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MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 10, 2010
TO: Deschutes County BOCC
FROM: Joe Stutler, Deschutes County Forester
RE: Forester Update
For the last two months the following projects and issues have either been
accomplished or addressed:
1. Grant Applications—we learned last Friday that Deschutes County will
receive a stimulus grant of approximately $750,000 for fuels treatment and
biomass. We expect the funds to become available around March 1st.
2. Existing Grants—Utilizing existing grants we have treated over 400 acres
this winter on county owned and private lands. Heart of Oregon and All
Season Cleanup along with Aspen Lakes continue working on fuels
treatment. We plan on approximately 12 projects this coming spring and
summer in neighborhoods across the county treating fuels.
3. The Senate Bill 360 classification process is complete and ODF
representative Tom
4. I have participated in two Incident Command System (ICS) courses at the
Redmond Regional Training Center to assist with the training of
approximately 100 federal, state and local government personnel this
winter for upcoming emergencies and wildland fire events.
5. We have begun the process of updating the Sunriver CWPP and have
scheduled meetings for the next several months to complete this process.
6. Project Wildfire/FireFree Programs—we have begun the process for
planning the FireFree campaign for 2010 which is scheduled for May 1-9
this spring, along with a fall program. FireFree has actually expanded to a
year around endeavor, we have leveled off @ approximately 35,000 cubic
yards from the landfill and we accumulate another 125,000 cubic yards
from around the county as a result of the sweat equity program.
7. I am working with a group of “collaboratives” throughout Central Oregon
which will enable the Deschutes National Forest to compete for significant
funding from the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR)
program which was established by Congress in 2009. Congress has
allocated $40 million annually for this program and if selected could make
a significant difference in landscape restoration on public lands.
Joe Stutler
Deschutes County Forester