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Grant
Description:
This grant provides a collaborative
process for awarding funds to hazardous fuels reduction
projects on non-federal land in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
Applications will be evaluated by a three step local, state
and federal review based on the criteria outlined for each of
the program categories.
Funds For:
Eligible projects must be adjacent to Federal Land and
identified in a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
completed by February 8, 2008. Collaborated CWPP projects
must implement fuels treatments in the wildland-urban
interface.
Who Can Apply:
Counties, cities, state and local government agencies, federally
recognized Tribes, universities, colleges, and state-chartered
non-profit organizations in Oregon and Washington. No more than
two proposals per county may be submitted, they must be
in high-risk areas as identified in the statewide risk
assessment.
Applications Due:
February 8, 2008
Match:
Have collaborative match of at least 50 percent (may include
in-kind)
How To Apply:
www.nwfireplan.gov
Award Date:
Before 9/30/2009
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Grant
Description:
Financial assistance for Volunteer Fire Departments.
Funds For:
Organizing, training and equipping rural fire districts.
Ineligible Projects:
Major expenditures such as building construction or new fire
apparatus. Land acquisitions or building repairs, pressurized
waterline construction and hydrants.
Grant Administration:
Oregon Department of Forestry & Washington
Department of Natural Resources.
Who Can Apply:
Volunteer fire department serving communities under 10,000 in
population.
Application Due:
OR: April 15, 2008
WA:
Phase I-March 3 to may 1, 2008
Phase II-Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, 2008
Match:
10-50% of money or in-kind services.
How To Apply:
OR:
http://egov.oregon.gov/ODF/
FIRE/grantopps.shtml
WA:
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/
rp/fdap/index.html
Award Date:
OR:
June 2008; WA
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Grant Description:
A competitive grant process among the 17 western states and
Pacific Island territories. Funds are to reduce the threat of
fire in the wildland-urban interface.
Funds For:
Hazard mitigation, fuels and risk reduction, information and
education programs for homeowners and communities. (Criteria may
vary slightly for each year.)
Who Can Apply:
State Forestry. State Forestry may sponsor other participants.
Applications Due:
Mid September 2008
Awarded:
December 2009
Examples of Projects Funded:
Firewise demonstration and community workshops, establishing a
"Fire Free" program in OR, homeowner incentives to reduce fuels
in both OR and WA.
How To Apply:
OR:
http://egov.oregon.gov/ODF/
FIRE/grantopps.shtml
WA:
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/
rp/fdap/index.html
Award Date: April 2008 |
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Contacts:
Forest Service &
Bureau of Land Management:
Lauren Maloney
503-808-6587 lauren_maloney@or.blm.gov
Barbara
Kennedy 503-808-2323 bkennedy@fs.fed.us
Bureau of Indian Affairs:
Len Diaz, 503-231-6806
Leonard.Diaz@bia.gov
US Fish
& Wildlife Service:
Bruce Babb
503-231-6234 bruce_babb@r1.fws.gov |
Contacts:
Forest Service &
Bureau of Land Management:
Barbara Kennedy
503-808-2323 bkennedy@fs.fed.us
Oregon Department of Forestry:
Mary Helen Smith 503-945-7341
msmith@ODF.state.or.us
Washington Department of
Natural Resources:
Bob Bannon 360-902-1300
fire_assist@wadnr.gov
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Contacts:
Forest Service &
Bureau of Land Management:
Barbara Kennedy 503-808-2323
bkennedy@fs.fed.us
Oregon Department of
Forestry:
Mary Helen Smith 503-945-7341
msmith@ODF.state.or.us
Washington Department
of
Natural Resources:
Darrel Johnston, 360-902-1300
fire_assist@wadnr.gov
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