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:
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 488-0208
oshanac@hotmail.com
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
P.O. Box 3084 Ashland, OR 97520
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Oshana Catranides, Program Development Coordinator
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Non-Profit 501 (c ) 3
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 488-0208
oshanac@hotmail.com
Project Information
Project Title:
Phase I - Colestin Road Fuels Reduction Project
Project Start:
Project End:
September 1, 2002
September 1, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$74,360.00
$82,760.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
(1) Regional Fuels Reduction & Workforce Training Program- Phase II (2) This Proposal
Brief Project Description:
Project will reduce fuels on private properties adjacent to Colestin Road, the only route in-to and
out-of the Colestin Valley of Southwestern Oregon. Approximately 200 people live in the Colestin
area. This roadside fuels reduction proposal increases the beneficial effects of Lomakatsi's current
wildfire hazard mitigation project to reduce fuels along private properties adjacent to Central
Oregon Pacific Railroad (CORP) easements. In some areas, CORP easements are adjacent to
Colestin Road, and throughout the area railroad sparks have historically ignited wildfires. This
increases the importance of improving safety and accessibility of Colestin road for residents and
Firefighters alike, in the event of a wildfire from any source! Through this project, this narrow dirt
road can become an advantageous fuel break, enhancing the adjacent CORP easement thinning
project, increasing fire-fighting capabilities if needed. Colestin Rural Fire District Chief Steve
Avgaris, residents, and CORP thinning participants indicated a critical need for improved fire safety
along their sole transportation route. Local employment will be used to protect homes, properties
and surrounding federal resource areas including Rogue River NF, Mount Ashland ski area,
Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, and Interstate 5.
Project Location:
Colestin Valley, Oregon
County:
Jackson
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
Congressional District:
52nd
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
 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
Location involves private properties that lie adjacent to four miles of Colestin Road, a dirt roadway
that is the only ingress and egress for about 200 residents of the Colestin Valley area. Colestin Road winds
southward from Mount Ashland Ski Road in the Rogue River National Forest towards its intersection with
Interstate 5 near Hilt.
Response:
Implementation / Amount / Extent of actions: Project will reduce fuel loads on private properties for 50 feet
back from both sides of 2 miles of county road easements along Colestin Road. Area is of the highest density
fuel load, identified as extreme risk area by Colestin Rural Fire District (CRFD), due to the close proximity to
the railroad tracks, which have historically ignited wildfires in the area. Implementation benefits from
established networks created for Lomakatis's current 'Railroad Interface Fuels Reduction Project', involving
32 private properties in fuels reduction adjacent to railroad easements. The project creates a 100-feet of fuel
break on private properties adjacent to county road easements for approximately 2 miles, or about 25 acres of
treatment area. House sites protected are estimated to be at least 50, and will be specifically reported as
project is implemented.
Anticipated outcomes are reduced fuel loads and increased fire safety along the sole ingress and egress route
of the Colestin Valley. This will allow for improved firefighting accessibility, reduced flame length and
reduced fire intensity in thinned areas, and will enhance Colestin Road as an extended fuel break, as well as
an emergency access or exit route. Project will promote fuels reduction on the larger landscape level, and
will educate and involve landowners in understanding fire ecology, the urgency of taking action, and the
importance of stewardship for treated project areas.
Measures and reporting will be concurrent with requirements of the funding agency. Attention will be paid to
identifying potential marketable by-products of fuels reduction to supply data for groups interested in
marketing feasibility studies and projects.
Partners include Colestin Rural Fire District (CRFD), Cottonwood Creek Watershed Association, Alliance of
Forest Workers and Harvesters, Society for Ecological Forestry, Ashland Wilderness Charter School, Jackson
County Road Dept. Consultation will be sought from BLM, ODF, Ecosystem Resotration Office of US Fish
& Wildlife office in Klamath Falls (Cottonwood Creek flows into Klamath River). Jackson County Road
Department (contact Jim Douglas) will donate complimentary chipper and hauler use to demonstrate support
of private landowner participation in fuels reduction.
Project time frame: Project will be conducted seasonally as weather, fire restrictions, and NEPA requirements
allow. Expected project time frame is one year.
Activities / Equipment used: Fuel load reduction accomplished with chainsaws, pole pruners, loppers. Fire
safety tools on-hand. Other equipment when necessary may include a chipper, hauler, or zig-zag yarder and
appropriate transportation. Utilization Demo's may include 'Economizer' or other wood mills, pole peelers,
portable mills, as appropriate in relation to materials thinned from sites.
Compliances: Project will comply with regulatory requirements including NEPA, SHIPO, and permitting
processes.
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)?
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?
Response: A)Project
will utilize local employment to improve local economy, and will create 8 -10 seasonal
jobs. Local workers will learn alongside Lomakatsi technicians to increase their capacity for employment in
performing fuels reduction for landowners, and for programs such as ODF/ SIP, defensible space treatments,
etc. By the nature of the work, this is a seasonal occupation. By the abundance of fuel loads in the area, these
skills will be needed on a long term basis. Lomakatsi is working with partners to support marketing studies
intended to sustain jobs in the region.
(B & C) To address biomass and the interest of private businesses, Lomakatsi will record baseline data on
thinning materials for businesses and interested parties. Landowners want wood chips & mulch. Jackson Co.
Road Dept. will donate its chipper and crew for one week, and will haul & stage biomass to support private
landowners reducing fuels.
D) Lomakatsi's projects are all designed to serve as models for other communities. We guide our work
according to 'Ecological Principles for Fuels Load Reduction', an easily understood 'tool' that speaks to the
sensitivity and ecological concerns of many landowners (attached). These 'Principles' are available to any
party, and have blazed headway into supporting the interagency goals of the National Fire Plan in rural
communities, and on the environmental forefront.
2. Reducing fire risk. (30 points)
Describe how the proposal promotes reduction of risk in high hazard areas and communities.
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 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 fuels conditions.
A.
B.
Response: A)Project
reduces wildfire risk by reducing fuels, improves the fire safety of the valley's only access
and/or escape route, and enhances the roadway as an intermediate fire break. Combined with the railroad
easement thinning project, this proposal will result in community fire safety, reduced fire risk and vastly
increased areas of defensiblity along the often-adjacent ignition points posed by the roadway and the
railroad easements.
(B) Project protects resources on BLM, Rogue River National Forests, Mt. Ashland Ski Area, and Cascade
Siskiyou National Monument, by reducing fuels on roadside private properties to lessen the potential and/or
intensity of a wildfire. In turn, the project will increase fire safety for the entire Colestin community, and for
the firefighters who depend on Colestin Road as their sole access and exit route.
(C) The project is requested by CRFD and Cottonwood Creek Watersehd Association to enhance the
effectiveness of the Colestin Railroad Easement Fuels Reduction Project, funded by NFP in 2001. This
combined fuels reduction strategy is identified as a priority project, due to historic railroad-caused wildfires,
and the need for Colestin Road to provide access to firefighting equipment, and emergency escape ability.
(D) Project reduces hazardous fuels in an effort to restore and recreate a fire-adapted ecosystem in the area.
Enclosure 4B (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
3. Increasing interagency and intergovernmental coordination. (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: A)Cottonwood
Creek Watershed Association membership and Lomakatsi outreach have involved
residents in the development of the request for this proposal. The Colestin Valley News, "The Buzz",
announces community and landowner meetings about developing projects. Coordination for railroad
easement fuels reduction project has spread information about this proposal throughout the Colestin area.
B) Local support for the project is extremely high. Strong trust and support for this project comes from the
Fire Chief, volunteer firefighters, landowners, those involved in ODF defensible space treatment programs,
other residents, ODF, and BLM agents familiar with Lomakatsi's regional fuels reduction projects.
C) Outreach and community meetings provide forums for educating residents about the importance of fuels
reduction on all forefronts. Socially, this project brings residents together with local organizations, state and
federal agencies, providing a focal point for creating fuels reduction strategies that many can agree on.
Environmentally, this project is of keen significance to protecting natural resource values on private and
adjacent public/federal lands. The reduction of the potential for catastrophic fire provides environmental
protection for forestlands and water qulaity, wildlife habitat and biodiversity, in an area highlighted for its
ecological significance by the designation of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument. Area is a critical
'land bridge' for wildlife passage from the Siskiyous acoss to the Cascade mountain range.
4. Increasing interagency and intergovernmental coordination. (20 Points)
A. Explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning among federal, state, tribal, local government and
community organizations in developing this proposal. List the cooperators.
B. Describe how this project implements a local intergovernmental strategy or plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if
it already exists.
Response: A)
This proposal reflects a high level of support, and is crafted as a result of the requests, planning,
and cooperation of local organizations including the Colestin Rural Fire District, its Volunteer Fire Fighters,
and the Cottonwood Creek Watershed Association in collaboration with Lomakatsi Restoration Project.
Jackson Co. Road Dept. is volunteering its chipper, hauler, and a crew for at least one week to show its
support for fuels reduction done on private lands adjacent to road easements
(B) Although no official written 'plan' exists for this community based project, its implementation is a direct
response to the long-term efforts of CRFD Chief Steve Avgaris, ODF, and Lomakatsi to get people in the
area involved in fuels reduction projects. The Cottonwood Creek Watershed Association is in its third year of
organizing strategies for projects to enhance, restore and protect the natural resources so abundant in their
area. Fire fuels reduction has been a priority focus of the association, which received a reimbursement-based
grant for 20 defensible space/house-site treatments from ODF. Lomakatsi worked with ODF on initial site
visits and fuels treatments for the grants, and used the opportunity to highlight the importance of community
fire planning on a larger landscape level. This networking led to the creation of this specific request for
funding to reduce fuels along the Colestin Road. LRP, CRFD, and Association will work with federal, state
land management agencies and Jo.Co. Road Department to enhance the effectiveness of the project.
Enclosure 4C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
COORDINATION OVER-VIEW
--Meetings with Partners / Collaborators:
Colestin Rural Fire District, Cottonwood
Creek Watershed Association, Jackson
County Road Dept., BLM, ODF
Within 30 Days of Grant Award
LOMAKATSI
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
--Media and Announcement of Project
--Initial Community / Watershed Association
Meetings.
Within 60 days of Grant Award
LOMAKATSI, with assistance from
Cottonwood Creek Watershed
Association, Colestin Rural Fire
District
LANDOWNER OUTREACH
--Contact Property Owners about Project
--Seek Landowner Participation through
Education and Outreach
--Initial Site Visits w/ up to 40 Landowners
90 - 120 days from Grant Award
LOMAKATSI
PRESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT
Identify Treatment Areas, Monitoring Sites,
Inventory Vegetation and Fuel Density
Create Fuel Treatment Plan
Agency Collaboration on Treatment Design
Landowner Review and Approval of Plan
120 - 150 Days from Grant Award
BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
--Permitting Processes / Prescription Review
--Community Meeting To Review Project
Scope
-- Organize Community Volunteer Work Days
150 - 180 Days from Grant Award
(or sooner, if possible to coordinate w/
Agencies)
LOMAKATSI, BLM, Cottonwood
Creek Watershed Association,
Community Members, Fire District
IMPLEMENT WORK !
--Coordinate Work Crews, Contractors,
Consultants, Instructors, Inspectors
-- Utilization Demo: Site Selection, Materials
Prepared, Sorted, Transported
--Community Demonstration Workshop
150- 190 days from Grant Award
LOMAKATSI, with consultation
from BLM.
Utilization Demo Partners: Jackson
Co. Road Dept., Hilltop Logging Co.,
Hayfork Watershed Research Center
PERIODIC INSPECTION AND REVIEW
--Coordinate w/ Agencies
--Quantify Thinning By-Products to Supply
Information for Parties Involved in
Utililzation and Marketing Strategies
--
150 - 210 Days from Grant Award
LOMAKATSI, with consultation
from BLM, others
FINAL SUMMARY REPORT
Presentation of Final Report To Community
and Agencies
250 - 300 Days from grant Award
LOMAKATASI
(or sooner, if possible to coordinate this
w/ Landowners)
LOMAKATSI in consultation with
BLM, ODF, Colestin Rural Fire
District
(or sooner, if possible to coordinate this
w/ Landowners and Agencies)
Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Personnel
Project Coordinator
Assistant Coordinator
Subtotal
$3,500.00
$1,600.00
$5,100.00
Fringe Benefits
Coordinators
$1,700.00
Subtotal
$1,700.00
Applicant
$500.00
$200.00
$700.00
$0.00
Travel
Coord./Site Visits/Meetings
Crew Transport / Van
Subtotal
$500.00
$450.00
$950.00
$150.00
$150.00
$300.00
Equipment
3 Chainsaws
Fire Saftey Equipment
Subtotal
$1,950.00
$500.00
$2,450.00
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Partner 1
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Partner 2
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$4,000.00
$1,800.00
$5,800.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,700.00
$0.00
$1,700.00
$0.00
$0.00
$650.00
$600.00
$1,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,150.00
$500.00
$3,650.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
$2,400.00
$0.00
$0.00
$13,200.00
$44,000.00
$57,200.00
Supplies
Gas, Oil, Chains, Repair
Maintain Tools/Transport
Subtotal
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
$2,400.00
Contractual
Utilization Demo/Equip/Staff
Site Treatments / Thinning
Subtotal
$7,000.00
$44,000.00
$51,000.00
Other
16 Site Visits/Prescriptions
Administration
Subtotal
$4,000.00
$ 6,760.00
$10,760.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,000.00
$6,760.00
$10,760.00
Total Costs
$74,360.00
$3,400.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$82,760.00
Project (Program) Income1
1
Federal
Agency
$0.00
$0.00
$1,200.00
$5,000
$1,200.00
$5,000.00
$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.