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Presenter:
Kevin Moriarty
▪FY23-24 Proposed Budget Presentation
Budget Committee Meeting | May 22, 2023
Natural Resources Overview
The Natural Resource Department
provides leadership, technical
expertise and assistance to protect
and enhance natural resources
while reducing risks to life and
property.
Forester
1.00 FTE
Fire Adapted Communities
Coordinator
1.00 FTE
Natural Resources Overview (cont.)
•Project Wildfire
•Fire-Free
•FirewiseTM
•Deschutes Forest
Collaborative
•Central Oregon Shared
Stewardship Alliance
•Oregon Living with Fire
•Noxious Weed Program
Natural Resource Accomplishments
•Awarded 38 Firewise Communities
Grant funding totaling $172,000.
•Completed 566 acre East
Redmond Project with FEMA grant
funding.
•Completed 91 acre Hurtley Ranch
Project with LRP grant funding.
•Established a Project Wildfire
Neighborhood Coalition Sub-
committee.
FY 23-24 Finance Budget Details
•Natural Resources staff is
funded by PILT and Title III.
•The majority of revenues
come from grants and
agreements.
23-24 RESOURCES
FY 23-24 Finance Budget Details
•$15,000 added to 326 fund
for noxious weed
compliance and abatement.
•Need for personal services
to administer fuel reduction
contracts.
23-24 REQUIREMENTS
FY 23-24 Finance Fiscal Issues
•Unstable capital for personal services needs.
•Keeping up with pace and scale of Deschutes county natural resource issues
•Fire/fuels
•Juniper encroachment
•Drought
•Climate Change
•Noxious weeds
•Title III funding is reducing
•Discretionary funding from
Video Lottery revenues
reduced by 55%. Provides
match for other grants.
Short-term Fiscal Issues Long-term Fiscal Issues
Current Challenges and Future Initiatives
•Streamline Deschutes
County fuel reduction grant
process.
•Increase pace and scale of
fuel reduction and noxious
weed removal.
•Contract administration
capacity.
•Population growth and
increased fire risk increase
need for funding and
capacity.
Challenges Future Initiatives
Thank you