NOTICE TO PUBLIC
SOLICITATION FOR
2010 TITLE III PROJECTS
Skamania
County is soliciting
applications for 2010 Title III projects.
The federal funding source is the Secure Rural
Schools and
Community Self-determination Act of 2000. (Public Law 106-393).
The following is a listing of the uses for Title III
funds. Search, rescue, and emergency
services
- COMMUNITY
SERVICE WORK CAMPS: An eligible
county may use these funds as reimbursement for all or part of the costs
incurred to pay the salaries and benefits of county employees who
supervise adults or juveniles performing mandatory community service on
Federal lands.
- EASEMENT
PURCHASES: An eligible county
may use these funds to acquire (a) easements, on a willing seller basis,
to provide non-motorized access to public lands for hunting, fishing, and
other recreational purposes; (b) conservation easements; or (c) both.
- FOREST RELATED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: A county may use these funds to
establish and conduct forest-related after school programs.
- FIRE
PREVENTION AND COUNTY PLANNING:
A county may use these funds for (a) efforts to educate homeowners
in fire-sensitive eco-systems about the consequences of wildfires and
techniques in home sitting, home construction, and home landscaping that
can increase the protection of people and property from wildfires; and (b)
planning efforts to reduce or mitigate the impact of development on
adjacent Federal lands and to increase the protection of people and
property from wildfires.
- COMMUNITY
FORESTRY: A county may use
these funds towards non-Federal cost-share requirements of section 9 of
the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2105).
Application instructions and forms for 2010 Title III
projects are available at Skamania County Commissioner’s Office, P.O. Box 790,
240 NW Vancouver Avenue, Room 15, Stevenson, WA 98648 or on the County’s
website at www.skamaniacounty.org.
Title
III project applications must be received by Skamania County Board of
Commissioners by 4:00 PM Wednesday, May 27, 2009.
For questions, please contact Debbie Slack at 509-427-3700.