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USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications – Fiscal Year 2020

Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

Descriptive Project Title:

Grant Component Type (indicate only one per application): WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION WILDFIRE RESPONSE

This completed form will be posted online and may be shared after all proposals are received.

FY 2020 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

1) Project Overview (This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.)

Provide a comprehensive but succinct overview of the proposed project that includes basic details of who is doing what, where, and why (in context of need documented elsewhere).

FY 2020 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

2) Project Budget Explanation (This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.)

Provide any additional remarks needed to clarify your budget request. For example, provide an explanation if you have a partner contributing funds to cover construction or other federally unallowable portions of your project. Clearly note portion of project to be allocated against each State cap for multistate proposals.

FY 2020 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

3) Address the Northeast Regional Action Plan's Identified Options (40 Points) (This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.)

Describe how this proposal will meet one or more of the nine Northeast Regional Action Plan's action options defined under National Cohesive Strategy Goals 1, 2, and/or 3. Include an explanation of how it targets a priority landscape(s) and takes current and future drivers of fire risk (e.g., development, climate change, etc.)

into account.

FY 2020 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

4) Engage in Partnerships and Collaboration (20 Points) (This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.)

Describe how partners contribute toward a successful outcome; how Federal partners are engaged; and how the project is tied to target program areas identified in the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, Northeast Regional Action Plan, and/or State Forest Action Plan.

FY 2020 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

5) Explain the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Project (20 Points) (This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.) Show estimated project costs, per acre, if applicable, cost per program, and number of communities assisted. Explain how these expenses are efficient as compared with other possible options. Explain how this project will be completed in a cost-effective manner with measurable deliverables and outcomes.

FY 2020 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

6) Demonstrate an Innovative Approach through Outcomes, Products, or Elements (10 Points) (This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.)

Describe how the project is unique in its approach toward reducing wildfire risk, how successful outcomes result from this different approach to wildfire risk reduction, and how this innovative approach is shared with community residents.

FY 2020 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

7) Describe Technical Transfer and Knowledge Sharing (10 Points) (This field accommodates 44 lines of text or up to 5,000 characters and spaces with no carriage returns.) Technical transfer is defined as the sharing of knowledge, tools, and innovations for practical application. Describe the project's potential to inform and enhance other projects. Describe plans to publicize the project and share any lessons learned.