2004 WUI Community Assistance Grant Applications: A Quick Profile The National Fire Plan interagency community assistant grants team received 142 grant applications on or before February 21st, 2003 requesting a total of $23,843,952. Of those, 11 of the applications (representing $1,115,037 of the requests) were ineligible; letters were sent encouraging the 11 applicants to partner with other organizations in their communities to develop viable grant projects for the 2005 grant cycle. Interagency working groups composed of representatives from BLM, FS, F&W, BIA, NPS, Oregon Department of Forestry, Washington Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Department of Energy, OSU Forest Products extension, Oregon Economic Community Development Department, Oregon and Washington State Fire Marshals’ offices, and regional non-profit organizations reviewed the remaining 131 grant applications in each of four project categories: WUI Fuels Treatments - 62 applications requesting Prevention and Education – 23 applications requesting Planning and Monitoring – 27 applications requesting Utilization and Marketing – 19 applications requesting Total Requested: $15,651,528 $1,975,657 $3,565,881 $1,535,849 $22,728,915 The grants team met on March 20th to discuss projects ranked by each working group and to finalize its funding recommendations, developing a list of 50 projects recommended for funding in the 2004 fiscal year. We will not know whether these projects can actually be funded until the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service learn their 2004 budget numbers – no earlier than fall 2004. The following is a list of the 50 proposed projects that the grants team recommends for funding in fiscal year 2004: 14 Keep Oregon Green Highway Sign Program (KOGHSP) Keep Oregon Green Highway Sign Program (KOGHSP) Wildfire Watch Community-wide Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction and/or Modification 21 23 Building markets and business capacity to support wildfire risk reduction treatments Ashland Wildfire Mitigation Project 26 WSU/Pend Oreille Master Gardener Forestry and Firewise Educators 28 Curry County WUI Assessment 9 10 12 Keep Oregon Green Keep Oregon Green Yakima County Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire Protection District Sustainable Northwest’s Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Partnership City of Ashland Pend Oreille County (WSU/Pend Oreille County Cooperative Extension) Curry County Collaborative WUI Assessment Partnership 29 32 33 35 37 38 49 51 55 56 58 64 61 62 65 66 67 68 69 75 80 Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction Columbia Gorge Wildfire Preparedness Project Supplement Kittitas County Firewise 2003-1 Liberty Fuels Reduction Dry Forest Mechanized Fuels Treatment TrialsAshland Watershed/Blue Mountains Wildland Urban Interface Fire Prevention Community Education Programs for Central Oregon I’m Concerned about Wildfires” in Northeast Oregon campaign Chenowith & Browns Creek Defensible Space and Fuels Reduction Rowena Drainage, Seven Mile Hill Defensible Space and Fuels Reduction Chiloquin RFD Fuel Reduction Keno RFD Fuel Reduction Fuel Treatment Extension in Baker and Union Counties Applegate Watershed Community Fuel Reduction (AWCFR) Jackson & Josephine Counties Strategic WUI Fuel Reduction Project Josephine County Community Fuel Reduction West Williams Community Fire Hazard Reduction Project Anderson Creek Road Fuels Reduction Project Siskiyou Mountain Park Fuels Reduction Project Colestin Road Fuels Reduction Project, phase II Illinois Valley Fuels Reduction Partnership Project WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREA RISK REDUCTION Rural community wildland prevention and education project 81 Fuels for Schools and more! in Dayton, Washington 83 FireFree 2003-2004 Campaign 93 Leavenworth Neighborhoods Fire Education and Fuels Reduction Slate/Applegate Fuel Reduction and Utilization Project Expanding the Demonstration of Small-diameter Roundwood Construction for Outdoor Amenities 105 Glenwood and George Ville Fuels and Defensible Space 85 88 Illinois Valley Community Response Team Washington State University Kittitas County Community Development Services The Watershed Research and Training Center Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Forestry Lomakatsi Restoration Project Lomakatsi Restoration Project Lomakatsi Restoration Project Lomakatsi Restoration Project Lomakatsi Restoration Project Clark County Fire Protection District No. 2 The Lands Council Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council Deschutes Board of County Commissioners a) Chelan County Fire District #3 & b) Chelan County Conservation District on behalf of the Leavenworth Neighborhoods Applegate River Watershed Council (ARWC) Pomegranate Center Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division Cle Elum Ridge Fuel Break Compartmentalize Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division Yakama Area Critical Fuels Reduction Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division Wildfire Awareness Week Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division 112 Fire Prevention Education Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division 115 Hazardous fuels reduction and fire planning in NE Washington Communities Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division 118 Kalispel Indian Reservation/Pend Oreille Fuels Reduction Project Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division 107 109 110 122 Spokane Indian Reservation Fuels Reduction Project 127 COPWRR Phase III (re-submit) 128 132 Upper Deschutes Basin Community Fire Plans Fuel reduction and Wildfire awareness through Education and Prevention 136 Southern Oregon Small Diameter Utilization Yard Trial 137 138 HUKILL HOLLOW HELPING HAND Defensible Space Education 139 141 District Survey on Defensible Space Education Seven Basins Neighborhood Fire Planning Project Washington State Department of Natural Resources – Resource Protection Division Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council Watershed Research and Training Center Yakima County Fire Protection District 5 Southwest Oregon Resource Conservation and Development Council REACH, Inc. Ecosystem Workforce Training Program (EWT) Lyle School District #406 Klickitat Fire Protection District #13, Appleton Seven Basins Watershed Council Please call Lauren Maloney at (503) 808-6587 if you have questions.