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:
Josephine Soil and Water Conservation District
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-474-6799
541-955-9574
joswcd@cpros.com
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
576 NE 'E' Street, Grants Pass, OR, 97526
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Julie Toledo, Watershed Technician
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Josephine Soil and Water Conservation District
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-474-6799
541-955-9574
joswcd@cpros.com
Project Information
Project Title:
Fire and Fuel Reduction Initiative in the Wildland Urban Interface
Project Start:
Project End:
October 2003
December 2005
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$135,200.00
$170,200.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
No
Brief Project Description:
This project will provide cost-share funding and technical assistance to woodlot owners to reduce
fuel loading by pre-commercial thinning, pruning (the ladder fuels), removal of undesireable
vegetation and slash disposal (including handpiling, chipping, and underburning).
The program will focus on land holdings between 1-20 acres in the urban wildland interface where
considerable urban development has taken place and where fuel loading has increased due to
aggressive fire supression and lack of forest management.
The project will provide opportunities for landowner education and awareness related to fuel
reduction strategies and resource stewardship. Key landowners will be targeted to foster and
promote sustainable resource management concepts as mini-demonstartion projects in various
neighborhoods. Properties that are adjacent to or near treatment areas on public land will be
emphasized.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
Northern & Eastern Josephine Co
Josephine
2&4
Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1)
(2)
Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
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:
T36S, T37S., R.6W, R.5W (Cloverlawn Neighborhood)
T36S.,R6W (Azalea/Marble Neighborhood)
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
 partners
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project income
project time frames
specify types of activities and equipment used
amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc)
environmental, cultural and historical resource requirements
PROJECT LOCATION: The project will be located in the east and north portions of Josephine
County. The Azalea/Marble Drive and Cloverlawn neighborhoods southeast of Grants Pass will be targeted
for treatment. The BLM is currently treating public lands in these neighborhoods. Priority will be given to
landowners who are adjacent or near to these treatment areas. These areas are considered high risk for
wildland fire hazards by local agencies, and are in critical need of treatment. These are areas of high fire
incidence, but the suppression and exclusion of fire within this landscape has led to over-stocked stands and
the proliferation of heavy brush such as manzanita and Scotch broom.
Response:
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: The project will focus on reducing the risk of a wildland fire by precommercail thinning, pruning, removal of undersireable vegetation, and slash disposal (including handpiling,
chipping, and underburning). The Middle Rogue Watershed Council will conduct community workshops to
provide information about the project, public safety/ transportation issues, and fuel reduction practices. Sites
will be selected following an application and ranking process with higher consideration given to "core
neighborhood groups". The Azalea and Cloverlawn neighborhoods will be specifically targeted with select
mailing. After the initial workshops the SWCD will then hold smaller neighborhood meetings. Topics at
these workshops and meetings will include defensible space, access, utilities, and information about small
neighborhood fire planning. This program will focus outside of the Oregon Department of Forestry
Defensible Space Program. A fuels evaluation and reduction plan will be completed for each property owner
or group of properties by a licensed forester. Landowners will be required to sign contracts with Josephine
SWCD to insure completion and access to property for monitoring. Initial action will include a site visit to
determine landowner objectives, existing resource conditions and potential on the ground practices.
Landowners will receive a 70% cost share for completed practices. Rates for practices will be established
using the Oregon Department of Forestry's cost list.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES: Wildfire mitigation practices will be completed on over 200 acres using
cooperative programs between agencies, private landowners, and community groups. About 40- 45 individual
prescriptions will be completed. Increased landowner awareness and education of fuel reduction and
maintenance strategies will be accomplished. By applying fuel reduction practices to private lands adjacent
to treated public lands the impact of both will be exponentially increased.
MEASURES AND REPORTING: Initial and midway inspections will be conducted by the SWCD to insure
proper application of practices. Before and after pictures will provide visual measures of reductions in fuels
and will be included in final report. Long range monitoring of 5 will be conducted on roughly 10% of
applicants.
PARTNERS: The project will be implemented by the Josephine Soil and Water Conseration District in
cooperation with numerous partners. Partners include the Middle Rogue Watershed Council and Rural Metro
Fire Department. We will also be working closely with Oregon Department of Forestry to identify
participants of the Defensible Space Program who are wanting to complete work on the remainder of their
property, and who reside in the core neighborhoods. A database and GIS mapping of landowners who have
completed fuel reduction programs will be provided by the SWCD to Josephine County Planning and Oregon
Department of Forestry.
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.
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 fuels treatment plan or 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 (a) leads to, enhances or restores a local fire-adapted ecosystem, and/or (b) mitigates or leads to the
mitigation of hazardous fuel conditions.
F. How will the proposed treatments be maintained over time?
(A) Development in this area has led to moderate density in a hazardous fuel area. This program
will help to reduce fuels around driveways and access cooridors. The targeted treatment areas contain steep
slopes. By reducing fuel hazards on these properties the risk of loss of property is reduced.
(B) Fuel reduction on private land benefits public lands by providing better access and conditions for
agencies in the event of a fire. An important outcome of implementing a fuel reduction program is the
benefit to general forest health. Treating over-stocked stands will reduce the incidence of disease and pests
on both private and public lands.
(C) Local, state, and federal agencies assisted the SWCD in identifying areas for this project that will
coordinate with their activities.
(D) Landowners will attend a community workshop that provides project information and presentations on
defensible space, fuels reduction and the importance of maintaining riparian forest buffers. Over 120
community members attended a workshop for the Middle Rogue Forest Health Initiative project.
(E) It helps to restore a local fire-adapted ecosystem when landowners use controlled underburning of small
areas under the right conditions & supervision. Information provided at the workshop will emphasize this
importance.
(F) The treatments will be maintained through continued maintainance using the same practices of thinning,
pruning, and removal of undesireable vegetation.
Response:
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)?
B. To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities?
C. Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response: (A) This
project will improve the local economy by providing employment for a consulting forester
for 10 months who will develop individual or group Fire and Fuel Reduction Management Plans. A part time
project manager will work for 2 1/2 years. The project manager will arrange the workshop, work with the
consulting forester, and monitor on the ground progress with landowners. An important aspect of this project
is that it offers off-season employment to wildland firefighters. A number of the crews used in the Forest
Health Initiative worked through the winter on fuel hazard reduction, and then worked on fires over the
summer. These activities complement each other and allow for a good labor pool to be available in the
summer while providing year round work for contractors.
(B) The existing Middle Rogue Forest Health Initiative project serves as a model and we will continue using
this model throughout other communities in our county. Other organizations have already requested
information of our project format to duplicate in their area.
(C) Landonwers will utilize the fuels by chipping and returning it to the soil and by taking it to the local
biomass facility. We will provide information on the facility and encourage landowners to use it.
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 plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if it
already exists.
B. Explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning among federal, state, tribal, local government and
community organizations. List the cooperators.
(A) This project will help to implement the county, federal, state forestry and local rural fire
department strategies for hazard fuel reduction on private lands and on lands adjacent to federal lands. This
project works well with ODF's 'defensible space' program that addresses fuel reduction around structures.
This project goes further by reducing fuels on the property beyond the buffer.
(B) The Josephine Soil and Water Conservation District has assembled a technical committee with active
representation from the Oregon Department of Forestry, Farm Sevice Agency, OSU Extension, Rural/Metro
Fire Department, Josephine Fire Defense Board, and the Middle Rogue Watershed Council. This committee
will assist in the oversite of the project and participate in the education workshop. Some members will assist
with project implementation through inspections and monitoring of applied fuel reduction practices. We will
expand our committee to include a representative from the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest
Service.
Response:
4. Expanding Community Participation. (15 Points)
A. To what extent have interested people and communities been provided an opportunity to become informed and involved in this
proposal?
B. Describe the extent of local support for the project, including any cost-sharing arrangements.
C. What are the environmental, social and educational benefits of the project?
(A) The Biscuit Fire has raised citizen awareness of the danger of wildfire and the importance of
fuel hazard reduction. People are willing to complete work that they may not have been concerned about in
the past. Because of the success of our Forest Health Initiative the community looks to the SWCD to provide
asssistance for these activites. The SWCD plays an import role by reaching a segment of the community that
is hesitant to work with federal and state agencies. As an independent board and organization we can assist
landowners who would otherwise not participate in these programs.
(B) Local, state, and county agencies will continue to offer support by participating in the technical
committee. Josephine County Planning Department has supplied the SWCD with PUMA which will allow us
to develop the database to identify areas that have recieved treatment.
(C) This project will reduce the fire risk in the wildland urban interface by reducing fuels on private lands
and possibly prevent a costly future wildland fire. The cost-share makes it possible to hire local contractors
which provides a social/economic benefit. Landowner awareness will be increased through workshops and
on-site consultations. By targeting core neighborhoods these activities will promote community building and
coooperation. Through this project the SWCD hopes to expand the landowners focus from individual
properties to neighborhoods. By completing these activities the public safety and forest health is greatly
enhanced to the benefits all landowners.
Response:
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Education and information workshop
October 2003
Josephine Soil and Water
Conservation District and
Middle Rogue Watershed Council
Application and ranking process
October 2003 to November 2003
Technical Committee
A series of news articles
(5 articles over ten weeks)
October 2003 to December 2003
Technical Committee members and
Project Manager
Landowner property site review to develop
Fire and Fuel Reduction Management Plans
November 2003 to March 2005
Forest Consultant and Project
Manager
Application of fuel reduction practices
December 2003 to March 2005
Participating Landowners
Complete required report
May 2005
Project Manager
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
Project Manager
Parternager
$17,000.00
Subtotal
$17,000.00
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
$0.00
$22,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$22,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,700.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,700.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$100,000.00
$110,000.00
$0.00
$6,000.00
$30,000.00
$36,000.00
$170,200.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
$0.00
Travel
$1,700.00
Subtotal
$1,700.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Mailing, files, copies,
film developement, admin.
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$500.00
Contractual
Forestry Consult/ GIS
Application of Practices
Subtotal
$10,000.00
$100,000.00
$110,000.00
Other
Workshop/ Admin.
$6,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal
$6,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
Total Costs
$135,200.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$30,000.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
$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.