NATURE CONSERVANCY, THE
The pupose of the award is to to protect values at risk (water quality, late-successional habitat, human life and property, and ecosystem sustainability), reduce hazardous fuels, reduce crown fire potential, and create forest conditions that are more resilient to wildland fires. The Project will reduce stand density to create a more fire-resilient landscape while maintaining a high level of structural heterogeneity across the landscape. Deliverables are completed acres of treatment, including 702 acres of Density Management, 867 acres of Surface Fuel Treatments, 945 acres of Underburning, 127 acres of Activity Fueld Burning, 981 acres of Pruning, 702 acres of Marking, 45 acres of Roadside Surface Fuels Treatment, 702 acres of Prescription Writing, and 1039 acres of Hand Pile Burning, along with Associated Removal of Commercial Material, Community Engagement, including Communication and Education, Multi-Party Monitoring, Technical Review of Activities and Quality Control, Marketing of Fuel Reduction and Restoration By-Products, and Utilization and Training of Local Work Force, the costs of which are included proportionally across treatment acres over some 2100 acres of NFS lands. With the recent modification #2 the total number of acres for treatment has been increased to 3,100 acres of NFS lands. Treatments for the additional 1,000 acres have not yet been determined.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
10-SA-11060489-077 |
Funding Agency |
Department of Agriculture |
| Total Award Amount |
$6,132,455 |
Project Location - City |
Ashland |
| Award Date |
03/15/2010 |
Project Location - State |
OR |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
97520-2135
|
| Jobs Reported |
23.70 |
Congressional District |
02 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
NATURE CONSERVANCY, THE |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
072656630
|
| Recipient Address |
4245 NORTH FAIRFAX DR STE 100 |
| Recipient City |
ARLINGTON |
| Recipient State |
Virginia |
| Recipient Zip |
22203-1637 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
08 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Natural Resources Conservation & Protection |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
Project partners (Lomakatsi Restoration Project [LRP], City of Ashland [COA], and The Nature Conservancy [TNC]) completed on-the-ground work, contracting, community engagement, monitoring, and worker training. LRP supervised workers who cut brush and small trees to reduce fuels on 1,658 acres (ac) to date (100 ac this qtr.), of which 1,530 ac have been piled for burning (77 ac this qtr.), and burned on 868 ac (163 ac this qtr). Underburning is complete at 150 ac. LRP supervised Forest Energy Group in thinning small trees from 365 ac to date with ground-based equipment, generating $382,000 in receipts to be reinvested in the project, completing 21 ac this quarter (18 log loads, 6346 board feet generating $22, 000 in receipts). The City negotiated a second contract with Columbia Helicopters to continue small diameter tree thinning over 255 acres, with work initiated in late March. Contractors hauled to local mills 43 log loads decked the previous quarter but inaccessible during winter conditions. An additional 33 loads were hauled from the second contract, totaling approximately 251,350 board feet and roughly $115,000 to be reinvested in the AFR project. COA coordinated extensive partner outreach for the project, including a public tour in completed thinning units, news releases, emails, website postings, TV news interviews, a local radio talk show, flyers distributed, direct mailings to residents along the log hauling route, and an update of the AFR webpage (www.ashlandwatershed.org). TNC managed database records, advanced baseline legacy tree monitoring, including work on forest reference conditions, photo points, updated GIS layers for administrative monitoring, and delivered project monitoring and research at local and regional conferences on fire ecology. |
| Jobs Created |
23.70 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
In this quarter, this grant partially funded several positions (23.7 FTE total, 12,227.70 hours total between all three partners and associated subcontractors): TNC - (1.45 FTE total, based on 657.50 total hours and TNC's quarter is 455 hours): SW Oregon Program Manager/Ecologist (0.40 FTE total, 184 hours total), SW Oregon Forest Ecologist (0.51 FTE total, 231 hours total), SW Oregon Field Assistant (0.52 FTE total, 236 hours total), GIS Analyst (0.01 FTE total, 6.5 hours total); Klamath Bird Observatory - TNC's monitoring contractor (0.06 FTE total, based on 32.5 total hours and KBO's quarter is 520 hours): Principal Investigator (0.06 FTE total, 32.5 hours total); Lomakatsi Restoration Project - Project partner - (15.35 FTE total, based on 7,980.5 hours including subcontractor hours and LRP's quarter is 520 hours): Two Program Managers (0.85 FTE total, 440.50 hours total), Contract Oversight (0.18 FTE total, 94 hours total), Two Community Engagement Specialists (0.32 FTE total, 164.50 hours total), Three Workforce Trainers (0.57 FTE total, 298.50 hours total), One Surveyor (0.26 FTE total, 133.50 hours total), Sixteen On Ground Crews (6.31 FTE total, 3,281 hours total), Grayback Forestry - Lomokatsi's contractor (2.06 FTE, 1,072.50 hours total), JD Forestry - Lomokatsi's contractor (4.03 FTE, 2,096 hours total), Forest Energy Group - Lomokatsi's contractor (0.77 FTE, 400 hours total); City of Ashland - Project partner (6.84 FTE total, based on 3,557.20 hours total including subcontractor hours and COA's quarter is 520 hours): Consulting Forester (0.51 FTE total, 267.5 hours total), Forest Resource Specialist (0.56 FTE total, 289.5 hours total), Project Assistant (0.76 FTE total, 397 hours total), Columbia Helicopters - contractor (2.9 FTE total, 1,508.2 hours total), Grove Contracting - contractor (1.57 FTE total, 818 hours total),Ben's Truck Repair - contractor (0.04 FTE, 23 hours total), Ron Hailicka & Equipment, Inc. - contractor (0.01 FTE total, 4 hours total), D-n-D Porta Potty, Inc. - contractor (0.02 FTE total, 12 hours total), High Sierra Enterprises, Inc. - contractor (0.46 FTE total, 238 hours total) |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
12-1118 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
03/15/2010 |
| Award Number |
10-SA-11060489-077 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
12 |
| Funding Agency Name |
Department of Agriculture |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
12 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
Department of Agriculture |
| Amount of Award |
$6,132,455 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$4,620,521 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$4,786,802 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
C30 - NTEE |
| Activity Description |
Natural Resources Conservation & Protection |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
2 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$5,233,683 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
106 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$29,142 |
Sub-award ORFO-03-31-10-02eh - ASHLAND, CITY OF
| Sub-Award Amount |
$2,343,624 |
| Sub-Award Date |
06/23/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$1,247,177.12 |
| Project Location - City |
Ashland |
| Project Location - State |
OR |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
97520-2135 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
02 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
076395508
|
| Sub-Recipient Address |
20 E MAIN ST |
| Sub-Recipient City |
ASHLAND |
| Sub-Recipient State |
Oregon |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
97520-1850 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
02 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Sub-award ORFO-03-31-10-01eh - LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT INC
| Sub-Award Amount |
$2,890,060 |
| Sub-Award Date |
05/13/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$2,890,059.94 |
| Project Location - City |
Ashland |
| Project Location - State |
OR |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
97520-2135 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
02 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
182039771
|
| Sub-Recipient Address |
255 HELMAN ST. #2 |
| Sub-Recipient City |
ASHLAND |
| Sub-Recipient State |
Oregon |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
97520-2328 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
02 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
42º 11' 37",
-122º 42' 30" |
| Congressional District |
02 |
| Address 1 |
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| Address 2 |
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| City |
Ashland |
| County |
Jackson |
| State |
OR |
| Zip |
97520-2135 |
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