Project Grant 02J56701

DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO THE SOUTHERN OREGON FOREST RESTORATION COLLABORATIVE (SOFRC). THE RECIPIENT WILL PROVIDE COLLABORATIVELY PLANNED FIRE EDUCATION TO K-12TH GRADE STUDENTS AND YOUTH WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN OREGON TO FACILITATE GREATER COORDINATION AMONG ORGANIZING PARTNERS AND ACHIEVE THE MISSION SET FORTH IN THE NATIONAL COHESIVE WILDFIRE STRATEGY FOR - FIRE-ADAPTED COMMUNITIES: HUMAN POPULATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAN WITHSTAND A WILDFIRE WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.ACTIVITIES:THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EDUCATING GROUPS ON THE ROGUE VALLEY FIRE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND OTHER REGIONAL COMMUNITY PLANS FOR SMOKE AND WILDFIRE AND WILL INCLUDE FIREBRIGHT AND SOFEE EDUCATION. STUDENTS, THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZING PARTNERS WILL USE THE FEMA RAPT PLANNING, RESILIENCE MAPPING, THE CLIMATE PORTAL, THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SCREEN (EJ SCREEN) AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING (EJCPS) MODEL FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES AND GOALS FOR REACHING STUDENTS AND YOUTH WITH WILDFIRE RESILIENCE EDUCATION AND INTEGRATION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND MITIGATION ACTIONS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLANS(CWPP). LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE RECEIVED COMMUNITY WILDFIRE DEFENSE GRANTS (CWDG) FOR UPDATING LOCAL CWPPS IN COMMUNITIES. ORGANIZING PARTNERS WILL WORK WITH LOCAL DECISION-MAKERS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF ASHLAND, TO INCLUDE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AND YOUTH WITH ACTIONABLE GOALS AND OUTCOMES. DATA WILL BE COLLECTED ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS SERVED.SUBRECIPIENT:SCIENCEWORKS STUDENT EDUCATION $200 FOR EACH STUDENT FIELDTRIP TO THE MUSEUM FOR LIVE FIRE SCIENCE DEMONSTRATION AND MUSEUM VISIT. UP TO 60 STUDENTS CAN ATTEND FOR EACH 4-HOUR BLOCK. $200 *150 CLASSES = $30,000 CITY OF ASHLAND COORDINATION OF SOFEE EDUCATION AND SMOKE PREPAREDNESS CURRICULUM. $50/HOUR FOR 500 HOURS = $25,000 LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT FOR COORDINATION OF INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE STUDENT EDUCATION AND YOUTH TRAINING $50/HOUR FOR 500 HOURS = $25,000OUTCOMES:THE ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL AND MORE DETAILED FIRE RESILIENCE PLANS FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT THE SOFRC WILL BE WORKING WITH. THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE A COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BETTER EDUCATED AND PREPARED TO UNDERSTAND WILDFIRE ECOLOGY, THE RISKS OF WILDFIRE, AND THE DANGERS OF WILDFIRE SMOKE TO HUMAN HEALTH. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE K-12 STUDENTS ACROSS FIVE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN OREGON THAT WILL BE RECEIVING THE EDUCATION, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES AT LARGE.