2010 Community
Assistance National Fire Plan Grants Briefing Paper
The Pacific Northwest Wildfire
Coordinating Group, National Fire Plan Working Team (PNWCG NFPWT) will
employ a competitive process for evaluating and ranking Community Assistance
grants for federal fiscal year 2010 that is very similar to last year’s
process. To efficiently utilize funding and to continue to recognize
community efforts in developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans
(CWPPs), a locally driven grant process will occur in Oregon and Washington.
Proposals will be submitted by CWPP groups to NW_Fire_Plan_Grants@or.blm.gov.
Oregon Department of Forestry or Washington Department of Natural Resources
will coordinate state level reviews and make recommendations to the
PNWCG NFPWT.
Step 1. Local
CWPP Group Coordinates and Submits Proposals
Local CWPP groups may collaboratively
develop hazardous fuels treatment projects on non-federal lands and/or
fuels utilization and marketing proposals identified as high priority
in CWPPs. Applications will be available at: www.nwfireplan.gov and must be submitted, along with
a map no larger than 2Mb, to NW_Fire_Plan_Grants@or.blm.gov by 5:00 p.m.
on Friday, February 6th, 2009.
Successful applications will
meet the following criteria:
- Project is identified
in a CWPP completed by February 6, 2009
- Adjacent to a federal
land fuels reduction project planned within the next three years or
completed within three years of the planned project start date
- In a high-risk area
identified in the statewide wildland urban interface risk assessment
- The federal share
of the project budget is a maximum of $200,000
- Have collaborative
match of at least 50 percent of the total project budget (may include
in-kind)
- Include a map clearly
identifying the project area on non-federal lands and the adjacent federal
project or projects (map must be smaller than 2 Mb)
- Marketing and utilization
proposals must not be contingent upon a separate 2010 grant-funded fuels
reduction project
The CWPP group will also recommend
which organization involved in the group, such as a non-profit group,
county organization, or state organization, would be the most appropriate
to submit the project proposal and become the grant recipient. Communities
adjacent to National Park Service and Tribal lands are particularly
encouraged to develop project proposals.
No more than two proposals
per county may be submitted. If two proposals are submitted, they
must be prioritized by the county-level CWPP group.
Step 2. Statewide Review
and Prioritization
Oregon Department of Forestry
or Washington Department of Natural Resources will coordinate state-level
reviews and make recommendations to the PNWCG NFPWT. The state
forestry organizations will each submit a prioritized proposal list
of approximately 10 projects to the PNWCG NFPWT by 5:00 p.m. Friday,
March 6, 2009.
Review at the statewide level
will also consider:
- Statewide wildland-urban-interface
risk and national forest-health assessments
- Project integration
with other hazardous fuels projects and programs
- Communities that
have been awarded a National Fire Plan grant in the last two fiscal
years, both from the Western States Fire Managers grant process and
from this Wildland-Urban Interface Community Assistance grant program
may be prioritized lower than communities with less recent awards
- Project’s enhancement
of community capacity (e.g., educate on FireWise principles, provide
jobs/job training, assisting underserved communities)
Step 3. PNWCG review and
decision
PNWCG NFPWT will review each
prioritized state’s proposal list and make its 2010 grant program
recommendation to the PNWCG Steering Committee for grant selection by
March 18, 2009.
Review at the geographic level
will also consider:
- Geographical distribution
of funding and the appropriate funding agency
- Project integration
with other hazardous fuels projects and programs
- Biomass utilization
- Project’s enhancement
of community capacity (e.g., educate on FireWise principles, provide
jobs/job training, assisting underserved communities)
Applicants will be notified
by the PNWCG NFPWT regarding their application by March 31, 2009.
