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, Salem, OR 97310
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Gordon Foster, Unit Forester
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Central Oregon District, Oregon Department of Forestry
Phone:
541-575-1139
FAX:
Email:
541-575-2253
gfoster@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
GIS Land Classification
Project Start:
Project End:
October 1, 2002
September 30, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$121,300
$121,300
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes, priority number #3
Brief Project Description:
Land Classification under ORS 526 is an integral part of the department’s Protection
Program. This project would involve transferring the current land classification maps to a GIS layer.
At this time there is only one copy of these land classification maps in existence. A loss of these
maps would require rebuilding them at an estimate cost of $750,000. The area involved is
approximately 400 townships. All the maps are hand drawn from information developed by the
County Land Classification Committees. The maps are updated by hand with each land exchange
and classification change. This information in a GIS layer would facilitate the process for making
changes. This information is key in identifying project areas to be treated under the WUI Fuel
Treatment grants. When this information is tied with the county tax lot improvement information a
determination can be made on the density and value of improvements at risk from wildland fire.
Project Location:
Central Oregon District
County: Deschutes, Hood River, Crook
Congressional District:
Grant, Harney, Wheeler, Morrow, Gilliam
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) X Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
(4)
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: The area covered under this planning project is the Central Oregon District of
ODF. The counties in this area are Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson, Hood River, Wasco, Grant,
Wheeler, northern Harney, southern Morrow and Gilliam.
Project Implementation: Land Classification under ORS 526 is an integral part of the
departments Protection Program. This project would involve transferring the current land
classification maps to a GIS layer.
Project Outcomes: At this time there is only one copy of these land classification maps in
existence. A loss of these maps would require rebuilding them at an estimate cost of $750,000.
The area involved is approximately 400 townships. All the maps are hand drawn from information
developed by the County Land Classification Committees, ORS 526.310. The maps are updated
by hand with each land exchange and classification change. This information in a GIS layer would
facilitate the process for making changes.
This information is key in identifying project areas to be treated under the WUI Fuel Treatment
grants. When this information is tied with the county tax lot improvement information a
determination can be made on the density and value of improvements at risk from wildland fire.
Partners: County Courts and Assessors Offices
Project time frames: Projected time frame would be October 2002 through September 2004
Specific activities & equipment used: The project would require that the original land
classification information on the township map be traced onto clear Mylar. This would be sent to
the Department of Corrections to be scanned and the information then transferred into a shape file
in GIS. Wheeler, Morrow, and Gilliam County information has been traced and would need
scanning. Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Hood River, Wasco, Grant and Harney County information
needs tracing and scanning.
Extent of action: This area covers an estimated 80 communities at risk in a 2.3 million acre
Protection District which is intermingled with approximately 7 million acres of Forest Service and
BLM lands.
Environmental, Cultural, and Historic Resources: This is not a ground disturbing activity, so it
will not have an impact on the environmental, cultural, or historic resources.
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?
This project will provide an analysis tool for the evaluation of fire risk and the prioritization
of fuel hazard mitigation projects. Currently the projects are evaluated by local knowledge and using the
“Communities at Risk” data table and the projects are subjectively prioritized. When this project is
completed it will be coupled in GIS with two other GIS layers. One being the County tax lot information
which includes improvements and value, the other will be the vegetation condition layer that the federal
agencies are developing and are coordinating locally with ODF. When the three are used together an analysis
of risk and hazard be made.
The Counties currently have or are in the process of getting the tax lot information into a GIS format, the
federal agencies will have the vegetation condition in a GIS format. The basis of the Oregon Department of
Forestry Protection Land Classification information which is the third part of this GIS analysis will completed
with this grant.
Response:
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?
This project would create jobs in the local community in the short term tracing the maps
which will take approximately 1 person year. In the long term the project will provide an analysis tool that
will better identify projects in the area that have the potential to create 50-75 jobs in fuel hazard mitigation
projects. The Central Oregon District is in a fire prone area. The average fire occurrence within the
boundaries of the Unit in Forest Protection District which includes both BLM and Forest Service protection is
approximately 600 fires per year. In the last decade there have been more than twenty Type I project fires
and a complexes within the Central Oregon District on State and Federal protection that directly threatened
identified communities at risk.
Response:
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.
This project will develop a tool that will assist with the analysis of fire risk and hazard. Currently
the County Courts and Assessors office, Forest Service and BLM, Insurance Companies, County Economic
Development, State Economic Development, Soil Water Conservation Districts, Watershed Councils, County
Fire Chiefs, and Oregon Department of Forestry have been working together in identifying, and prioritizing
fuel hazard mitigation and defensible space.
Response:
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?
This grant will fund a tool that will assist with future project design. Currently the Central
Oregon District has 12 Fuel Hazard Mitigation Grants. These grants cover approximately 1500 separate
landowners, at this time only a portion of the landowners will be funded because of the limited amount of
money in the grants. In that process the landowners are being funded to create defensible space and work in
the area beyond defensible space to reduce the fire hazard and improve forest health, with the priority going
to landowners that have residences or other improvements. Direct mailing, newspaper articles, and public
meetings have been the primary method of public involvement. Incentives tied to the grants include;
landowners working together, product utilization, discouraging burning, and the use of local contractors.
Response:
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Tracing the remaining land classification
maps, approximately 120 townships remain to
be traced.
October 2002 to June 2004
Unit Foresters, Oregon Department
of Forestry
Scan the township maps and correct them to
shape files. Start scanning the maps that are
currently traced and continue with batches as
they are completed.
October 2002 to August 2004
Oregon Department of Forestry,
Salem Graphics working with
Oregon Department of Corrections
Develop GIS layer and integrate into the
Oregon Department of Forestry Spot Fires
program.
August 2004
Oregon Department of Forestry,
Salem Graphics
Enclosure 3D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
12 person mths, Unit offices
2 person mth, Salem Graphics
Subtotal
Fringe Benefits
OPE 37.23%
Subtotal
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
$24,000
$6,000
$30,000
$24,000
$6,000
$30,000
$11,200
$11,200
$11,200
$11,200
$500
$500
$500
$500
$76,000
$76,000
$76,000
$76,000
$3,600
$3,600
$3,600
$3,600
$121,300
$121,300
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Tracing Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Department of Corrections
Subtotal
Other
Agency Administration
Subtotal
Total Costs
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.