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:
FAX:
Email:
541-935-2283
541-935-0731
dspiesscha@odf.state.or.us
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
2600 State Street, Salem, OR 97310
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Paul Joseph, National Fire Plan Forester
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Northeast Oregon District, Oregon Department of Forestry
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
1-541-963-3168
1-541-962-1058
pjoseph@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
NEO District Youth Crew Defensible Space Fuel Treatment Pilot Project
Project Start:
Project End:
May 1, 2002
November 1, 2003
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$144,882.00
$209,255.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes, this is Priority 4 for NEO District of ODF
Brief Project Description:
Use a youth labor crew (at-risk and other youth) to create defensible space around homes in priority
wildland urban interface areas in Northeast Oregon. This 8 person crew will be provided through
Traning and Employment Consortium, a private nonprofit partner. The youth will receive life skills
classes and academic enrichment from Training and Employment Consortium. The crew will be
supervised and mentored by ODF Forest Officers. A crew leader and Forest Officer will operate
power driven equipment along with the crew work. The Forest Officers will also initiate one-on-one
contacts with rural residents in NEO. Partnerships will be developed with rural residents to provide
education and motivation to create and maintain a fire safe environment with defensible space. This
project will build upon current NFP funded projects in NEO.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
Northeast Oregon District
Union, Baker, Wallowa
2nd Walden
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:
PROJECT LOCATION: Priority target areas in Northeast Oregon (NEO), including the base of Mt Emily,
Morgan Lake, Cove, Sumpter, Stices Gulch, and Wallowa Lake areas. Areas immediately around homes will
be treated to create defensible space.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: This pilot project will build upon current NFP funded projects in NEO by
using a youth labor crew to create defensible space. Two ODF Forest Officers will collect information from
other NFP projects in NEO, identify and schedule needed defensible space work, and develop contacts with
rural residents. They will provide homeowners with education and motivation to create and maintain a fire
safe environment with defensible space. They will also schedule and direct the work of a youth labor crew.
This will be an 8 person at-risk and other youth crew with a crew leader, provided by Training Employment
Consortium (TEC) (a private nonprofit partner using Workforce In Action funds). TEC will recruit, hire,
administer, and conduct payroll for this labor crew, using their current adminstrator and an Americorps
coordinator. ODF will reimburse TEC for this labor crew, using NFP funds. This crew will conduct labor
intensive activities needed for fuel hazard mitigation, especially for elderly and infirmed residents. They will
work for a 3 month period during the summer. The Forest Officers will work for a 5 month period, to develop
contacts and schedule work before and after the labor crew is working. Due to age restrictions for the youth
labor crew, they will be confined to using non-power tools. A crew leader and Forest Officer will be available
to operate power driven equipment when needed concurrent with crew work. This pilot project will run for
two seasons, and be evaluated for expansion at that time.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES: Forest Officers will develop contacts with 300 rural residents. The youth
labor crew will develop defensible space around 200 homesites. TEC will provide life skill and academic
enrichment to 8 at-risk youths, with work rediness training prior to beginning work, and enrichment classes
used throughout the work experience. These youth will develop self-esteem, problem solving and decision
making skills, and learn budgeting and money management.
MEASURES AND REPORTING: Accomplishments will be reported weekly by the Forest Officers and the
crew leader, using existing accomplishment reporting systems within ODF. These will be shared locally at
meetings of NFP coordinating groups.
PARTNERS: Training Employment Consortium, at-risk youth, rural residents, Rural Fire Departments,
USFS, BLM, County Commissioners in 3 counties, watershed councils, local economic development
councils, and private contractors.
PROJECT INCOME: None is anticipated at this time.
PROJECT TIME FRAMES: Two seasons, June through October 2002 and 2003.
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES/EQUIPMENT: Create defensible space by removal of ladder and heavy ground
fuels, pruning, hand thin overstocked stands, slash removal. Use hand and power tools, hand feed small
portable chippers. Use personal protective equipment.
AMOUNT OF ACTIONS: 300 rural resident contacts, 200 homesite defensible spaces
ENVIRONMENTAL/CULTURAL/HISTORICAL RESOURCES: All activities will be conducted in
compliance with Oregon Forest Practices Act and Fire Laws. Any identified singificant resource sites will be
protected.
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: A.
Risk will be reduced by treating fuels in priority target areas identifed through local NFP funded
projects. A crew will conduct labor intensive activities to create defensible space for rural residences.
Contacts will be made with rural residents to educate and motivate them to create and maintain fire safe
environments.
B. The safety of small local communties such as Sumpter, Wallowa Lake, Stices Gulch, the base of Mt
Emily, Cove and Morgan Lake will be promoted by the creation of defensible space around rural residences.
Informed, educated, and motivated residents will create and maintain fire safe environments. Federal lands
adjacent to these local target areas will benefit from reduced fire risk and spread.
C. Implements cooperative fuel treatment strategies identified in each county by local NFP coordinating
groups, and coordinated with local USFS/BLM Community Forestry Restoration Boards and Regional
Advisory Committees projects for federal lands.
D. Many local leaders have attended FIREWISE workshops, these leaders, along with TEC, have asked ODF
to prepare this project request to meet identified needs.
E. Mitigates hazardous fuel conditions by creating defensible space, treating fuels loads higher than historical
ranges, and educating rural residents.
F. Treatments will be maintained by residents through a 10 year maintenance agreement.
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:
A. This pilot project would provide desirable seasonal employment to 8 at-risk youth for two seasons, in a
local economy where it is very difficult for youth to find meaningful employment. These youth will be
provided not only employment, but also mentoring and encouragement in natural resource careers, and
training and experience in developing life, work, problem solving, decision making, and money management
skills. One crew leader and two Forest officers will be employed for two seasons. Biomass/fuels will be used
locally whenever possible, with additional economic spinoff benefits.
B. This project is designed to be a pilot, with the anticipation that upon completion of two seasons, we will
move to a production mode, using youth crews much more extensively to implement NFP fuel mitigation
work in NEO. We intend to highlight it as a model whenever possible, at local, county, state, regional, and
national levels.
C. Biomass and forest fuels will be utilized as much as possible. The level of this use depends on the outcome
of other local NFP projects, and current local market conditions. At a minimum, fuels will be used for local
firewood heating and chips will be used for trails, native surface roads, and corrals.
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:
A. This project implements local strategy plans developed by individual communities and county groups,
which vary by county/community, but identify the need for creating defensible space around rural residences
in the wildland urban interface, educating and motivating residents, and utilizing biomass. Each county has an
indiviual economic development plan and strategy, where wood products and forest management play
integral roles. There is an Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) for federal agencies (USFS and BLM) for
this area, as well as Community Forestry Restoration Boards. This project is coordinated with strategies and
projects these groups have identifed for federal lands.
B. The level of cooperation, coordination, and strategic planning that now exists is outstanding. Each partner
brings strengths and potential which enables the local area to accomplish more together than would be
possible seperately. Local coordinating groups meet regularly. Cooperators include USFS, BLM, ODFW,
OWEB, local Watershed Councils, County Commisioners, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, County
Economic Development Cooperatives, Training and Employment Consortium, Rural Fire Departments and
their Chiefs, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Nez Perce Tribe, Wallowa County Resources,
private landowners, and contractors.
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: A.
Opportunities to become involved are provided in ongoing NFP projects such as Firewise and
Living with Fire workshops, local community and landowner meetings, conducted through rural fire
departments. Work identified as needed in these previous NFP orojects will be implemented through this
proposal. More people will be provided an opportunity in proposal, through the work of the Forest Officers.
TEC and ODF will advertise employment opportunities locally, and use fair labor standards.
B. Local support is very high, with a county commissioner directing TEC to ask ODF to prepare this
proposal. ODF will share costs of supervision, coordination, maintenance of vehicles, and other inkind costs.
TEC will provide recruitment, hiring, training, coordination and payroll for the youth labor crew, using TEC
staff and an Americorps coordinator. Since some of TEC funding is Workforce In Action (federal source), we
are not showing it as a match in our budget page. We also have large inkind contributions from such partners
as local residents, USFS, Rural Fire Departments, however we are not documenting them in our budget since
a match is not required for this proposal.
C. BENEFITS: Lowering the risk of catastrophic fire and its negative impacts on T&E species by restoring
forest fuel loads to more historic ranges. Employing at-risk youth in meaningful work, building self-esteem,
life, work, and problem solving skills while providing mentoring. Educating local residents on fire safe
environments and the importance of creating and maintaining defensible space.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
1. Recruit two Forest officers
2. Recruit youth laborers and crew leader
April 2002
1. ODF NFP Forester
2. Training and Consortium (TEC)
Coordinator
1. Orient and train the Forest Officers
2. Orient and train the crew leader and youth
laborers
May 2002
1. ODF NFP Forester
2. TEC Coordinator
1. Conduct landowner contacts
2. Coordinate crew work
3. Direct crew fuel abatement work
4. Perform fuel hazard abatement work
June - October 2002, 2003
June - August 2002, 2003
June - August 2002, 2003
June - August 2002, 2003
1. Forest Officers
2. Forest Officer
3. Forest Officer
4. TEC youth crew
1. Provide life skill and academic enrichment
classes to crew
2. Payroll and administration for youth crew
3. Mentor youth crew
June - August 2002,2003
1. TEC staff, Americorps coordinator
2. TEC staff
3. ODF Forest Officers
1. Evaluate project performance, revise
July - October 2002 monthly
1. TEC staff, Americorps
coordinator, ODF Unit Foresters and
NFP Grant Forester
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
2 Forest Officers 10m
1 youth labor crew
Subtotal
$58,380.00
$67,536.00
$125,916.00
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
$55,953.00
$0.00
($0.00)
$55,953.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$114,333.00
$67,536.00
$181,869.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$11,727.00
$4,019.00
$15,746.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,200.00
$0.00
$3,200.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Fringe Benefits
in costs above
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Travel
in vehicle costs
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
Equipment
3 vehicles (surplus)
Tools, PPE
Subtotal
$8,727.00
$4,019.00
$12,746.00
$3,000.00
Supplies
Prevention material
$2,000.00
$1,200.00
Subtotal
$2,000.00
$1,200.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Contractual
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
Other
Agency Administration
$4,220.00
$4,220.00
Subtotal
$4,220.00
$4,220.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$8,440.00
$0.00
$8,440.00
Total Costs
$144,882.00
$64,373.00
$0.00
$0.00
$209,255.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
$0.00
1
$0.00
Total
$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.