September 2, 2024
NCRP CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot Project Proposal Review and Selection
The NCRP CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot Grant Project Proposal Review Meeting was held on August 28 & 29, 2024 at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka, CA. For more information about this process, see Appendix A of the NCRP CAL FIRE Forest Health Project Review Process Guidelines. At this public meeting, project proponents and the public were welcome to attend and provide comment.
We are pleased to announce the following NCRP Technical Peer Review Committee (TPRC) Recommendation and contingency approach, developed by the TPRC during their meeting on August 28 & 29. The NCRP Leadership Council will meet on October 18, in Del Norte County to review the TPRC recommendation and make the final determination about the suite of Priority Projects to be included in the NCRP regional award for CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot funding. The meeting will be open to the public with opportunities for public comment. Please see the NCRP Quarterly Meeting webpage for more information including the following Registration Link.
NCRP TECHNICAL PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The NCRP Technical Peer Review Committee recommends that the NCRP Leadership Council approve the following draft suite of projects with recommended budget amounts for inclusion in the NCRP CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot Regional Grant. Please note that the projects listed with a $0 dollar amount are not part of the recommended project suite but are included for full disclosure about the outcomes of the TPRC review process.
NCRP Technical Peer Review Committee Recommended Draft Suite Of Projects
| Organization Name, Project Name | Location/Area Served | Total Project Cost | Funding Request | TPRC Recommended Budget |
| Yurok Tribe, Stoo-Wen Ridge Healthy Forest Fuels Reduction Project | Northern Tribal Region | $1,615,227 | $1,615,227 | $1,615,227 |
| Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, Leggett Area Forest Health Project | Mendocino County | $1,998,805 | $1,998,805 | $1,989,355 |
| Humboldt County Resource Conservation District, Mail Ridge Wildfire Resilience Project, Phase 1 | Humboldt County | $933,880 | $833,880 | $833,880 |
| Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District, Siskiyou Juniper Treatment and Landscape Restoration | Siskiyou County | $1,905,492 | $1,905,492 | $1,429,119 |
| Scott River Watershed Council, East Fork Scott River Forest Health Implementation Project | Siskiyou County | $1,293,493 | $1,293,493 | $970,119 |
| Yurok Tribe, McKinney Post-Fire Initial Reforestation & Recovery Implementation | Northern Tribal Region | $1,528,281 | $1,528,281 | $1,137,074 |
| Shasta Valley Resource Conservation District, Forest Health and Resilience - Broadcast Burning - Siskiyou Prescribed Burn Association | Siskiyou County | $542,835 | $542,835 | $542,835 |
| Redwood Valley Rancheria Little River Band of Pomo Indians, Redwood Valley Rancheria (RVR) Fuel Reduction Project | Southern Tribal Region | $1,364,782 | $1,364,782 | $682,391 |
| Sanctuary Forest, McKee Creek Forest Health Project | Humboldt County | $2,628,087 | $2,000,000 | $0 |
| Coast Ridge Forest Council, Pathway to Fire Resilient Landscapes on the Sonoma Coast | Sonoma County | $3,664,405 | $1,524,665 | $0 |
| Lake Earl Grange, Lake Earl (Del Norte) Forest Health Implementation Project | Del Norte County | $901,049 | $901,049 | $0 |
| TOTALS | $18,376,336 | $15,508,509 | $9,200,000 |
CONTINGENCY PROCESS FOR BUDGET AUGMENTATIONS
The NCRP Technical Peer Review Committee recommends that the NCRP Leadership Council approve the following contingency process should a project drop out of the suite of projects or additional funding becomes available for any reason prior to the Leadership Council approval of the project suite.
Should additional funding become available for any reason prior to the NCRP Leadership Council Priority Project approval for inclusion in the NCRP CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot Regional Grant (presumably on October 18, 2024), reallocation of funding will augment the priority project budgets, up to the full funding request, in order of score rank. This reallocation would be made to those project budgets that are recommended for funding award, but had their budgets reduced.
After the NCRP Leadership Council approval, the reallocation of funding process will adhere to the Project Budget Under-Runs and Funding Reallocation Process Policy described in the NCRP Policies and Procedures Handbook, 2024 (see page 19, APPENDIX A: NCRP POLICIES).