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:
Wallowa Resources
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-426-8053
541-426-9053
wallowar@oregonvos.net
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
PO Box 274/200 W. North St.
Enterprise, OR 97828
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Diane Snyder, Executive Director
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Wallowa Resources / Wallowa County, Oregon
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-426-8053
541-426-9053
wallowar@oregonvos.net
Project Information
Project Title:
The Eastern Oregon Small Diameter Wood Products Fair
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
March 2004
April 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$50,000
$63,000.
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes, please consider applications separately, WR is fiscal partner for the eight Counties on this project.
Brief Project Description:
The Eastern Oregon Small Diameter Wood Products Fair – Sustaining and Building Markets, Communities
and the Ecosystem purpose is to connect citizens to markets and business opportunities associated with small
diameter and underutilized wood products and to diversify use of forest restoration resources and ensure
greater benefit to fair attendees in the eight eastern Oregon area counties.
The wood products fair will be a two-day event in March 2004. The event will include individuals and
organizations from throughout the nation that have developed or are developing markets and technologies for
underutilized and small diameter wood materials. These materials are often the result of fuel reduction
activities. Community organizations, Tri-Forest Supervisors, and the Oregon Economic and Community
Development Department Eastern Team will provide technical assistance.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Congressional District:
LaGrande, Oregon
Union
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If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
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
Response: Eastern Oregon is surrounded by forested landscape. Many of these forests are at high risk of
wildfires; drought conditions, diseases, insect infestation and small diameter undergrowth all contribute to
this existing risk. At the same time Eastern Oregon is suffering from high unemployment, decreasing school
enrollment tied to families leaving the rural communities to find work, threatening school and health
programs. Restoration projects and fuels management activities will greatly benefit these rural communities
in Oregon, as the by-product can be used to create jobs in small wood processing. The creation of these jobs
will directly addresses community needs and skills.
The following partners are sponsoring the Eastern Oregon Small Diameter Wood Products Fair
– Sustaining and Building Markets, Communities and the Ecosystem: The USDA Forest Service, Forest
Products Lab of Madison, the Blue Mountain Demonstration Area, USDA Rural Community Assistance
Program, The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, Grande Ronde Motel Watershed,
The Oregon State University Extension Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, the hosting eight Counties
and Wallowa Resources. Established in 1996, Wallowa Resources a grassroots, non-profit, 501 (c)(3)
organization born out of a two-year community dialogue among the local residents of Wallowa County.
Wallowa Resources’ unchanged mission is to: promote community, forest and watershed health, while
creating and maintaining family-wage job and business opportunities, and broadening understanding of the
links between community well-being and ecosystem health.
The Eastern Oregon Small Diameter Wood Products Fair – Sustaining and Building Markets,
Communities and the Ecosystem will be conducted in LaGrande, Oregon, in Union County at the Union
County Convention Center. This is a central location, with a facility large enough to house the event. The
event will host producers and speakers that will highlight the economic use of small diameter materials
removed during fuels management activities. Anticipated outcomes from this event will be connecting
producers to markets and business opportunities associated with small diameter wood and the understanding
that this small material can be utilized to produce products that have a monetary value.
This application addresses the issue of the utilization of small diameter wood from forestland
restoration and fuels reduction projects that would have the potential to generate family wage jobs in these
rural resource dependent communities in Eastern Oregon.
Some of the activities that are expected to happen in the preparation of the event are: the partners
will continue to pursue fundraising opportunities, develop a Coordinating Committee, explore regional
calendars to establish a date for the Event, issue a RFQ to hire a Event Planner/Coordinator and continue
securing producers, speakers and participants of the Event will continue.
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: The
Eastern Oregon Small Diameter Wood Products Fair – Sustaining and Building Markets,
Communities and the Ecosystem is expected to introduce technology from throughout the nation that will
help to meet the need to develop and expand uses and markets for low-value woody material, including small
diameter trees removed in fuels treatment projects.
With the introduction of producers to markets and technology to help develop new products, the
jobs created and/or retained in this eight county event is hard to estimate.
The importance of creating manufacturing jobs in rural communities by utilizing small diameter
wood is a very important issue facing these Counties in Eastern Oregon. Natural resource, family-wage jobs
in rural communities have been steadly declining for the past few years. Preserving forests and investing in
degraded landscapes through restoration is necessary to ensure that the benefits of forests are available to both
present and future generations. A new focus on fuels reduction and restoration will foster a conservationbased economy, creating and sustaining family-wage jobs.
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.
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B.
Successful ecosystem restoration must address ecological, economic, and social needs including
community development and the well being of resource dependent rural communities. Developing the
utilization of the small diameter materials that are removed from our forest will help to offset the costs of
fuels reduction projects, which will encourage forest landowners to perform such projects.
Response:
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: The
Eastern Oregon Small Diameter Wood Products Fair – Sustaining and Building Markets,
Communities and the Ecosystem will have approximately 16 producers and/or presenters over the two-day
event. When the coordination committee establishes dates in March 2004, participants will be notified and
publicity events and articles will begin.
Strong support for the Products Fair has been received by the Oregon Economic and Community
Development District in the form of Letters of Support from the Commissioners of seven County Courts in
Eastern Oregon.
Partners of the Products Fair represent many different communities in Eastern Oregon and support
this project. The U.S.D.A. Forest Products Lab of Madison strongly supports the efforts of communities
developing new methods of utilizing small diameter wood. The Forest Products Lab has committed $1500.
The Blue Mountain Demonstration Area has committed $750. The Oregon Economic and Community
Development District will contribute $5000 in-kind. The Oregon State Extension Service has committed
$5000 in-kind, and the Oregon Department of Forestry $1000 in-kind. The Products Fair partners are
unaware of any opposition to this Event or proposal.
Networking and sharing lessons learned with other natural resource users will create peer-to-peer
learning opportunities for producers, entrepreneurs and participants.
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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.
Developing the Eastern Oregon Small Diameter Wood Products Fair – Sustaining and Building
Markets, Communities and the Ecosystem will create new partnership within the eight Counties that are
coordinating this Event. Developing new relationships with other agencies and organizations will broaden
the understanding of the similar issues that rural resource dependent communities encompass. Creating
healthy forest that are less susceptible to wildfire is a predominate issue facing communities in Eastern
Oregon.
The cooperators for this Event are: The USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab of Madison,
the Blue Mountain Demonstration Area, USDA Rural Community Assistance Program, The Oregon
Economic and Community Development Department, Grande Ronde Motel Watershed, The Oregon State
University Extension Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, the hosting eight Counties and Wallowa
Resources.
Response:
Enclosure 4C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Fundraising
February 2003 – December 2003
Wallowa Resources
Coordinating Committee Developed
February 2003
All Partners
Establish Dates for Event from
regional calendars and partners
March/April 2003
Coordinating Committee
Develop Budget
February 2003 –July 2003
Coordinating Committee
Book Union County Convention
Center for established dates.
March/April 2003
Coordinating Committee
Issue RFQ for Event
Planner/Coordinator
October 2003
Coordinating Committee
Selecting/Recruiting Sponsors
May 2003 – January 2004
Coordinating Committee
Inviting and securing Producers,
Speakers, and Participants of the
Event.
May 2003 – December 2003
Coordinating Committee and
Event Planner/Coordinator
Advertising and Save the Date Cards
Invitations
April 2003 – March 2004
Event Planner/Coordinator
Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Personnel
5,000.00
5,000.00
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
34,750.00
1,500.00
5,000.00
41,250.00
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
15,000.00
15,000.00
Subtotal
Other
750.00
1,000.00
1,750.00
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income1
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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.
63,000.00