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1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.ora
MINUTES OF WORK SESSION
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Present were Commissioners Tammy Baney and Dennis R. Luke; Commissioner
Alan Unger was out of the office. Also present were Dave Kanner, County
Administrator; Erik Kropp, Deputy County Administrator; and, for a portion of the
meeting, Nick Lelack and others from Community Development; several members
of legal counsel; Joe Studer, Forester; John Allen of the U.S. Forest Service and
Debbie Norton of the Bureau of Land Management; and Erik Lukens of The
Bulletin.
Chair Baney opened the meeting at 1: 35 p. m.
1. Forester Update.
John Allen of the U.S. Forest Service presented a document on economic
stimulus dollars for Forest Service projects. A new building is planned for the
old Bend Pine Nursery site, with groundbreaking planned to occur next June.
In regard to the future of Mt. Bachelor's proposed expansion plans, meetings
are taking place and there will be future interaction with the Forest Service,
which owns the property, on these ideas. Commissioner Luke asked if
overnight accommodations are a part of these suggestions. Mr. Allen stated
that he does not think it is a serious consideration at this point, since access to
accommodations in Bend and Sunriver are considered to be reasonably
available.
Dave Kanner said that he has heard that because this involves federal land, Mt.
Bachelor would not be required to pull building permits from the County. Mr. ?
said it is consistent with the Forest Service's policies to comply with the local
building permit process.
Mr. Allen said that timber sales suitable for lumber are down; those that have
biomass value are bidding high. There is a lot of interest in secondary products
throughout the country.
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Mr. Allen stated that they are very involved in the community. Units in
Deschutes and Ochoco employed about 100 youth last summer.
In regard to the remaining funding, it will be used to cover forest fuels work,
trails and other improvements.
He said the County could try to assist with improving the road to Mt. Bachelor,
which gets a lot of us in comparison with other roads in the State. He will draft
a letter to the Board in this regard.
Another issue is a bike path system, which is being discussed for the future.
Debbie Norton of the Bureau of Land Management brought up the Wimp Way
issue and the idea of an additional emergency access through BLM property.
She recommended bringing together a cooperative idea that will work for that
location. No one speaks for Crooked River Ranch consistently in this regard,
but the BLM was asked to rescind the permit. Therefore, funding was pulled
and a new NEPA would be required to reinstate it.
Commissioner Luke said that Jefferson County needs to be involved in this
issue. Even though the road would be in Deschutes County, many of the
residents live in Jefferson County. Ms. Norton said that some kind of
collaborative efforts would helpful to reinstate this designation. Dave Kanner
noted that the Road Department actually did some analysis on the cost of
improving the road. Former Commissioner Daly spent some time working on
this issue as well. Chair Baney asked for information on who requested the
rescission.
Ms. Norton said that the Cline Butte EA is out for comment now on some rights
of way for roads that are being used without permission.
The new omnibus bill creating three new wilderness areas have passed. They
are planning a celebration regarding the Badlands designation.
In regard to prescribed burns, her office has received threats. Commissioner
Luke said that these are preferable to wildfires. Ms. Norton stated that it is hard
to keep the public updated as the residents often change.
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They are investigating the use of geothermal outside Newberry Crater.
Regarding stimulus dollars, work in La Pine has taken place, but the funding
maximum has been exceeded.
Ms. Norton and Mr. Allen pointed out that they have to make sure that any
parcels that are being exchanged are actually legal lots of record.
Joe Studer gave an overview of his activities over the past few months.
He said he continues to be amazed at the contribution of the public in wildfire
plan work and how much land has been treated as a result of this education. (A
copy of his memo is attached for reference.)
2. Consideration of a Request from Central Oregon Intergovernmental
Council for a Letter of Support regarding an Application for
ConnectOregon III Regional Transit Center Grant Funds.
The Board briefly discussed this item.
LUKE: Move signature.
BANEY: Second.
VOTE: LUKE:
BANEY
Yes.
Chair votes yes.
3. Update of Commissioners' Meetings and Schedules.
All Commissioners and the County Administrator will be attending the
Association of Oregon Counties' conference next week.
4. Other Items.
The Board went into Executive Session, under ORS 192.660(2)(h), pending or
threatened litigation; and ORS 192.660(2)(b), personnel issue, at 2:40 p.m.
The executive session ended at 4:30 p.m.
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Commissioner Luke said he is concerned about the workload of Community
Development and the County initiating additional action. Mr. Kanner noted
that he is also worried about the additional workload and cost.
Being no further items addressed, the meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
DATED this 9th Day of November 2009 for the Deschutes County Board
of Commissioners.
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Tammy Baney, Chair
Dennis R. Luke, Vice Chair
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Alan Unger, Commissioner
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.ora
WORK SESSION AGENDA
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
1:30 P.M., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
1. Forester Update - Joe Stutler
2. Consideration of a Request from Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council for
a Letter of Support regarding an Application for ConnectOregon III Regional
Transit Center Grant Funds
3. Update of Commissioners' Meetings and Schedules
4. Other Items
Executive Session, under ORS 192.660(2)(h), pending or threatened litigation;
and ORS 192.660(2)(b), personnel issue
PLEASE NOTE: At any time during this meeting, an executive session could be called to address issues relating to ORS 192.660(2) (e), real
property negotiatims; ORS 192.660(2) (h), pending or threatened litigation; or ORS 192.660(2) (b), personnel issues
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A Few Volunteer Highlights
In collaboration with the Willamette NF, Pacific Crest Trails Asso-
ciation (PCTA), and the High Cascade Forest Volunteers Coordinat-
ing Committee, the Deschutes National Forest annually hosted a 3-
day training session in 2008 and 2009. These sessions reached over
200 volunteers who went on to dedicate 12,440 hours to trail mainte-
nance in these years.
For these trainings, PCTA contributed over $6,000 of funding directly
to the Deschutes, which provided trainees with the required Forest
Service certifications, such as First Aid and CPR, that they needed to
volunteer. Prior to these trainings, many volunteers were not able to
get the required certifications, particularly for saw certification.. In
addition, the PCTA provided $20,000 of funding to develop trail
maintenance curriculum for the trainings.
In 2009, the Deschutes and Willamette NFs in coordination with their
_„rrw► dispatch centers and the PCTA improved volunteer safety by provid-
ing radios and consistent radio protocols. Radios were gathered from
employees who were not using them because of the purchase of dif-
ferent radios. This resulted in a gain for volunteer safety at no cost to
the Deschutes or Willamette NFs.
Green Ridge Lookout
Also in 2009, safety and management training for volunteer supervi-
sors was developed and three sessions were conducted across the
Deschutes NF.
Finally, the Green Ridge Volunteer group received the 2008 Region 6
Volunteer group of the Year.
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Fund-Saving • Fund-Raising ❖ Friend Making
High Cascade Forest Volunteers doing trail maintenance.
Help Comes in Many Forms Individuals, Organizations, Youth
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® Pacific Crest Trail Association, East Cas- cade Backcountry Horseman and Packers of Oregon,
® Church of God, R.E.I, Sisters Trail Commit- tee, High Cascade Forest Volunteers, Oregon Eques-
trian Trails, Girl Scouts of America, First United Methodist Church, Central Oregon Nordic ■
® Ski Club, Central Oregon Trail Alliance, Audubon, Friends of the Metolius, Boy Scouts of '
America, Central Oregon Community College, La Pine Lodgepole Dodgers, Campground hosts, Rocky Mountain Elk Founda-
■ tion, Lava Land Visitors Center and Mt. Bachelor Snowshoe Interpreters, Moon Country Snomobilers, Green Ridge Lookout ■
® Volunteers, Cascade Middle School students, Central Oregon Motorcycle and ATV Club, Archaeology Society of Central Ore-
gon, East Cascades Bird Conservancy, Central Oregon Running Klub, Sunriver Resort employees and homeowners, Tumalo
® Langlauf Nordic Ski Club, Central Oregon Fly Fishers Club, Rimrock Riders Club for Horse Lovers, Central Oregon Mountain
■ Biking Club, Central Oregon Llama Association, Cascade Skijoring Alliance, Sisters Sno-Go-Phers Bend-Ft. Rock Trail User ■
® Group, Cascade Mountaineers, Oregon State Snowmobile Association, Oregon Hunters Association, Deschutes County 4- '
® Wheelers, Historic Elk Lake Visitor Center Volunteers, Juniper Group of the Sierra Club, and hundreds of dedicated individuals.
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employee, Bob Jensen, at the Re-opening of Lava Lands Visitor Center.
Fund-Saving Fund-Raising • Friend Making
Metolius Rive=r. Sisters Ranger District
National Forest Foundation (NFF)
Tale of Two Ravers
In 2009, the Whychus and Metolius watersheds were
chosen by the NFF to be one of five areas in the na-
tion to be the focus of NFF fund-raising efforts over
the next 5 years. NFF is calling the campaign ;
"Treasured Landscapes, Unforgettable Experi-
ences." In recognition of this attention by NFF, M y j~~
the RO provided 550,000 of funding to support
restoration projects in the watersheds. NFF anticipates
raising and investing $700,000 in the area during the campaign. In
2009-2010, the NFF and the Sisters Chamber will jointly fund an Ameri-
Corps Intern to develop a volunteer bank and manage volunteers for com-
munity events and the Deschutes NF.
Friend of the Forest Days
Since fall of 2007, the Deschutes NF has hosted five Friend of the Forest
Days in partnership with the NFF. This year brought a successful FOF day
at the Newberry National Monument sponsored by Sunriver Resort. Over
40 management staff of the resort worked for three hours cleaning up Big
Obsidian flow recreation area and amphitheater, painting and cleaning the
new Paulina Visitor Center, maintaining and restoring trails in the area,
and removing a dumpster from the middle of Paulina Falls. This Septem-
ber, another FOF day will happen to restore streamside vegetation and
maintain areas in the Whychus Creek watershed in partnership with the
NFF, Kathy Deggendorfer, Deschutes Land Trust, and National Public
Lands Day. The event will have a special artistic twist as volunteers will
be treated to an art show and see artwork created during an "en plein air"
contest in honor of the Whychus FOF day.
Deschutes NF Conservation Fund
The NFF worked with recreation businesses and resort owners to establish
the Deschutes NF Conservation Fund in 2008. Since that time approxi-
mately $20,000 has been contributed by partners. The fund is expected to
grow significantly as several new partners were added in 2009.
Current partners include Five Pine Lodge, Suttle Lake Resort, Lake Creek
Lodge, Black Butte Ranch, Ponderosa Lodge, Sunriver Resort. Sun Coun-
try Tours, and Mt. Bachelor Resort. Inn of the Seventh Mountain is also
considering joining the fund.
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NewhL=rry FOF Day June, 2009
A local artist competes in the Friend of the Forest aor) Day -En
Plein Air' competition. July 2009. Artwork made during the com-
petition will he used for a poster to advertise the FOF Day on Why-
chus Creek Sept, 2009.
A Renewed Partnership
Central Oregon CommuniV College,
Oregon Department of Human Resources,
and Deschutes National Forest
After being contacted this spring by the Oregon Department of
Human Resources about a student who needed an internship to
graduate from Central Oregon Community College (COCC) an old
partnership between COCC and the Deschutes NF was renewed,
though with a new twist. Many years ago, the Deschutes and
COCC %vorlced together to provide internships for students in the
automotive shop. That partnership ended, due to personnel
changes. After this spring, this partnership is refreshed evith the
addition of the Oregon Department of Human Resources. The
worthy student, Daniel Diaz Baza, contributed 320 hours of labor
to the Deschutes NF, or the equivalent of $5,920, which allowed
him to graduate from COCC. In addition, the Department of Hu-
man Resources found a grant to pay Mr. Diaz Baza a wage and
provide transportation during his internship. Without the grant l e
would have faced barriers to completing the internship.
The experience was excellent for all involved and currently h is
hoped that Mr. Diaz plaza wilI be offered an apprentice position on
the Mt. Rood NF. With this experience, COCC, the State, and the
Deschutes NF expect to continue training interns at the automotive
shots and, hopefully, provide the Deschutes with future young, di-
verse candidates in the automotive field.
Working Together to Widen the Stream
Of Career Opportunities
American Fisheries Soriet( and
Deschutes National Forest
In the summer of 2009, the American Fisheries Society and the
Deschutes National Forest worked together to provide internslsip
opportunities to youth interested in careers in fish biology.
Throughout the summer two young interns, hired and paid for by
the American Fisheries Society, worked on the Deschutes NF con-
ducting studies to benefit fisheries and their habitats on the forest.
In addition to helping the work of the Forest Service, the experi-
ence these young intems had will benefit them as the make future
career choices, perhaps with the Forest Service.
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New Forest Service Ranger District is an important aspect of renewed ties
with the High Desert Museum and the Deschutes National Forest.
An Old Partnership With New Tricks
The High Desert Museum and
Deschutes National Forest
Since January 2009, three working groups regularly are
meeting to develop three exhibits for the High Desert Mu-
seum's "Year of the Forest." which will begin in January
2010.
These exhibits will focus on "Human Connections to the
Forest", "Sustainable Recreation", and "Ecosystems and
Landscapes". In addition to the exhibits during the "Year of
the Forest" the Deschutes is partnering with the museum to
develop and present youth and adult programs around the
forest and natural resource issues. The museum will work
with Forest Service specialists to develop presentations and
publications for programs and work with their adult and teen
volunteers to do the programs. The museum also will bring
in speakers and authors related to forest management and
issues.
Finally, the museum and the "Old Smokeys" group, particu-
larly Les Joslin, came together to bring a historic Forest
Service Ranger District office to the museum grounds. Re-
tired Forest Service employees are currently volunteering to
give interpretive talks about the Forest Service at the build-
ing.
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ONYC Cadets assist in rebuilding the Nordeen shelter
in 2008.
Oregon Department of Corrections
Deschutes Conservation Camp
A ten-year partnership between the Oregon Department of Correc-
tions and the Deschutes NF annually provides job training for 170
inmates and conducts 30 percent of hazardous fuel reduction work
on the forest. Due to state budget shortfalls in 2009 the program
was temporarily put on hold. However, in 2010 it is expected that
the partnership will continue as in previous years. The partnership
is done under a Participating !"agreement, with a Regional Master
Agreement renewed in FY09, and modifications are done annually
with a financial plan.
Inmate doing hand-piling in 2007.
Deer Ridge Day Crews
With the recent addition of the Deer Ridge Facility in Madras, it is anticipated that we will be able to
use day crews from that facility to do work on the Forest. Supplemental Project Agreements will need
to be coordinated in order to bring on crews.
Oregon National ~hl• v.~
Guard Youth
Challenge Program
In the fall of 2007, a partnership was re-
newed with the Oregon National Guard
Youth Challenge Program (ONYC). The
ONYC serves youth who voluntarily enter
the program to complete or to make progress
toward their high school diploma. For youth
entered into the program one educational
component is service-learning and commu-
nity service. As a partners with ONYC, the
Forest Service provides educational instruc-
tion for the cadets in combination with ser-
vice projects.
The cadets are in the program for six-months.
During that time they are available for pro-
jects on most Fridays and Saturdays. Cur-
rently, the cadets generally are engaged in the
Deschutes NF's recreation, botany, and tim-
ber programs. Cadets also are active in spe-
cial events such as National Migratory Bird
Days, National Public Lands Days, and
Friend of the Forest Days.
The partnership is conducted under a Partici-
pating agreement and there is a minimal cost
(gas) to the Deschutes NF for the service of
the cadets
COXIING IN FY 2010
Juvenile Justice Program
We will have a Master Agreement in
place for FY 10. Employees will
need to do Supplemental Project
Agreements (SPAS) for projects with
this program. These SPAsa should be
coordinated across the Forest in order
to be efficient. The cost of the Juve-
nile Justice Program is minimal to
no cost. They have been active in
removing barbed wire, camp site
improvements, and sign creation.
Sherif'f's Inmate Program
Similarly, we will have a Master
Agreement in place for FY 10.
Crews cost approximately $300 per
day for a 5-8 person crew and are
accompanied by an officer. Crews
cannot use power tools, other than a
mower. Employees will need to do
SPAS to use crews, and the SPAs
should be coordinated across the For-
est to allow efficient use of this pro-
gram.
A Witte-Mange of Programs
Inmate does hand-piling in
2009.
ONYC Cadets peel logs used to build shelters.
Student Conservation Association (SCA)
In summer 2009, the Deschutes NF brought on five SCA students to
work in interpretive and visitor services at Newberry National Volcanic
Monument and do to wilderness field work.
_ SCA provides three main program models. Conservation
Crews, comprised of 6-8 high school students and two
c trained adult crew leaders, that conduct month-long, labor-
intensive conservation projects, typically doing trail con-
struction and ecological restoration. These crews last 21-35
days with 14-24 full work days. A second program is Con-
servation Interns. These interns are college undergraduates
or graduate students that can work from 3 to 12 months in a
specific area. Finally, the third program is Conservation Corps. Conser-
vation Corps are specialized teams of 4-6 SCA interns serving under an
SCA Leader, assigned to a common task-usually large-scale, land-
based iinitiatives. Corps assignments last 3-12 months.
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National Volcanic Monument, July 2009.
In 2009, high school conservation crews for (35 days) cost $30,433; short-tenor interns 02 weeks) cost approximately $3,759 each;
long-tenrn (26 weeks) cost S 16,21 I, (39 weeks) cost $22,498, (52 v,-eelus) cost $28,785; Conservation crews (4-6 interns and a leader)
for a range of 548,217 (3 months) to 5122,860 (12 months) depending on number of interns and length of project
SCA interns are brought on under a National Master Agreement, a local Supplemental Project Agreement must be in place before
the intents arrive on the Forest.
Americorps
The Deschutes NF uses AmeriCorp Conservation Crews to do trail maintenance work, particularly in the
backcountry. These crews range in cost front $625 per day per crew (5-7 members) on a short-term basis to
$10,000 per crew member for a year. A national Master Agreement is in place. however, local Supplemental
Project Agreements must be done to bring on a crew or intern.
Experience International
Experience International currently has no placements on the Deschutes ;CIF. It has been several
years since an Experience International student has been placed here. Experience International is a
small program that provides international students with opportunities to have quality work experi-
ences in the United States.
Generally. experienced graduate students in a conservation field are candidates for the program.
The Forest Service needs to provide $450 per month for subsistence (min), housing, and transporta-
tion. There are some minor additional program fees.
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Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
Until changes from the national level were made to the Forest Service SCSEP, the
Deschutes NF had an extensive SCSEP program. Though we continued using the program
at a more modest level until FY 2009, we did have placements on the Deschutes.
This program could be used, if needed, through the current provider, Experience Works.
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The combined Deschutes and Ochoco National For-
ests youth crew programs are the largest in the nation.
This summer, twenty-one crews worked across the
two forests. It employed 120 youth and twenty crew
leaders. The youth ranged in age from sixteen to
eighteen years.
Through the eight-week summer program the youth
do a variety of activities such as piling hazardous fu-
els, improving wildlife habitat, rehabilitating trails,
pulling invasive weeds, and improving recreation fa-
cilities.
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The Deschutes NF received $20,000 of funding from the Regional Office as seed money to focus on finding and developing sustain-
able long-term relationships that are capable of delivering "long-term outreach programs through partners to connect youth to the
environment in an increasingly diverse society. The performance measure for this funding is a completed MOU or in progress.
Caldera Partnership
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In early August, discussions began with Caldera about part-
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nership opportunities. Caldera hosts year-round youth
The Crescent District is using YES funds to further their Educa-
camp and artist retreat center at Blue Lake and does school
_ tiara Partnership itlt the Gilchrist Schaal District. The are
programs for underserved youth in Portland and Central
using ~e funding to mane a match with the $10,000 that the
Oregon throughout the year. The mission of Caldera is:
` school received from the Oregon Community Foundation.
"Caldera is a catalyst for transformation through innova-
? These funds will be used to implement the Wolf@ree Watershed
tive art and environmental programs."
Science Program at the schools.
The partnership, is expected to be established by an MOU
The furtdc from bath the Forest Service and the grant have been
by this September. The goal is to bring together bath the
used to purchzse science equipment (ph kits, oxygen kits, field
mission of Caldera and the mission of the Forest Service.
guides and -weders)
The partnership will expand Caldera's environmental op-
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portunities by having Caldera's staff and youth work di-
An MOU between tl a School District and the Forest Service
rectly with Forest Service resource specialists to do resto-
v ill need to be completed by December 2009.
ration work on both Camp Caldera lands and national for-
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sheds.
Bend _La Pine School District
The partnership will expand the Deschutes NF's youth
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programming and engagement with youth about natural
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resource issues and careers.
Tl e mend-Ft. Rock Ranger District is working on a partner-
snip with the Bend-La Pine School District to engage youth
The students mentored by Caldera staff have significant
who are in their Life Skills programs. These students have
experience in art, film, photography, theater, advertising,
physical or cognitive challenges and have limited experi-
and other skilled crafts. We will ask these students to put
ences in outdoor classroom facilities. The partnership will
these s:dils and talents to work on natural resource issues
. im olve these student in actively restoring wetlands at Ryan
and meaningful outreach to other youth about these issues
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to other underserved youth in Portland and Central Ore-
gon. In addition, exposure to Forest Service staff and po-
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tential apprenticeships by youth with the Forest Service.
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more diverse students to consider natural resource manage
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ment careers.
plant them at Ryan Ranch as a part of an overall wetlands
restoration program for the site. An MOU will need to be
completed for this by December, 2009 in order to meet the
2008 Accomplishments for Volunteer, Hosted, and Youth Programs
Deschutes National Forest
Volunteers
Hours
Appraised Value
Programs
Sisters
271
2,623
$ 48,552
Recreation, Fisheries, Pro-
tection, Botany
Bend-Ft. Rock
911
14,826
$ 274,429
Recreation, Heri-
ta e,Wildlife
Crescent
52
1,495
$ 27,672
Recreation, Wildlife
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85
3,836
$ 71,004
Recreation, Heritage
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for the SO represent
training hours com-
plete by volunteers
who worked across all
Districts
TOTALS
1,319
22,780
$ 421,658
12.7 Person Years
Hosted
Hours
Appraised Value
Programs
Sisters
140
30,176
$ 558,557
Forest Mgmt. and Protection
Bend-Ft. Rock
95
19,197
$ 355,336
Recreation and Protection
Crescent
50
30,360
$ 561.964
Protection
TOTALS
285
79,733
$1,475,857
44.3 Person Years
YCC
Hours
Appraised Value
Programs
Sisters
15
3,906
$ 55,610
Recreation, Wildlife, Range
Mgmt., Forest Mgmt., Pro-
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$30,955,000
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$ 6,994,000
Abandoned Mines
$ 8,500,000
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$15,300,000
Total $237,392,700
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
delivered $237,392,700 to the
Pacific Northwest Forests and
Research Station in Oregon
and Washington. Each of these
projects has generated multiple
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$ 12,297,400
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie $ 7,394,500
$ 8,725,000
Olympic $ 5,988,000
$ 9,007,400
Gifford Pinchot $ 12,510,000
$ 2,303,000
$ 22,966,000
$17,254,000
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$ 675,000
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V Velcome to our 2009 report on how the Pacific Northwest Region
and the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service are
progressing with their contribution to economic recovery.
During Fiscal year 2009 - which ended September 30 - we received
more than $237 million in funds through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. That money is putting people to work all over
Washington and Oregon fixing forest roads, maintaining buildings and
trails, restoring habitat and reducing the threat of wildfires.
We look forward to providing even more work in the coming year, and
we are excited to see the very real benefits to the land and to our rural
communities. These stimulus funds fit our mission of "Caring for the
Land and Serving People "to a `T' " We are proud of our employees and
partners who are making this effort a success.
Mary Wagner Bov Eav
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Regional Forester Research Station Director
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Roads
Paving our way to recovery = Reconstruction of Forest
Highway 46, part of the West Cascades Scenic Byway
route between the Willamette and Mount Hood National
Forests, has improved a busy stretch of road while
creating employment. Workers have been grinding
away old pavement, laying new asphalt, installing new
safety signs and managing traffic flow since July.
Regionwide, $43.5 million is being spent to improve
forest roads.
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Research Station facility replace old windows with new, energy-
efficient windows. The Olympic Peninsula Structure Restoration
project includes painting, re-roofing and minor building repairs
on four administrative sites and several recreational facilities
on Washington's Olympic National Forest. The work
will provide jobs for various communities around
the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam, Jefferson, Mason
and Grays Harbor counties. Throughout Oregon/
Washington, $37.9 million is helping repair offices, work
sites, and other structures.
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Hazardous Fuels
Chain saws are buzzing, people are working
and communities are safer. ARRA funds bring
hope to the forests of the Pacific Northwest -for
jobs and for healthier forests. For example, in
Central Oregon, crews are hard at work thinning
and hand piling small trees, mowing brush and
reducing wildfire fuels. More than 300 acres
on the Crooked River National Grassland
and 50 acres near Sisters, Oregon, have been
treated. This work will continue through next
year, making communities in and around the
Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests more
defensible to wildfire.
Another example is the Hope Mountain
Stewardship Project located in southwestern
Oregon. These are reflective of many projects in
Oregon and Washington funded by $77,235,700
of hazardous fuel reduction funds.
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893 youth and 167 adults have done
under the Oregon Youth Employment
Initiative (OYEI) since April. With a
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youth employment program focused
on natural resource conservation
education, stewardship and restoration
of public and private lands. So far
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been accomplished in 33 Oregon
counties. Overall, $16.9 million is
paying for trail maintenance throughout the two States.
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what the doctor ordered for good
forest health. ARRA has funded
$30,955.000 worth of projects in
Oregon and Washington. These
workers are eradicating Sudden
Oak Death in Curry County,
OR. Getting rid of Sudden
Oak Death disease requires
early detection, rapid response,
Tanoak removal, research and
many landowners working
together.
Watershed
Better living through ARRA: Nearly
$7 million is helping build and restore
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And More to Come
work, work, work!
Next year, $8.5 million in ARRA funds will clean-up the abandoned
Blue Ledge Copper Mine on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National
Forest in Siskiyou County, California. For more than 100 years,
the release of hazardous materials at the mine has caused extensive
environmental damage to fish and posed risks to human health.
Waste rock will be removed and covered with impermeable materials
to prevent further release of toxic materials. The project is expected to
be completed by the end of the 2011 field season.
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old Eileen town site.
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totaling $15.3 million are helping convert small trees and
brush into energy through biomass and wood-to-energy;
grants. Often, the fuels are removed - , - - - -
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To : BOCC
November 9, 2009
Enclosed are major/significant accomplishments the past
several months, the highlighted areas are as follows:
• Grants : The last 3 months we have receive over $1.5
million in grants and by mid-January we will have
applied for another $5.2 million for both fuels
treatment and education.
• Cooperative/Interagency work: we are actively
engaged with all Community Fire Plan groups treating
fuels in each area. We are working with the FS on a
cooperative biomass grant where we would treat the
fuels on public lands around WUI areas where smoke
from Rx burning would be an issue. We are also
providing substantive comments to a number of
environmental documents for land use decision. We
also have an agreement with Sunriver to treat fuels
under a cost share and are completing a similar
agreement with Aspen Lakes.
• Two CWPP updates completed with Sunriver next to
be revised.
• The last 5 years we have treated over 4000 acres;
the public has treated over 59,640 acres utilizing our
disposal sites and we have ground 238,562 cubic
yards of debris which was used for electricity. The
value of that fuels treatment is $19,860,120.
Joe Stutler
Deschutes County Forester
(541) 322-7117 office
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 1, 2009
TO: Lisa Clark, COFMS
FROM: Joe Stutler, Deschutes County Forester
RE: CWPP 5 year accomplishments
After a comprehensive review of financial records and grant reporting
memorandums the following reflects our fuels accomplishment during the last
five years in Deschutes County:
• Greater La Pine-1232 acres
• Upper Deschutes Coalition-302 acres
• Sunriver-180 acres
• Greater Bend-1436 acres
• Greater Redmond-295 acres
• Sisters-450 acres
• East/West-nothing to report although we just received a NFP Grant for
this area.
The totals treated by Project Wildfire/Deschutes County are 3,985 acres to date.
This number does not tell the whole story as we continue our efforts with the
FireFree Program, "Sweat Equity" fuels reduction efforts and the four disposal
sites on county owned properties where property owners voluntarily take their
defensible space debris which is all used for biomass purposes. The following
statistics illustrate that accomplishment:
• 2005-2009: 150,565 cubic yards @ Knott Landfill, all used for biomass.
• 2009 Sweat Equity: 12,497 cubic yards.
• 2006-2009 County provided disposal sites: 87,997 cubic yards.
This totals 238,562 cubic yards of defensible space material voluntarily provided
by property owners. After sampling several neighborhoods the past five years
we have determined that for every cubic yard of defensible space material
removed, this treats'/4 acre. Consequently property owner accomplishment the
past five years has been 59,640.5 acres treated for a total in all CWPP's of
63,625.5 acres.
Additionally we have place a dollar value on the contribution of the public as
defensible space is created and maintained on private property. Using a
mathematical equation of 2 hours to rake, cut, load, transport one cubic yard of
material to a disposal site with a @ $30/hr. rate (current match rate for in-kind
contributions), the value of contributed efforts is $14,313,720.00. If we use the
other acccepted rate of $333/acre the contributed value for fuels treatment by the
public is $19,860,120.
Joe Stutler
Deschutes County Forester
Accomplishments for September-October:
• Working collaboratively with Solid
Waste/Bailey's/Project Wildfire there will be a 2
week FireFree Fire Sale @ Knott Land fill for debris
which will serve as an alternative to burning for
private land owners in the City of Bend.
• Teresa Rozic and I surveyed approximately 20
properties (either previously owned or about to be
sold) for hazardous fuels cleanup. We are about 80%
compliant with letters going to both for either a good
job or get moving!
• Judith Ure and I met with Klamath County and have
reached agreement on a 3-county grant application
for FEMA pre-disaster mitigation; we will apply for
the maximum total of $3 million. The time line is
mid-November and Judith and I are working on the
grant application along with counterparts in other
counties.
• Based on an agreement with Sunriver we are treating
190 acres of "common area" for hazardous fuels, and
have been monitoring the progress and $'s spent.
Sunriver is contributing $340K and we are
contributing $100K over a two year period.
• Worked with Dan @ the Fairground to assess tree
mortality and the over health of planted trees for
the grounds.
• Katie and I completed the Deschutes County All
Hazard Plan update and shipped to OEM and FEMA.
• Working with Matt Cyrus @ Aspen Ridge to treat
approximately 600 acres of private lands as part of a
sweat equity/cost share opportunity.
• Met with the Sisters City Council to seek approval of
the updated Community Fire Plan; will meet with the
La Pine City Council tomorrow evening for the same
purpose.
• Attended a conference sponsored by the Oregon
Forest Industry Council, learned potentially valuable
information on biomass cap and trade credits that
may have positive fiscal implications for Deschutes
County.
• Project Wildfire meetings continue well attended and
fuels treated.
• Fuels work: Heart of Oregon continue with County
owned lands fuels treatment with approximately 250
of 400 acres completed. We continue with sweat
equity efforts throughout the county and the disposal
sites continue heavy use.
• Grants: Went after reimbursements for -$250K,
expect that to happen in a couple weeks; still have
reimbursement to receive from a BLM Grant for
$56K; We received a FEMA grant for $700K, a NFP
grant for $200k, and have two additional grants we
expect this month, one a NFP Grant for $200K and
the other a $880K stimulus grant for biomass.
Additionally we are in the middle to three grant
applications and have two others we will be working on
in early December. \
• We have audits on four of our grants (ODF, 1 NFP, 1
FEMA assistance to firefighters and 1 FEMA pre-
disaster mitigation) coming next week.
• I plan to take off the last week of October for a
hunting trip to Wyoming.
Other discussion points:
Since our last meeting/update in June many fuels
accomplishments have occurred:
• Crossroads, Camp Sherman, Tetherow, Oden Falls,
Starwood, Boonesborough, Ponderosa Pines, River
Meadow Estates all completed hazardous fuels "sweat
equity" work where the homeowner completed the
defensible space treatment to Senate Bill 360
standards and we utilized grants and our qualified
pool list to remove/grind the fuels. Approximately
400 properties were treated and we produced in
excess of 10,000 cubic yards of fuel which was
either ground for electricity or used by the
homeowner for ground cover.
• Low Income fuels treatment; we have treated 18
properties where people either can't physically do the
work or can not afford to treat the fuels and that
work has been completed for the year.
• County Land fuels treatment; we have treated over
225 acres of county owned lands in South County,
including the industrial park area and with another
175 acres to go we expect to have the vacant
properties treated in this area by years end. Heart
of Oregon is the contractor and 4-5 10 person crews
have been employed for almost a year because of this
effort.
• Partnerships; we completed and agreement with
Sunriver to treat wildland fuels in the commons area
of Sunriver to fully implement the ladder fuels
reduction program, approximately 190 acres. We
utilized $100,000 of a grant and Sunriver HOA
matched that amount over a 2 year period. Sunriver
completed the contract and was awarded from our
qualified pool list. In the past without competition
fuels work was costing up to $3000/acre. The
competitive process resulted in f uels treatment for
$576/acre, saving approximately $2400/acre costs.
We expect the work to be completed by years end.
The second partnership has been with Black Butte
Ranch, sharing their disposal site for defensible
space debris. Our contractors removed the sweat
equity debris from several neighborhoods in the
Sisters area and hauled to the BBR site where we
shared the grind cost, which was performed by
another qualified pool contractor, over 11,000 cubic
yards of debris was converted to clean electricity.
Evacuation Signs; utilizing a FEMA grant we have
mapped and installed over 150 evacuation signs in 16
neighborhoods so far (see attachment). We will
continue this effort as a follow up to action items in
our CWPPs for the county.
CWPPs; we have updated the plans for Sisters and La
Pine and will begin Sunriver in October. I expect a
signing ceremony later this month as soon as we get
approval from the respective city councils.
County All Hazards Plan; The Deschutes County All
Hazards Plan is due for an update after 5 years.
Katie has taken on this task in cooperation with
Deschutes County Sheriffs Office. The final draft
will be completed this week, then off to OEM and
FEMA for review and expect to have back for BOCC
approval in mid-November. This plan is a key
component to be able to compete for FEMA grants
and the significant updates were in the wildland fire
chapter.
• Senate Bill 360 update; the committee has completed
our work with classification and mapping. We are
awaiting ODF funding to conduct public meetings and
mail out 33,000 brochures (cost for the state)
before the meetings. We expect those meetings to
be in September (originally scheduled for August) and
a final presentation to the BOCC in early October. I
expect to have the Deschutes County version of
defensible space ordinance available for approval
shortly after this process ends.
• FEMA pre-disaster mitigation grant application; we
were successful the last two grant cycles receiving
$1.8 million to treat fuels. For this grant application
period we will include Klamath County along with Crook
County and Deschutes County. Judith Ure and me
will be meeting with Klamath County to ensure the
proper documentation to meet a mid-November
deadline.
Joe Stutler
Deschutes County Forester
(541) 322-7117 office
(541) 338-2719 fax
61150 SE 27th St.
Bend, OR 97702
joest@co.deschutes.or.us