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:
State of Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Phone:
360-902-1754
FAX:
360-902-1757
Email:
Mark.Gray@wadnr.gov
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip) :
P.O. Box 47037 Olympia Wa. 98504-7037
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Len Riggin Fuels Management Coordinator
Organization/Jurisdiction:
State of Washington Department of Natural Resources Southeast Region
Phone:
509-925-0969
FAX:
509-925-8522
Email: len.riggin@wadnr.gov
Project Information
Project Title:
Roslyn Fuel Break Maintenance
Proposed Project Start Date:
May 2003
Proposed Project End Date:
Nov. 2005
Federal Funding Request:
$40,000
Total Project Funding:
$61,985
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Brief Project Description:
Roslyn and Ronald shaded fuel break maintenance will consist of implementing a grazing (goats and sheep) and mechanical treatment of the existing shaded fuel breaks developed in the Spring of
2001. There was approximately 80 acres treated. We will treat the 80 acres at $100/acre treatment for 5 treatments. Treatments will be completed in the spring and fall 2003 (phase 1 and 2), spring and fall 2004 (phase 3 and 4) and the spring of 2005 (phase 5). These five treatments should control all the new growth vegetation, in the spring, and developed vegetation, in the fall, under the timber canopy. The Roslyn shaded fuel break and defensible space project was a nationally recognized project for firewise with mass media coverage. The project has had two growing seasons for vegetation that is beginning to encroach on the fuel break. The fuel break needs vegetation management to maintain its integrity.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable): County:
Lat: 47.2467, long: 121.0000 Kittitas
Congressional District:
4 th
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)
(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:
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
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Project location: The proposal will be located in the Roslyn and Ronald area. The proposal will incorporate the existing fuel breaks developed with the Western State Fire Manager WUI Grant.
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Project implementation: The project will be implemented in five treatments, spring and fall 2003, spring and fall 2004, and spring of 2005. Sheep are used with a mixture of goats. Sheep will be used to control and eliminate the grasses and goats will be used for brush control.
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Anticipated outcomes: Treatments will change the fuel composition to a grass model with a timber over story, which will lower the fire intensity and potential for crown fire. With lower fire intensity fire control, fire fighter safety and public safety will be greatly enhanced. This project will set the standards for maintenance of all shaded fuel breaks within the region.
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Measure and reporting : Fuel loading will be measured on a tonnage per acre basis prior to treatment and after treatment. A final report will be completed to record the final results and make recommendation for future treatments to other fuel breaks.
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Interagency partner : USFS Cle Elum, Central Cascade Local Cooperation Group, Wash. Department of
Natural Resources, Kittitas County Department of Building & Fire Safety, Roslyn City Council and City of Cle Elum.
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Project relationship to community or natural landscape fire plans: Roslyn and Ronald are part of a FireWise program developed and completed in 2001. The Roslyn shaded fuel break and defensible space project was a nationally recognized project for firewise with multiple media coverage events .
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Project time frames and income : The time frame will be in five treatments: spring and fall 2003, spring and fall 2004, spring 2005. If enough acres can be contracted for grazing it may become possible to receive income for the landowners and community.
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Specify types of activities and equipment used : Grazing will be accomplished by goats (for brush control) and sheep (for grass control) Spring grazing will be done to remove new growth and fall treatment will be done to remove the summer growth and fuel loading material. Some mechanical work may be needed to remove larger dead and dieing material.
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Amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc): Project will treat the existing 80 acres treated in the summer of 2001 with Western State Fire Manager WUI Grant. Approximately 850 homes will be protected by these treatments. Two communities and several developments will benefit from these treatments.
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Environmental , cultural and historical resource requirements.
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) checklist will be completed and reviewed prior to the commencement of the proposal. This environmental review will be completed prior to the commencement of the project with a 60-day review period during which comments will be received.

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.
Risk assessments using the NFPA 299 form were accomplished. Maintaining lower fire intensity fuels to protect the communities and developments. Fire fighter and public safety will be greatly enhanced by the reduction of fire intensity.
B.
The removal of the fuels by grazing will benefit fire leaving the communities to the wild lands and any fire from entering the communities from wildland fires. Fire safety is greatly enhanced due to the removal of the high intensity fuels.
C.
The plan was developed to maintain the Roslyn fuel break and defensible space project. This proposal is to help assure the accomplishments of the first grant.
D.
FireWise was used to assess the community, and to educate the community of the potential for a catastrophic fire within the area. FireWise programs have been utilized to help educate the developments, communities and concerned public as to what is required to fire safe their ownership and their neighbors.
E.
Fuel loading east of The Cascade Crest in Washington has increased due to the elimination of fire from the environment. Project will continue to provide a break in these fuel concentrations.
F.
This is a five-treatment program for the next three years. The end result will be a significant change to the fuel model affecting fire intensity.
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.
Local equipment will be used for the possible mechanical work. The grazing will be accomplished by importing commercial herds of goats and sheep. This is a three-stage program to be implemented over the next three years. This will encourage interested parties to establish necessary resources for future projects. These future projects are currently in the process for requested funding. The project will be seasonal to restrict the potential for environmental issues and damage.
B.
C.
This is a demonstration and implementation project for maintaining constructed fuel breaks and to develop a grazing program to help utilize the fuels as forage. This will provide a demonstration for the local developers and landowners on proper maintenance of the fuel breaks that they have created as a selling point for their developments.
The goats and sheep as forage will utilize biomass and fine forest fuels. There will be approximately 2 tons per acre per treatment removed as forage. Forage will be return to the soils in concentrated nutriment form.

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 plan is to develop a fire safe environment in the high-risk area east of the Cascades in Washington
State by providing and maintaining shaded fuel breaks and defensible space for communities and developments.
B . Central Cascade Local Cooperation Group was developed to review, support and prioritize wildland fire and fuels management grant requests. This project was reviewed and prioritized by the local group compiled with members of: Yakama Nation BIA, USFS Cle Elum, USFS Naches, Wash. Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Yakima County Fire Marshal, Kittitas County Fire Marshal, Yakima County, Kittitas County,
Wash. Department of Natural Resources, Yakima Fire District #5, and Yakima Firing Range. Objectives are:
1.
Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and technology transfer.
2.
Foster interagency cooperation, coordination and communication.
3.
Coordinate the use of prescribed fire, prevention and suppression resources through planning and sharing of those resources.
4.
Clearinghouse for grants recommendations.
5.
Establish priorities for joint resolution of identified issues.
6.
Identify alternatives for joint issue resolution.
7.
Recommend a unified course of action to respective agency heads
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 Roslyn project was introduced to the communities and developments in the spring of 2001 at which time town and community meetings were held to describe the project and potential projects in the area. FireWise workshops have been utilized to assist the public on what can be done to better enhance the survivability of the their property from wildfire. Trend West, a land developer, created approximately 15 miles of shaded fuel breaks and defensible space projects on their development. The
Roslyn project has been nationally recognized with extensive media coverage.
B.
C.
Currently there is no opposition to the project. Further public contact and media coverage will be used prior to the commencement of the project. Cost sharing will be accomplished by the use of
WADNR through wages, use of equipment and office space. Commitment by the county with wages and use of equipment will assist in the cost share.
The use of sheep and goats will limit the amount of soil disturbance and environmental impacts created by the use of equipment. A test plot will be conducted to demonstrate to the public the benefits of grazing as apposed to equipment or chemicals. Educating the public on the need to maintain shaded fuel breaks to keep their effectiveness.

Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Develop a contract for the grazing,
Contact landowners for right of way, layout boundaries
Time Frame
March 2003 through April 2003
DNR
Responsible Party
Let contract for grazing. Determine if one contract is appropriate or should each phase have a different contract pending on the results of phase 1
April 2003
Phase 1:
Spring grazing to control the new growth
April 2003 through June 2003
DNR
DNR administer contract
Successful bidder will complete grazing
Phase 2:
Fall grazing to eliminate accumulated fuels from summer growth
September 2003 through October
2003
DNR administer contract
Successful bidder will complete grazing
Phase 3:
Spring grazing to control the new growth
April 2004 through June 2004
DNR administer contract
Successful bidder will complete grazing
Phase 4:
Fall grazing to eliminate accumulated fuels from summer growth
September 2004 through October
2004
DNR administer contract
Successful bidder will complete grazing
Phase 5:
Spring grazing to control the new growth. Analyze results from the five grazing and compile final report
April 2005 through June 2005
DNR administer contract
Successful bidder will complete grazing

Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency Applicant Partner 1 Partner 2 Total
Personnel
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
DNR
$12,500
$12,500
$3,540
$3,540
County
$4,000
$4,000
$295
$295
$16,500
$3,835
Equipment
Office space/equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
$40,000
$40,000
$1,250
$1,250
$400
$400
$1,250
$400
$40,000
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs $40,000 $17,690 $4,295 $61,985
Project (Program) Income 1
(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.

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