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:
Jacksonville Woodlands Association (Non Profit organization that manages the Woodlands)
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-899-7402
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lsmith@wave.net
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
P.O. Box 1210, Jacksonville, OR 97530
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Robert Schroeter - Vice-President Jacksonville Woodlands Association
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Jacksonville Woodlands Association
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
541-899-1763
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schroetr@jeffnet.org
Project Information
Project Title:
Jacksonville Woodlands Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project - Southeast
Project Start:
Project End:
March 1, 2003
June 1, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$292,500.00
$292,500
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes. Treatment areas have been subdivided geographically. This is grant priority #2.
Brief Project Description:
This project consists of implementing hazardous fuels reduction treatments just outside the City of
Jacksonville on 250 acres. The purpose of the project is to reduce the threat of a catastrophic fire
within and around the City of Jacksonville by treating adjacent properties to the Jacksonville
Woodlands (Federal, County and City lands) as identified in the Jacksonville Woodlands General
Management Plan. This project ties in with and enhances previous treatments currently underway
from a 2001 fuels reduction grant for the Jacksonville Woodlands and with a state grant that the
Jacksonville City Fire chief has received.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
Jacksonville, OR
Jackson
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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:
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
Response:
This proposal seeks to reduce the threat of a catastrophic fire around the City of Jacksonville on 250 acres.
Project implementation consists of developing site specific fuel treatments for the various lands to be treated,
conducting the relevant surveys and analysis appropriate to the land ownership and then implementing the
treatments. During the implementation, a local workforce would be utilized of hand crews cutting understory
brush, pruning to reduce ladder fuels and thinning of dense pockets of vegetation to reduce fuels and
competition so the remaining vegetation could remain healthy and vigorous. Fuels would then be piled and
burned or chipped to reduce the fuel hazards.
Anticipated outcomes would be the reduction of hazardous fuels in the wooded areas around the City of
Jacksonville. These wooded areas are used for recreational and educational purposes along with serving as a
natural wooded backdrop supporting the Historic Landmark designation that the City of Jacksonville has.
The chances of a catastrophic fire in and around the city would be reduced so the natural wooded backdrop of
a mature landscape wouldn't be lost to a wildfire nor serve as a source of a fire threat to adjoining private
homes, property and the historic town of Jacksonville itself.
Partners to this project would be all those who participated in preparing the Jacksonville Woodlands
General Management Plan which outlined the need for this fire reduction project. These partners include the
following: City of Jacksonville, Jackson County Parks, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy, Jacksonville
Woodlands Association, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Oregon Department of
Agriculture and the citizens of Jacksonville and the surrounding area.
The time frame for this project would be approximately one year from start to finish. No project income is
anticipated due to the size and type of material to be removed during the fuels treatments.
Environmental resource requirements would include surveys for Fritillaria gentneri (a state and federally
listed endangered plant species) and would be conducted prior to treatments. Implementation of fuels
treatments would follow the guidelines stated in the USF&W biological opinion issued on habitat
modification for Fritillaria gentneri. Survey data would be shared with ODA, BLM and USF&W botanists.
JWA would revisit and review the sites after treatments to assess and confirm that fuel treatment
prescriptions had been followed and fire hazard reduction objectives had been met.
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?
Response:
This project will immediately reduce the hazardous fuels buildup around the City of Jacksonville (a
community at risk) and therefore reduce the threat of a catastrophic wildfire occurring.
This proposal improves the ability of the Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department and the Oregon
Department of Forestry to respond to and fight fires within the WUI. The watersheds of Daisy Creek and
Jackson Creek will also be improved because the chance of a catastrophic wildfire removing major portions
of the vegetation in these watersheds and exposing them to erosion after the fire is reduced. The habitat and
the survival of the endangered plant species Fritillaria gentneri will also be improved by removing competing
brush that is shading out the species. This species would also be protected from loss due to a catastrophic
fire.
This project compliments fuel reduction activities underway from a 2001 fuel reduction grant. It also
implements fire reduction measures identified and outlined in the Jacksonville Woodlands General
Management Plan which was developed through a series of public meetings involving all stakeholders.
Project maintenance will be minimal after treatments due to the treatments being geared towards removing
brush, understory vegetation and ladder fuels but preserving mature overstory vegetation that would prevent
brush reestablishing itself and therefore creating a landscape resistant to catastrophic fires.
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:
This project would lead to the improvement of the local economy by using local crews and contractors for
the fuel reduction treatments. The project will also utilize county adult and juvenile correction crews for
some of the work. This project also enables the opportunity to use displaced timber workers that have been
retrained to do fuels reduction and restoration work in the community. This project is expected to create
work for fuels reduction crews, burning crews and plant survey crews for a period of one year.
The extent that this project could be used a model for other commmunties is that it demonstrates how the
community of Jacksonville is able to follow through on its fire hazard reduction plans outlined in the
Jacksonville Woodlands General Management Plan that was developed by all stakeholders within the
community. This project could also be a model for how the City of Jacksonville is able to reduce its fire and
fuel hazards but at the same time protect and enhance the habitat for a State of Oregon and Federally listed
rare endangered plant species that is found primarily in the vicinity of Jacksonville.
The biomass in this project is nonmerchantable and would be piled and burned or chipped to reduce the
fuels levels.
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.
Response:
This project follows through on fire hazard/fuel reduction plans identified and outlined in the Jacksonville
Woodlands General Management Plan. This plan was developed through a series of public meetings a couple
of years ago involving all stakeholders (Federal, State, City, and County officials, non profit organizations
and community members) that crafted a management plan for the Jacksonville Woodlands. JWA has also
been cooperating with the City of Jacksonville Fire Chief as this project ties in with the fire chief's efforts and
his state fuels reduction grants for treating around residential properties within Jacksonville.
The level of cooperation between federal, state, county, city and communtiy organizations has been high
as evidenced by the creation of the Jacksonville Woodlands General Management Plan (GMP). This project
continues that cooperative effort by following through on those recommended projects that all stakeholders
had identified in the GMP.
The cooperators include the following: City of Jacksonville (including the City Fire Chief and City
Forester), Jackson County Parks, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy, Jacksonville Woodlands Association,
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Agriculture and the citizens of Jacksonville and the
surrounding area.
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?
Response:
Interested parties were involved in developing the Jacksonville Woodlands General Management Plan for
the Woodlands which identified and addressed fuel reduction treatments as a need for the properties.
Project is primarily to be done by the use of federal funds but will also include local volunteer expertise
for site specific treatments on the properties. Support for this project also involves adjacent private
landowners who are interested in protecting not only their properties but helping to protect the Woodlands
and the City of Jacksonville from a catastrophic wildfire.
All Jacksonville residents and the surrounding community will benefit from the reduced threat of a
catastrophic fire. The community will also benefit by being able to retain a backdrop of a mature forested
setting that is critical for maintaining Jacksonville's small town feel and its National Park Service Historic
Landmark designation. The mature forests also enhance the recreational and interpretative opportunities
within the Woodlands and add to the activities available to visitors and residents of Jacksonville. Tourism is
a large part of Jacksonville's economy and the mature forested Woodlands are another aspect that entices
visitors to stay and explore. Local school children also use the forests of the Woodlands for environmental
educational projects. The habitat for a rare endangered plant species that is primarily found around
Jacksonville will be enhanced so the plant isn't shaded out by competing brush or lost in a catastrophic
wildfire.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Plant Surveys
Spring 2003
JWA
Cut brush/thin/prune/pile/chip
Summer/Fall/Winter 2003
JWA
Burn piles
Fall 2003/Spring 2004
JWA
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$292,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$292,500.00
Personnel
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Travel
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Equipment
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
(Fuels treatments, burning,
plant surveys)
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$292,500.00
$0.00
$292,500.00
$0.00
Other
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total Costs
$0.00
$292,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$292,500.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
$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.