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:
COPWRR Phase III (re-submit)
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
October 1, 2003
December 31, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$108,700.00
$138,800.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
This is one of three projects being submitted by COIC. This is the highest-priority project.
Brief Project Description:
The overarching purpose of Phase III will be to engage in product(s) development and market
research leading to the initiation or expansion of small diameter biomass utilization in Central
Oregon. In particular, the processes and analyses completed in Phases I and II will be directed
towards small diameter biomass utilization projects.
Specifically, project staff and partners will work to match utilization opportunities identified in the
COPWRR Strategy Framework with demonstrated small diameter supply. Identified utilization
options include primary and value-add production, and commodity and niche markets.
The ability to achieve these goals depends upon the ongoing coordination and collaboration already
exhibited in Phases I and II. To this end, the Project Coordinator will continue to maintain and
foster the work of the multi-stakeholder COPWRR Advisory Council, the Implementation Teams,
and other local and regional partners. Public outreach and education will also continue.
Project staff and partners will also work to capture private foundation dollars to help fund product
development and biomass supply stabilization efforts.
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: COPWRR serves Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties, Oregon.
COPWRR Phases, Implementation, and Outcomes: The COPWRR Advisory Council includes a wide variety
of organizations and entities interested in National Fire Plan projects and their economic outcomes. The
COPWRR Project and the Advisory Council serve as a community-based "hub" of networking, facilitating,
and communication for the National Fire Plan projects under way in Central Oregon. The Advisory Council
has two main working objectives: 1) to increase hazardous fuel treatments in Central Oregon; and 2) to
identify and help develop markets for the utilization of fuel treatment by-products in Central Oregon. In
Phase I, the Advisory Council helped develop the COPWRR Strategy Framework, which outlines 64
Recommendations for achieving these goals, including a menu of potential small diameter products/markets
for Central Oregon, including primary and secondary, and commodity and niche market options. Phase II is
focusing upon the implementation and refinement of the Strategy, developing stable and predictable small
diameter supply, and mobilizing business interest in exploring these options.
The core goal of Phase III is to take the processes and analyses completed in Phases I and II and to direct
them towards small diameter biomass utilization projects. The primary outcome of Phase III will be to
engage in specific product(s) development and market research leading to the initiation or expansion of small
diameter biomass utilization in Central Oregon. Other outcomes include: the maintenance and further
development of local and regional partnerships; needs identification and capture of appropriate private
foundation dollars to help fund product development and biomass supply stabilization efforts; ongoing public
education and involvement activities; and monitoring and reporting on project outcomes.
Response:
Measures and Reporting: A multi-party monitoring process will be initiated which will analyze COPWRR
and project outcomes. This process will utilize measures of forest health, local contracting, and local
utilization of biomass, and will result in a monitoring report.
Interagency Partners: Interagency partners to the COPWRR project include the Deschutes and Ochoco
National Forests, the Prineville BLM, COFMS, ODF, ODF&W, the Community Solutions Team, and COIC.
Project Relationship to Community or Natural Landscape Fire Plans: COPWRR is closely connected to both
the Central Oregon Fire Management Plan of COFMS and the Fire Learning Network being developed in
partnership with The Nature Conservancy. These initiatives address landscape fire management, community
fire planning, and the development of an ecological model for fuel treatment efforts.
Project Timeframe and Income: Phase III will start on October 1, 2003 and culminate on December 31, 2004.
This involves an overlap with certain Phase II activities, but does allow sufficient time to complete the Phase
II activities which are necessarily antecedent to Phase III. No project income is anticipated.
Activities and equipment: Project activities include engaging in specific product development and market
research (partially contracted out); identification and capture of private foundation dollars (in league with
local and regional partners); organizing, convening, and facilitating meetings; providing information about
specific small diameter utilization opportunities to businesses and community organizations; and monitoring
activities. Only 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. COPWRR Phase III will result in the direct
application of the Strategy developed in Phase I and refined in Phase II. This Strategy will help create jobs in
the woods and in processing and marketing products, aiding community stability - especially in traditionally
forest resource-dependent areas of Central Oregon. Specific levels of job creation cannot yet be determined.
Fuels Utilization and Coordination: The connectivity and coordination developed between COPWRR project
partners will increase opportunities for biomass utilization in Central Oregon. Partner fuel treatment projects
will be used as the basis for utilization demonstrations and public outreach and education efforts.
Business Participation: Partnerships with local businesses continue to be developed on the Advisory Council,
in utilization demonstrations, and in special project development efforts. Current local business partners
include the Woodward Companies, Crown Pacific, Ochoco Lumber, Morelock Wood Products, Forest
Concepts, and Warm Springs Forest Products.
Model for Other Communities/Businesses/Landscapes: Phase III activities, reports, and outcomes will be
marketed to others on the project web site, at meetings, and in presentations. The Phase II and III reports are
intended for other communities; and findings should be applicable to similar landscapes in the West.
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: The COPWRR project, through the Advisory Council and
other partnerships, promotes information-sharing and awareness-building between stakeholder groups and
with the public – this is considered essential to social acceptance of increased fuel treatment activity. In
particular, COPWRR Phase I has identified wildland-urban interface (WUI) and high-risk areas across federal
and non-federal lands as presenting opportunities for stakeholder consensus-building and public education.
Furthermore, a primary product of Phase II is the creation and delivery of a detailed implementation strategy
identifying methods to increase hazardous fuel reduction activities. Phase III will aid the development of
local markets for the utilization of fuel treatment by-products, reducing treatment costs and 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. Significantly, the Advisory
Council is composed of many of the individuals with the political will and ability to successfully achieve this
goal. Furthermore, Phase III will use the Central Oregon Fire Plan prepared by Central Oregon Fire
Management Services (consisting of the Deschutes-Ochoco National Forests and the Prineville BLM) and the
Fire Learning Network ecological model as focal points for implementation activity.
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:
To date, 8 Steering Committee meetings, 5 Advisory Council meetings
(averaging 20 Council members and 8 audience members), 5 business development/product information
meetings, 6 National Fire Plan Partners meetings, a week of public information sessions across Central
Oregon, and a contractor and community group workshop have furthered outreach and communication with a
wide variety of public, private, and non-profit partners and interested persons. These outreach opportunities
will be continued in Phase III, with the addition of targeted utilization outreach and information-sharing.
Articles about the project have appeared in the Bend Bulletin (2 – with one more in the next week), the
Central Oregonian, and the Cascade Business News, and the project was presented at the 2002 national NFP
meeting in 2002. Active COPWRR partners have been involved in designing this and preceding proposals.
Local Support: Phase I and II has generated considerable local support for the project, as well as the
successful development of a broad-based collaborative partnership for project development and execution.
To date, 36 stakeholder groups (see section 4) are actively involved. As of February 2003, in-kind and cash
support for the Phase I and II projects was valued at over $30,000. Cost-sharing for Phase III will be born by
the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and a diversity of local and external partners.
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) improved air quality
through reduced reliance on prescribed burning. Social benefits -- increased community participation and
engagement, including multi-party monitoring activities. Educational benefits -- 1) community outreach
through web site postings and project coordinator presentations, and 2) development of a monitoring report.
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
in COPWRR: COPWRR is a community-based vehicle for networking,
facilitating, and communication for National Fire Plan projects in Central Oregon, and to date the following
organizations have been actively involved: 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. The COPWRR web site provides the public
with an integrated overview of all National Fire Plan projects under way in Central OR.
Local Intergovernmental Strategy or Plan: COPWRR Phase III will directly apply 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 Phase II Implementation Strategy will include steps to
complement the Central OR Fire Management Plan of COFMS and the Fire Learning Network processes.
Enclosure 4C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Utilize partnerships, research, and
needs assessment towards the capture
of private foundation and other dollars
to augment product development,
market research, and biomass supply
stabilization efforts.
Engage in product development and
market research of the opportunities
identified in the COPWRR Strategy
Framework
Develop and support intra-regional
biomass supply stabilization efforts
Time Frame
October, 2003 – February, 2004*
*these opportunities will be taken
advantage of at any time they are
made available.
December, 2003 - October, 2004
Responsible Party
COIC
Mater Engineering
Sustainable Northwest
COIC
Consultant
Sustainable Northwest
Small Diameter Tree Team
October, 2003 - September, 2004
COIC
Mater Engineering
Ongoing – culminating in
November, 2004
COIC
Ongoing development of public
outreach and education program (web
site, presentations, etc.)
October, 2003 - December, 2004
COIC
Maintenance and further development
of local and regional partnerships
(Advisory Council meetings, etc.)
October, 2003 - December, 2004
COIC
Advisory Council
Implementation Teams
Develop Multi-party Monitoring
Program for COPWRR
January - November, 2004
COIC
Sustainable Northwest
Ecosystem Workforce Program
Watershed Research and
Training Center
Delivery of Monitoring Report
December, 2004
COIC
Delivery of product development and
market research products to interested
businesses
Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Personnel
Project Coordinator
Support Staff
Subtotal
$47,024.00
$14,181.00
$61,205.00
Fringe Benefits
Project Coordinator
Support Staff
Subtotal
$21,154.00
$7,525.00
$28,679.00
Travel
Project Coordinator
Partners
Subtotal
$2,000.00
$600.00
$2,600.00
$0.00
Equipment
Office Equipment
$500.00
$100.00
Subtotal
$500.00
$100.00
$5,000.00
.
$5,000.00
$0.00
Partner 1
Partner 2
Advisory Council
$10,000.00
Imp. Teams
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
Total
$72,024.00
$14,181.00
$86,205.00
$0.00
$21,154.00
$7,525.00
$28,679.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$600.00
$2,600.00
$0.00
$600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$600.00
$0.00
11,287.00
$600.00
$11,887.00
Supplies
Project Coordinator
Outreach and Education
Subtotal
$11,287.00
$600.00
$11,887.00
$0.00
Contractual
Product Development/Market Res.
$20,000.00
$5,000.00
Subtotal
$20,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$124,871.00
$10,100.00
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
$154,971.00
Project (Program) Income1
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.
$0.00