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Organization: Upper Deschutes River Coalition
Organization Description: Created in 2004, this organization includes 19
neighborhoods within the Upper Deschutes River watershed. They work to protect their
communities by restoring and sustaining fire resistant forests, pure and abundant river
flows and wildlife habitats.
Project Name: Web content management system
Project Description: These funds will be used to expand the environmental education
program by providing current information on the organization's website. The software,
Expression Engine, will allow non-technical volunteers and staff to update web pages and
email lists. The software will be customized for the organizational needs.
Project Period: September 1, 2010 — December 31, 2010
Amount of Request: $1,500 (Approximate Total Cost = $1,910)
Previous Grants:
• November 2009: $1,500 Environmental Education Program ($1,000 Luke, $500
Unger)
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org
DESCHUTES COUNTY DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION
Direct Application to:
Commissioner Tammy Baney
Commissioner Dennis R. Luke
Date:
8/3/2010
Project Name:
Project Beginning Date:
Amount of Request:
Commissioner Alan Unger
All Three Commissioners
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Upper Deschutes River Coalition— Web content management system
9/1/2010
1,500.00
Applicant/Organization:
Address:
Project End Date:
Date Funds Needed:
Upper Deschutes River Coalition
PO Box 3042
Contact Name(s):
Fax:
Jerry Hubbard, Ex. Director
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Alternate Phone:
Tax ID #•
City & Zip:
Telephone:
Email:
541-593-1777
12/31/2010
9/1/2010
03-0557393
Sunriver, OR 97707
541-390-9798
ihubbard(c1..chamberscable.com
On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions:
1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities.
2. Describe the proposed project or activity.
3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity.
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the
source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will
support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future.
Attach:
Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status.
Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget.
Tammy Baney: Amount: Signature:
Dennis Luke: Amount: _ Signature:
Alan Unger: Amount: Signature:
The UDRC's web site in an important part of our efforts to educate our communities on the
importance of becoming stewards of our forests, rivers and wildlife.
UDRC matching funds of $1,490: The Coalition is funding $500 for the software plus in-
kind contributions of 33 hours at $30 per hour or $990 provided by board member and part
time Executive Director, Gerald Hubbard.
Schedule: proceed upon receipt of the grant and would be complete by December 31, 2010.
Economic health:
The Coalition, through its 2007 strategic planning process identified driving forces that
influence the environment in the Coalition neighborhoods and surrounding watershed region:
• Conservation of water as a necessary and acceptable idea;
• Wildlife management;
• Water availability and quality;
• Recreational activity impact;
• Rapid growth;
• High risk of catastrophic fire;
• The lack of availability of resources.
The Deschutes County grant will assist the Coalition in providing effective educational
services to the communities. If one wild fire can be prevented by educating property owners,
the economic value to all neighborhoods will be substantial.
The Coalition members agreed that in order to address even some of these issues, education of
its residents would be a critically necessary component in every action. Their goal became
clear and is now to increase the awareness and involvement of individuals, schools,
organizations and neighborhoods to provide for the long-term stewardship and responsibility
for our environment.
Communities' served:
Enclosed is a map showing the 21 neighborhoods served by the Coalition.
The Coalition encompasses a variety of land ownerships including:
Private acres 12,547
Public lands acres (USFS & BLM) 53,959
Oregon State owned acres 2,288
Deschutes County -owned acres 211
Total Coalition Boundary Acres: 69,005
As a result, these landowners and managers became our first partners in reducing hazardous
fuels in our area that threaten the health of our forests and the properties here. To date, we
have successfully collaborated with the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management,
Oregon Department of Forestry and Deschutes County to reduce hazardous fuels on both
public and private lands.
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• Watershed Program
With other organizations, we focus on watershed issues including:
o Balanced water flow on the Upper Deschutes
o Fisheries expansion
o River cleanup between the La Pine State Park and Harper Bridge
o Partnering with the USFS for their Tumbull fish habitat project on the Upper Deschutes River
north of Sunriver.
• Private Land Fire Reduction Program
Through collaborating with other agencies, volunteers and funding sources, the Coalition has
reduced fuel loads on 302 acres allowing landowners to comply with Oregon Senate Bill 360,
which requires owners to certify their properties are fire safe.
• Environmental Education Program
To educate and motivate our neighbors and visitors to become better stewards of our public and
private lands in the Upper Deschutes River region.
DESCHUTES COUNTY GRANT — PROJECT SUMMARY
Summary Statement -The goal of the project is to:
To enhance and expand our environmental education program by providing current information on the
UDRC's web site.
The Deschutes County grant of $1,500 will allow:
UDRC Web Site — the $1,500 will pay for 66% of the cost of a web content management
system. The content management software will allow non-technical volunteers and the part-
time Executive Director to update web pages and e mail lists plus add new pages as needed.
The content management software is Expression Engine (full-fledged CMS) and would be
installed for the Coalition. The installer would tailor the software so that the UDRC team can
edit and manage existing pages on the UDRC website including adding files and
images. Additionally, EE will also give us the ability to add pages as needed. The estimated
cost of the system is:
1. Approximate total cost: $1910
2. Strategy & Development: $1150
3. Quality Assurance / Testing: $150
4. Video user guides: $400
5. EE Non-commercial License: $150
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DESCHUTES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND
UPPER DESCHUTES RIVER COALITION - SUMMARY
8/3/2010
Organization
The Upper Deschutes River Coalition (UDRC) is a grassroots non profit organization created in 2004 to
enable 21 neighborhoods within the Upper Deschutes River watershed to act collectively on natural
resource challenges. The neighborhoods and 6,000 lot owners are located near and along the Wild and
Scenic Deschutes River, in the thick of a ponderosa pine and lodgepole forest from Sunriver south to
Haner Park near Wickiup Reservoir in the southern part of Deschutes County, Oregon.
Mission
To protect the Upper Deschutes River communities by restoring and sustaining fire resistant forests, pure
and abundant river flows and wildlife habitat.
The UDRC achieves its mission by utilizing its extensive volunteer base and partners to accomplish many
environmental benefit projects including public & private forest fuel reduction projects and Community
Fire Protection Planning; watershed health; and compliance with the Oregon Forestland — Urban Interface
Fire Protection Act (Senate Bill 360).
Through the Coalition's 2007 strategic planning process, we identified significant restoration and
educational needs in the Upper Deschutes River area, which this grant request will address.
Programs and Services
The UDRC members include 21 neighborhood associations plus our partners, including:
Active:
USFS Bend -Fort Rock Ranger District; Deschutes National Forest
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Department of Forestry
Bureau of Land Management
Project Wildfire
Deschutes County Forester
Deschutes County Commissioners
Deschutes River Conservancy
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council
AmeriCorps Heart of Oregon
Stakeholders:
• Oregon State U Extension
• Sunriver Nature Center; Three Rivers K-8 School; La Pine High Sch. Forestry
• High Desert Museum;
• Deschutes County Planning Commission
• Sunriver Chamber of Commerce
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Employer Identification Number:
Date :JUL 1
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UPPER DESCHUTES NATURAL RESOURCES Contact Person:
COALITION WAYNE A FORD ID## 75068
PO BOX 3042 Contact Telephone Number:
SUNRIVER, OR 97707 (877) 829-5500
Accounting Period Ending:
December 31st
Public Charity Status:
170(b) (1) (A) (vi)
Form 990 Required:
Yes
Effective Date of Exemption:
August 31, 2004
Contribution Deductibility:
Yes
Advance Ruling Ending Date:
December 31, 2008
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