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2009 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 2009 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 8th, 2008.
Successful applications will meet the following
criteria:
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Project is identified in a CWPP completed by February 8,
2008
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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
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In a high-risk area identified in the statewide wildland
urban interface risk assessment
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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)
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.
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. Wednesday,
February 27, 2008.
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 more 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 2009 grant program recommendation to the
PNWCG Steering Committee for grant selection by March 19, 2008.
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, 2008.
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