September 6, 2024
Please Join Us!
Friday, October 18, 2024
9am – 3pm
Del Norte County
MEETING TOPICS:
- Tribal Welcome/County Welcome/Co-Chair Welcome
- Local Project Presentation
- Cannabis Ad Hoc Committee Presentation
- Wildfire Resilience: Listening Session
- NCRP CAL FIRE Forest Health Pilot Project proposal suite review and approval
- NCRP Handbook updates
- NCRP Shared Priorities/Common Ground
- NCRP Capacity Assessment and Regional Capacity Enhancement Strategy
PARTNER RESOURCE TABLING:
Please let us know if you would like to share information about your programs, projects, or initiatives during the NCRP Quarterly meeting. There will be tables available, and time for conversation and sharing resources with attendees during morning registration and lunch. Please use the following Registration Link for Resource Tabling. If you have questions, contact Rose Roberts rroberts@northcoastresourcepartnership.org
A Draft Meeting agenda will be posted soon.
Please see the NCRP Quarterly Meeting webpage for more information including the following Registration Link.
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September 2, 2024
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).
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August 14, 2024
The North Coast Resource Partnership (NCRP) is pleased to offer a Request for Proposals for Technical Assistance to Tribes and economically disadvantaged communities to support project development and grant applications for the following programs:
- NCRP Regional Forest & Fire Capacity (RFFC) program
- Other funding programs for projects that improve forest health and increase wildfire resilience
Types of TA provided by NCRP consultants may include grant development, preliminary project design/planning, site assessments, mapping and GIS analysis, permitting, project benefits quantification, and cost estimates. Selected applicants will receive technical assistance directly from NCRP technical assistance providers.
All proposals, including supporting documents, must be submitted via the NCRP Project Tracker; please see the NCRP Project Tracker Technical Assistance RFP webpage for instructions and more information.
Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis via the NCRP Project Tracker and are reviewed quarterly after: February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1.
Apply by NOVEMBER 1, 2024 to be considered in this round!
For more information:
- General questions or assistance with NCRP Project Tracker: Rose Roberts at rroberts@northcoastresourcepartnership.org
- For Tribal project questions, please call or email NCRP Director of Tribal Engagement, Sherri Norris sherri@cieaweb.org or 510-848-2043, and/or Javier Silva, Tribal Technical Assistance Coordinator, jsilva9806@gmail.com.
- Note that Tribal project sponsors can request proposal assistance from the NCRP Tribal Engagement Team.
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August 13, 2024
The North Coast Resource Partnership will provide county-by-county lidar derivatives in early 2025.
The State Coastal Conservancy and NASA recently provided the NCRP with funding to create a set of county-by-county lidar derivatives across the North Coast of California. Working in collaboration with the Coastal San Luis RCD, the NCRP will create the lidar products across 13 California Counties. These lidar products will provide land managers with public datasets depicting fine scale topography and forest structure that provide important foundational data for various applications. See link below for an overview.
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August 3, 2024
In the upcoming months, the NCRP will be conducting capacity needs assessments and surveys to help inform and prioritize capacity enhancement investments, in a fair and transparent manner throughout the region. The NCRP will use the information from this assessment to inform a Regional Capacity Enhancement Strategy that is expected to expand the type and amount of NCRP capacity investments.
We look forward to working with regional partners on this important work.
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June 15, 2024
See Link below for Listening and Learning Session Summary
The themes discussed during the session included strategic and collaborative approaches required for effective wildfire planning, management, and community resilience, Tribal leadership and stewardship, the application of traditional knowledge, and the importance of community involvement.
This session was held in person on June 13, 2024 and included:
- Brief presentations by Tribal, federal, state and local leaders and experts
- Interactive conversations to gather input from attendees
- Development of strategies for enhancing collaboration among Tribes, federal, state and local agencies, NGOs and other entities working on wildfire preparedness and response
- Results from the day will inform priorities for the North Coast Resource Partnership and its many Tribal, federal, state and local partners
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April 16, 2024
This workshop with Legal counsel, Sara Clark, and urban planner, Kristi Bascom was held on April 15, 2024. A link to the video is available below.
The presentation covered:
- CEQA and NEPA basics, how they are similar (and not)
- Different ways Tribes and Tribal organizations may engage in a CEQA or NEPA process
- Best practices for representing Tribal interests
- Key CEQA and NEPA process milestones to be aware of
- Legal options to pursue if needed
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May 9, 2023
The North Coast Resource Partnership (NCRP) maintains an open Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process to identify consultants to provide an array of technical services for the North Coast Region. Consultants may be contracted to provide technical assistance for project sponsors throughout the region who apply for and receive awards through the NCRP Technical Assistance Program. In addition, consultant services may include providing content and review for North Coast planning documents, research, data development, spatial analysis and mapping, project identification, development, evaluation and enhancement, and regulatory and permitting assistance.
Consultants that have submitted recent SOQs and are currently on the List of Consultant Resources for the North Coast Region do not need to resubmit. If consultants wish to update their entry on the List and/or update their SOQ, please contact Rose Roberts, rroberts@northcoastresourcepartnership.org.
Proposal Packet
All proposals should include a Cover Page along with Specific Proposal Requirements as described in the NCRP Consultant Request for Qualifications and an SOQ that will be included in the publicly available List of Consultant Resources.
Delivery of Proposals
Proposals should be emailed to rroberts@northcoastresourcepartnership.org.
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April 30, 2023
The NCRP Leadership Council and Technical Peer Review Committee Meetings are held quarterly on the third Friday of the following months: January, April, July, and October, except where indicated. All meetings are open to the public with opportunities for public comment.
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FUTURE MEETING DATES
- October 18, 2024 – Del Norte … Registration Link
- January 17, 2025 – this is a tentative date that may be changed to January 29-30, potentially meeting in Sonoma County
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