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:
Oregon Department of Forestry
Phone:
(541) 935-2283
FAX:
Email:
(541) 935-0731
dspiesscha@odf.state.or.us
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
2600 State Street. Saem, OR 97310
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Stuart Otto Service Forester
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Oregon Department of Forestry, Central Oregon District
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 447-5658
(541) 447-1469
sotto@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
2002 WUI Fuel Treatments
Project Start:
Project End:
July 1, 2002
December 31, 2003
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$265,500.00
$522,999.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes, One Fuels treatment, one community planning , one prevention. This is priority 1
Brief Project Description:
This grant is to fund fuels treatment in the wildland urban interface in Central Oregon. This grant
will continue the fuels treatment program begun under a Community Assistance grant received in
2001. Under the 2001 grant a fuels reduction program was begun that targeted the reduction of
fuels 100 feet around structures and along drive ways. This program was a 50% cost share to help
defray the cost of fuels treatment. For 2002 ,we hope to expand treament to treat the whole lot.
This will give us, by treating full lots, and connecting lots, a continuous fuel break to protect
subdivisions and communities.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
Central Oregon
Deschut,Jefferson , Crook
District 2
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:
Deshutes, Jefferson and Crook Counties
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
The project location will be include various areas around Central Oregon. We will follow the
implementation plan used under the 2001 Community Assistance Grant. This grant was used to offer
landowners incentives to help defray the expence of fuels treatment work. This was done through a 50% cost
share that includes reimbursement payment after the work was completed. The anticipated outcomes of this
is to expand the amount of acres treated and expand the scope of the treatments on larger parcels from not
only around structures and drive ways but from lot line to lot line. This will build continuous fuel breaks that
will offer tactical advantages if a fire occurs. We hope to complete 200 to 300 acres of treatment. Another
measure of this grant is to have areas that will meet the requirements of Senate Bill 360 and provide
continuous fuel breaks around communites and subdivisions. Reporting will be done at least semi - annually
to the Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association and to ODF protection staff and Grant Administrators. As
noted above one of the main partners are the ten central Oregon rural fire departments in the three county
area. We will work closely with them in prioritizing the areas for treatment and with the Federal agencies
that may have lands that are adjacent to these treatment areas. We will work closely with affected landowers
and homeowner associations to not only garner support but increase effiency in appling treatments to the
ground.
Response:
Project time frames will be from July 2002 to December 2003. Implementation plans and programs are
already in place so starting activities on the ground will not take long. The activities to take place on the
ground will include: lot evaluation, pre-commercial thinning, puning, brush and ladder fuel reduction, slash
and brush disposal. Equipment will include hand tools, chainsaws & power brush cutters to light harvesting
equipment (ASV & Bobcat type equipment) to small dozers for slash piling. The extent of the actions will
be 200 to 300 acres of treatment. The majority of the areas treated will be in platted subdivisions or larger
lots ajoining subdivisions with little impact to environmental, cultural and historical resources. However on
larger parcels fuels treatment activities will meet or exceed the standard of the Oregon Forest Practices Act.
Also areas of activities will be reviewed with local federal agencies before activities will begin.
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 proposal will reduce the risk of wildfire by modifying fuels around homes and by linking treatments will
protect subdivisions and communities. This proposal will protect adjacent federal lands and non federal
lands by reducing the likelihood of fire burning out of subdivisions. This project builds on the work already
started under the 2001 grants. It will reinforce defensible space concepts learned through Fire Free
neighborhood meetings held in the spring of the year. This proposal will lead to or will restore fire-adapted
ecosystems by mimicking fire disturbances through fuel modification treatments of thinning and brush
removal. Maintenance of the treatment areas will be the responsibility of the landowner.
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:
The improvement in the local economy interms of jobs and sustainable economic activity is hard to judge.
Under the current implementation plan financial incentives are offered to defray the expense of the treatment
work. The landowner can then choose to do the work themselves or hire a contractor. Currently , it is
estimated that one tenth of the work is contracted.
This project model is very similar to cost-share programs offered under the National Farm Programs and
could be used in other communities.
In some communities the biomass and forest fuels will be utilized. Currently, in Bend , most of the forest
debris that is delivered to the county landfill is chipped and utilized for mulch. The Commuity of Sunriver is
utilizing its forest fuels in a composting process for soil amendment.
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:
Although this project does not implement a formal written plan it does implement a strategy to treat high
hazard fuels in the Central Oregon area. ODF works very closely with the local fire departments, the US
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in identifing the high priority areas.
The level of cooperation and coordination is high among all agencies and departments responsible for fire
prevention and suppression. The list of cooperators includes: Bend, Lapine, Sunriver, Cloverdale, Redmond
, Sisters - Camp Sherman, Black Butte Ranch, Crooked Rive Ranch, Prineville and Jefferson Co. Fire
Departments. The Bureau of Land Management - Prineville District, Ochoco and Deschutes National
Forests. Deschutes County Project Impact, and the Central Oregon Intergovermental Council and numerous
Homeower Associations in the Tri - County 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:
The extent that interested people & communities have become informed and involved has been mixed. The
greatest involvement has been with the Fire Departments, targeted landowners and homeower associations
and federal agencies. Support from local landowers and homeower groups has been high. The Fire
Departments are supporting with in kind contributions. The basic premise of the project is a cost - share
program so all landowners are contributing up to 50% of the cost of the treatments either in in-kind cost or
being reimbursed for 50% of the cost of a contractor.
The environmental benefits are mostly from a forest health aspect with improvement of stand densities and
reduction of fuels from the forest. The social benefit is one of community as landowners and homeower
groups work toward a fire safe community. The educational benefits are most important as landowners learn
about forest vegetation and equate it to fuels and make treatment decisions that leave the forest healther and
protect their improvements from fire.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Coordinate with local Fire Departments and
Federal agencies
July 2002 to August 2002
Oregon Department of Forestry
Contact local homeowners and homeower
Associations
August 2002
Oregon Department of Forestry
On site evaluations and treatment
recommendations
August 2002 to November 2003
ODF with local Fire Department
representative
Site Treatments
August 2002 to November 2003
Landowers and Homeowner
Associations
Review Treatments
September 2002 to November 2003
ODF with Fire Department
Representative
Process cost - share payments and record
accomplishments
September 2002 to November 2002
Oregon Department of Forestry
Keep records , map treatment areas, file
reports
August 2002 to December 2002
Oregon Department of Forestry
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
$49,802.00
$58,952.00
$10,000.00
$77,391.00
$49,802.00
$58,952.00
$10,000.00
$77,391.00
$0.00
$196,145.00
$0.00
$196,145.00
$0.00
$0.00
$54,812.00
$0.00
$54,812.00
$0.00
$0.00
$12,000.00
$0.00
$12,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4,500.00
$0.00
$4,500.00
Personnel
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
$27,047.00
$27,765.00
$27,047.00
$27,765.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$0.00
Travel
Subtotal
$0.00
Equipment
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Supplies
$4,500.00
Subtotal
$4,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
Contractual
$77,391.00
$0.00
$232,173.00
$0.00
$232,173.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$15,369.00
$8,000.00
$23,369.00
$10,000.00
$154,782.00
$522,999.00
$154,782.00
$154,782.00
Other
Indirect cost
Agency Administration
Subtotal
$15,369.00
$8,000.00
$23,369.00
$0.00
Total Costs
$265,500.00
$92,717.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
$77,391.00
Subtotal
$0.00
Total
$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.