Northwest Regional Office HFR and WUI Programs

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Northwest Regional OfficeHFR and WUI Programs

• Fire Planning Fuels Reduction Efforts
• (Discuss Ground Rules for da money)
• National Fire Plan Goals
• Fire Suppression
• Hazard Fuel Reduction
• Community Assistance RFA
• Rehabilitation
• Accountability

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Priorities for Developing Fuels Projects

• Develop from collaboration
• Prioritize WUI over HFR projects
• Within WUI, focus on
• Communities at greatest risk
• Communities with CWPPs
• Comm. with active partnerships, share
• HFR in CC 2 or 3 in FR I, II III or CC1 where
  conditions can quickly deteriorate to a CC2 or 3
• Projects using mechanical treatments, with
  emphasis on biomass utilization

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NWRO Budget

• 05 Project - 7.9 mil.
• 2.9 mil. HFR 5.0 mil. WUI
• 1st yr we took a cut in HFR 1.5 mil. in project
  funding
• 06 Project Projection - 7.9 mil.
• Static Budget
• Project Requests gt Budget both _at_ NWRO
  Nationally

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06 Fuels Project Proposals

• Deadline for NFPORS entry 5/1/05
• 06 Projects in NFPROS
• 10,174K 55,453 Ac
• Approved Projects in NFPORS
• Totals 7,944K 46,663 Ac
• HFR 2,943K 24,135 Ac
• WUI 5,001K 22,528 Ac
• Budget Adjustment July, 05

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Fuels Project Proposal Requirements

• Support NFP/BIA/Tribal Objectives
• Basic Project Data Maps
• Include statements of how dollars will be used to
  meet objectives
• Include itemized deliverables, with schedules,
  that the dollars will fund.

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Fuels Project For Fuels Planning

• Caveats
• NFP Goal HFR
• Planning dont directly yield HFR
  accomplishments
• Planning have to be prioritized w/ other
  Agency/Tribal Treatment Projects
• Accountability (another NFP Goal)
• In 2000-01 a lot of allocated for planning
  efforts results varied.
• New proposals have to be more focused with
  itemized deliverables prioritized with other
  project submissions.

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Zones for Fuels Planning

• Homes/Structures (NFPA 1144 or ?)
• WUI Zone
• Early Rule of Thumb 1.5 Mi.
• Buffer Zone (fuel break) crown fire go back to
  ground fire containable around home sites.
• HFR Zone back 40
• Need to integrate planning for all these zones

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Fuels Planning Goals

• Identify Risks Hazards
• Prioritize Projects
• Cobble together a 5-10 Yr. Fuels Treatment Plan
• From that, Develop Treatment Plans

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• Couer dAlene Wildland Fuels Mapping/Planning
  Project
• Good example of utilizing partnerships cost
  sharing. We could learn from their efforts in
  creating these partnerships developing multiple
  funding sources.
• Lessons learned _at_ CdA could help other planning
  efforts possibly set regional protocols to
  create useable GIS layers for better fuels
  mapping.
• Looking to this project as an on-going success
  story in Indian country
• I want to thank the CdA folks for organizing
  hosting this workshop

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Misc. Thoughts

• . . working in our own little black box
• Dont have the horse power or budget to keep
  working alone in our little black box
• Cant all be experts in everything/ with every
  new tool/program
• Need to expand our efforts in knowledge/experience
  sharing
• Partnerships w/in Agency/Tribes, across agencies
  (Tribal/Fed/State/Local), cost sharing, tech
  transfer, etc.
• Fuels program cant pay for it all.