. A number of private landowners to date have been involved and have
donated time assisting with fuel removal or disposal following cutting. This project has a high level of local support.
C. Much needed fuel reduction (and forest thinning for health) will result from this project. Residents and tourists will have an
increased feeling of security and safety, tourism opportunities and economic benefits will continue, local emergency services
agencies will be able to devote more of their limited time and funding to other emergency prevention needs in area. Visitors
to area will receive cost-effective education through posted placards.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Prepare request for proposals, distribute, and
select contractor responsible for placard
design and production
Mar 2004-Apr 2004
Wallowa Lake Rural Fire Protection
District Board
Prepare initial design, WLRFPD review and
consultation with facility owners/managers
and Wallowa Emergency Services providers,
final design and production of placards
Apr 2004-Jul 2004
Contractor, WLRFPD
Installation of placards
Jul 2004-Sep 2004
WLRFPD and individual
owners/managers
Coordinate fuel reduction project with ODF
who will select contractors and oversee actual
fuel reduction, oversee budget and ensure that
funds are being transferred and used
accordingly
Mar 2004-Sep 2004
WLRFPD and ODF
Meet with Wallowa Resources, plan for
coordination or educational session looking at
alternative uses of fuels removed
Feb 2004-May2004
WLRFPD and Wallowa Resources
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Personnel
Federal
Agency
Applicant
*
Partner 1
*
Partner 2
*
Total
*
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
$46000
Subtotal
$46000
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
$46000
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
* NOTE: In-kind, or services provided overseeing contracts by federal, state, and local agencies or organizations have not been
calculated. Estimates of volunteer hours or cost of paid employees used in overseeing project can be prepared if needed.
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.
*