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:
Chicamun Springs Ranch
Phone:
FAX:
509-007-1327
509-997-0327
Email:
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
P.O. Box 220 Carlton Wa. 98814
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Craig Larson
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Pre-Libby Creek Fire District
Phone:
FAX:
509-997-0326
509-997-0327
Email:
Project Information
Project Title:
Gravity Flow Fire Suppression Reservoir (Helicopter dip,draft location)
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
Immediate
summer 2002
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$95,000
$110,000
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Brief Project Description:
We will utilize water rights from Chicamun Creek to flow downhill through a 10" pipeline to be buried,
and then into a dug reservoir of < 2 acres in an open field.
The reservoir will be membrane lined and backfilled with small rock. Water can be provided through
Certificate #81, 1918 adjudication of 1.82cfs.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Chicamun Canyon-near Carlton
Okanogan
Congressional District:
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:
Chicamun Springs Ranch is at the top of Libby Creek at the end of the road. THe 1898 Ranch is surrounded
on all sides by Forest Service Land with heavy timber and grass and bitterbrush slopes typical to the Eastern
Cascade Mountains.
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
 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
Water from the reservoir will be available to Washington State DNR and the Forest Service for
preventing catastrophic fires, for controlled burn preparation and any subsequent fire control. The location
will be convenient and safe for helicopter approaches due to the geography of this ranch. Fire protection and
control would be assisted both with speed and safety for the entire Libby Greek, Gold Creek and Twisp River
drainages.
Response:
Fires are numerous here with a 4500 acre fire last summer and simultaneously a 2nd fire from a lighting
strike which started immediately adjacent to the ranch. Numerous campers and hunters use these basins
regularly.
The equipment used would be a backhoe or trencher for the 10" pipeline feeding the reservoir from
Chicamun. The reservoir would be built by bulldozers and material moved via loaders and dump trucks. A
liner would be added to keep the loss to a minimum.
The project would assist in water needs for structure protection of the community and wildland. This area
is outside any fire district at this time and Carlton Washington is listed as a hazzard community on the
Washington Wildland/Urban Interface Wildfire Risk Assessment Map September , 2001
It should take 1-1 1/2 months to build and would then be available for fire this summer.
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, or natural landscapes.
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 (1) fuels treatment plan or (2) 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 (1) leads to, enhances or restores a local fire-adapted ecosystem, and/or (2) mitigates or leads to the
mitigation of hazardous fuel conditions.
F. How will the proposed treatments or programs be maintained in future years?
Response:
A. Fire suppression could be implemented through use of reservoir water for controlled burns or actual
wildfires.
B. Benefits to Forest land are through slow down of spread of wildfire and ability to protect residents in rural
drainages.
C. Currently there is no fire coverage to residents of drainages outside fire districts.
D. We plan to make community aware of the water source at the top of the drainage to help devise a rural fire
strategey for residents, Forest Land and DNR Land.
E. By being able to safely do controlled burns and it readies the area by mitigating the surrounding
hazardous fuel conditions.
F. Very little maintenance will be required.
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)? How will this proposal link to toher projects (or proposed projects) to create year-round jobs?
B. To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities or natural landscapes?
C. Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response:
A. Local labor and equipment will be used to facilitate construction of the recource. We would probably be
able to complete it by this fire season. Would create between 5-10 new jobs.
B. This ranch was voted Wildlife Farm of the Year by the Conservation District of the State of Washington
and the Wildlife Department in 1999. The ranch will continue to be a perfect prototype for future fire
protection and suppression projects in the west.
C. No
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 or plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if it
already exists.
B. 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. List the cooperators (a detailed list
of cooperators will be required for projects that are funded).
Response:
A. This project should help implement all plans to help secure a safe location for helitack support and water
requirements from an otherwise adjudicated drainage. Problems like the 30 mile fire regarding the ability for
helicopters to draft would be mitigated. There are no endangered species in Chicamun Creek.
B. A letter is forthcoming from Sonny O'Neal, Forest Supervisor for Okanogan and Wenatchee Forests, per
Stuart Woolley. The DNR is also Cooperative in assisting. A request for endorsement has been made of
Mark Gray, DNR Fuel Management Specialist, Olympia. Enclosed is a letter of endorsement from Dick
Dunton, N.W. DNR Region.
4. 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:
A.. During the Libby South Fire of 2001 we were approached by neighbors downstream as to our escape
location through our ranch and safety zone which our field and reservoir would support.
B. All individuals outside of the fire district are eager for protection.
C. The benefits to wildlife and the environment are substantial, especially during drought years and heavy
fire years. There would be no negative concerns for a project of this type.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Review pipe path
Dig and lay line
Immediately
1 week
Local contractors and labor
Dig reservoir
Remove material
Line reservoir
Backfill over liner
3 weeeks
Local contractors and Labor
Top of Form
Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
Landowner
Subtotal
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$30,000.00
$15,000.00
$45,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$50,000.00
$0.00
$50,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Travel
Subtotal
$0.00
Equipment
Tractor and implements
Subtotal
Supplies
Membrane liner
Pipe and valves
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$30,000.00
$15,000.00
$45,000.00
Contractual
Dirtwork
$50,000.00
Subtotal
$50,000.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$95,000.00
$15,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$110,000.00
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