Enclosure 4A - Project Summary Form
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Utilization and Marketing Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 548-9540
(541) 548-9549
ringham@coic.org
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
2363 SW Glacier Place, Redmond, OR, 97756
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Ric Ingham, Community and Economic Development Manager
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 548-9540
(541) 548-9549
ringham@coic.org
Project Information
Project Title:
Small Diameter Habitat Enhancement/Watershed Restoration Products Demo and Market Study
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
October 1, 2003
December 31, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$28,010.00
$61,505.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
This is one of three projects being submitted by COIC. This is the third-highest priority project.
Brief Project Description:
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate a variety of small diameter fuel treatment by-productutilizing habitat enhancement and watershed restoration products in Central Oregon. In addition to
the demonstrations, data will be collected and analyzed to monitor product effectiveness and for
potential business plan development.
A variety of structures – including stream bank stabilization, erosion control, and habitat
enhancement products – will be constructed and placed by COIC youth crews in three sites across
Central Oregon. The demonstrations will be marketed to participating partners, as well as to other
private individuals and non-profit and public land management agency staffs that would potentially
use these products. Project costs and broad market data will be collected in support of a potential
business plan for local commercial development of the products.
COIC will provide project management, administration, youth crew labor, and market development
services; Forest Concepts LLC. will provide training, equipment, and logistics support; the
Deschutes National Forest will provide raw materials (small logs), and local watershed councils will
provide demonstration sites and individual site parameters and goals.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Congressional District:
Central Oregon
Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson
2nd
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
N/A
Enclosure 4B (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
Location: This project is an implementation project of the COPWRR project, which serves Crook,
Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties, Oregon. Demonstrations are planned to occur across the region.
Response:
Project Implementation and Outcomes: COIC, Forest Concepts, and demonstration site host partners will
determine which products will be tested at which sites. Deschutes National Forest staff have already
dedicated raw material to the project. This material will be trucked to a production area, milled to
specifications, and then trucked to the project staging sites. At each site, youth crew workers will hand-carry
the individual pieces to the placement location, assemble the products with hand tools, and place the products.
Cost information, including raw material, trucking, milling, assembly, and placement costs will be gathered.
After the following high-water season, the youth crews will return to the demonstration sites to monitor the
integrity and effectiveness of the products. At this time, cost and monitoring information will be collected
into a report and presented at a public meeting, specifically targeting private individuals (e.g. ranchers,
landscaping firms, farmers, etc.) and non-profits and public agency staffs that would potentially utilize such
products. Project outcomes will also be marketed via a small brochure and on the COPWRR web site.
The overall intent of the COPWRR project is to develop markets for the utilization of small diameter byproducts of fuel treatment projects. In this implementation project, the effectiveness of utilizing ELWd®
products, which use primarily 3-6”DBH small trees, will be demonstrated in Central Oregon. Youth crews
and local partners will be trained and exposed to the use of small diameter timber in habitat enhancement and
watershed restoration products. Furthermore, data will be gathered for the potential commercial development
of this market by youth crews or other partners.
Measures and Reporting: After the high-water season, youth crews will return to the project sites and monitor
the products’ effectiveness and structural integrity. Monitoring criteria will be developed with the host site
partners. Cost data will also be gathered. All of this information will be reported at the public meeting, in
project reports, and on the COPWRR web site, as well as be used to develop potential business plans.
Interagency Partners: Interagency partners include COIC, the Deschutes National Forest, the Crooked River
and Upper Deschutes Watershed Councils, and the 36 stakeholder groups involved in the COPWRR project.
Project Relationship to Community Fire Plan: This project is an implementation project of the COPWRR
Strategy Framework, a Central Oregon wildfire risk reduction strategy directly supported by 24 stakeholder
organizations.
Project Timeframe and Income: The project will begin on October 1, 2003 and conclude December 31, 2004.
No project income is anticipated.
Activities and equipment: Project activities include procuring, milling, and placing ELWd® products, as well
as some market research and development activities. Trucks, light milling equipment, hand tools, and
standard office equipment will be used.
Amount and extent of activities: Successful utilization of small diameter materials will help stretch treatment
dollars across as yet to be determined acreage and help to protect as yet to be determined number of homes.
Environmental, cultural, and historical resource requirements: None anticipated.
Enclosure 4B (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. Increasing Local Capacity (35 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
year-round and seasonal jobs)? How will this proposal link to other projects (or proposed projects) to create year-round jobs?
B. Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
C. Which, if any, private businesses will participate?
D. To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities or businesses, or natural landscapes?
Response:
Sustainable Economy and Job Creation: In 2000, 350 layoffs were documented in the Central Oregon wood
products industry; in 2001 200 layoffs occurred in Crook County alone, and in 2002 the KorPINE facility
closed in Bend, with 111 further layoffs. This project will result in the direct application of a market
utilization strategy developed during the COPWRR project. Immediate job creation will include
approximately 30 days of work for approximately 7 youth crew members, but the real impact of this project is
the potential further commercialization of the product line, which would develop jobs in the woods and in
processing and marketing products, thus aiding rural forest-dependent community stability.
Fuels Utilization and Coordination: A small amount of fuel treatment by-products will be used as raw
materials for the ELWd® products. Successful demonstration of these projects is aimed at increasing the
utilization of fuel treatment by-products in general across the region.
Business Participation: Forest Concepts LLC. is a primary partner in the project. Local contractors and
landscaping businesses will be solicited to view the demonstrations and attend the public meeting.
Furthermore, COPWRR Advisory Council industry partners will be apprised of project outcomes.
Model for Other Communities/Businesses/Landscapes: Project activities, reports, and outcomes will be
marketed to others on the COPWRR web site, at meetings, and in presentations.
2. Reducing fire risk. (30 points)
Describe how the proposal promotes reduction of risk in high hazard areas and communities or natural landscapes.
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 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 fuels conditions.
A.
B.
Response:
Reduction of Risk and Benefits to Lands Using ELWd® structures benefits public lands by 1) providing
habitat enhancement and watershed restoration products on and adjacent to public lands, and 2) developing a
market for small diameter fuel treatment by-products, thus allowing public and private land managers to
stretch fuel treatment budgets over larger acreages.
Community Fire Strategy and Fuels Reduction: A primary goal of the COPWRR project is to remove
impediments to the implementation of fuel treatment activities in Central Oregon. This project is an
implementation project of the COPWRR Strategy Framework, a community-based strategy to develop
market-driven methods to increase fuel treatments across Central Oregon. In the short term, this project will
use a small amount of fuel treatment by-products. In the long term, the project will help generate a market for
small diameter fuel treatment by-products, thus enabling public and private partners to enhance or restore
fire-adapted ecosystems with less money.
Enclosure 4B (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
3. 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: Community Involvement:
The COPWRR Advisory Council recommended that habitat
enhancement and watershed restoration products should be considered for the development of small diameter
markets. Representatives of the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, the Crooked River Watershed Council,
the Deschutes National Forest, and COIC youth crew leaders helped develop the proposal. Furthermore, the
parent COPWRR project has hosted numerous project and special meetings providing outreach to a wide
variety of public, private, and non-profit partners and interested persons.
Local Support: There is considerable local support for the “parent” COPWRR project, as well as a broadbased collaborative partnership for project development and execution. To date, 36 stakeholder groups (see
section 4) are actively involved. Cost-sharing for this project will be born by the Central Oregon
Intergovernmental Council, the Crooked River and Upper Deschutes Watershed Councils, and Forest
Concepts.
Benefits of the Project: Environmental benefits -- (1) increased forest health and decreased risk of
catastrophic wildfire through increased hazardous fuel treatments in Central OR; (2) placement of habitat
enhancement and watershed restoration structures; 3) decreased public health risks associated with slash pile
burning. Social benefits -- increased community participation and engagement in fuel treatment and
watershed restoration projects. Educational benefits -- 1) community outreach through web site postings and
project coordinator presentations; 2) development of a monitoring report; 3) training of youth crews in
watershed restoration and small diameter tree utilization.
4. Increasing interagency and intergovernmental coordination. (20 Points)
A. 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 in developing this proposal. List the
cooperators (a detailed list of cooperators will be required for projects that are funded).
B. Describe how this project implements a local intergovernmental strategy or plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if
it already exists.
Response: Coordination/Collaboration:
Cooperators for this project include Forest Concepts LLC., COIC, the
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, the Crooked River Watershed Council, and the Deschutes National
Forest. To date, the following organizations have been actively involved in the overall COPWRR project:
US Forest Service, Prineville BLM, OSU Forestry Extension, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, OR
Dept. of Forestry, OR Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, staff of U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith, staff
of U.S. Representative Greg Walden, Crook County Planning Dept., Deschutes County Project Impact, City
of Bend Fire Dept., Northwest Forest Products Association, American Forest Resource Council, Associated
OR Loggers, Crown Pacific, Ochoco Lumber, Warm Springs Forest Products, Woodward Companies, Mater
Engineering Ltd., Forest Concepts LLC, Sunriver Environmental, OR Natural Resources Council, Juniper
Group of the Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, Friends of the Metolius, the Clean Air Committee, Upper
Deschutes Watershed Council, Sustainable Northwest, the University of OR Ecosystem Workforce Program,
the Watershed Research and Training Ctr., Central Region Community Solutions and Oregon Solutions,
Central OR Partnership, Chandler Center for Community Leadership, Central OR Intergovernmental Council.
A formal "Local Coordination Group" has been planned by ODF and will involve COPWRR participants.
Local Intergovernmental Strategy or Plan: This is an implementation project of the COPWRR Strategy
Framework, which outlines steps to increase fuel treatments and utilization and offers a menu of potential
small diameter products/markets for Central OR. The Strategy complements the Central OR Fire
Management Plan of COFMS and the Fire Learning Network processes.
Enclosure 4C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Identify exact demo sites, performance
October, 2003
standards, and monitoring criteria
Responsible Party
COIC – CED Dept.
Forest Concepts LLC
Site Hosts
1. COIC – Youth Programs
Deschutes National Forest
1. Procure raw material
October, 2003
2. Set-up production site
2. COIC – Youth Programs
Forest Concepts
Forest Concepts LLC
COIC Youth Programs
Mill raw material to product and site
specifications
October - November, 2003
Site 1 (Crooked River Watershed):
Materials trucked to staging area;
youth crews hand-carry to site,
assemble, and place. Potential users
are invited.
October, 2003
Forest Concepts LLC
COIC Youth Programs
Sites 2&3 (Deschutes River
Watershed): Materials trucked to
staging area; youth crews hand-carry
to site, assemble, and place. Potential
users are invited.
November – December, 2003
Forest Concepts LLC
COIC Youth Programs
Project economic data gathered and
collated.
October – December, 2003
COIC – CED Dept. and Youth
Programs
Preliminary market research
performed (habitat enhancement,
January – March, 2004
watershed restoration, and landscaping
applications)
Site 1 Monitoring: Youth crews
return to site and monitor product
integrity and effectiveness
COIC – CED Dept.
June or July, 2004*
*or as soon as the high-water
season is officially over.
COIC – Youth Programs
Site Hosts
Sites 2 and 3 Monitoring: Youth
crews return to site and monitor
product integrity and effectiveness
Economic and monitoring data are
compiled into a report and brochure.
Public meeting held and outreach
activities.
October, 2004*
*or as soon as the irrigation high
flows are terminated.
November – December, 2004
COIC – Youth Programs
Site Hosts
COIC – CED Dept.
Forest Concepts
Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Personnel
Project Coordinator
Support Staff
Subtotal
$7,750.00
$2,000.00
$9,750.00
Fringe Benefits
Project Coordinator
Support Staff
Subtotal
$3,488.00
$1,000.00
$4,488.00
Travel
Project Coordinator
$500.00
Subtotal
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200.00
$0.00
Supplies
Project Coordinator
200 Brochures
Subtotal
Contractual
Forest Concepts
Trucking
Subtotal
Partner 1
COIC
Forest Concepts
$4,000.00
$12,538.00
$4,000.00
$12,538.00
Partner 2
Total
Site Hosts
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
$27,788.00
$0.00
$9,002.00
$1,500.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$200.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200.00
$1,500
$250.00
$1,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,750.00
$11,022.00
500.00
$11,522.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$11,522.00
$4,514.00
$0.00
$4,514.00
$1,500.00
Equipment
Subtotal
Other
Fee Reduction
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income1
1
$9,243.00
$0.00
$0.00
$9,243.00
$0.00
$9,243.00
$28,010.00
$4,200.00
$27,795.00
$1,500.00
$61,505.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
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.