FY2022 combined narrative.pdf

USDA Forest Service Eastern Region State and Private Forestry FY2022 Combined Request for Applications

Cohesive Fire Strategy Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

Descriptive Project Title:

Grant Component Type (indicate only one per application):

WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION

WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS

CROSS-BOUNDARY MITIGATION

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

FY 2022 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. Specify if benefits to traditionally underserved or marginalized audiences are a component of the work.

FY 2022 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 2022 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

3) Address the National Cohesive Strategy and 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:

1. Restore/maintain landscapes,

2. Foster fire adapted communities,

3. Improve fire response.

FY 2022 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;

amount of any non-Federal land treated; 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. Describe if project benefits to traditionally underserved or marginalized audiences are a component of the work.

FY 2022 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 2022 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

6) Demonstrate a Wildfire Risk Focus (10 points for WRR or WP; 20 points for Cross- Boundary Mitigation.)

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

Include an explanation, maps, and/or data to show how this project targets a priority landscape(s) and accounts for current and future drivers of fire risk.

FY 2022 Cohesive Fire Strategy Request for Applications, Project Application Supplement 1 – Narrative Form

7) Describe Technical Transfer and Knowledge Sharing (10 points for WRR and WP. Not required or scored for Cross-Boundary Mitigation.)

(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 WRR or WP project's potential to inform and enhance other projects or expand community or public understanding of wildfire. Describe plans to publicize the project and share any lessons learned. This field isn't scored or required for Cross-Boundary Mitigation applications.