Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
Public Law 106-393
Title II Project Submission Form
USDA Forest Service 

	Name of Resource Advisory Committee: Flathead County
Project Number:  
Funding Fiscal Year(s): 

2. Project Name: 	3a. State:  Montana
3b. County(s): Flathead 	
4. Project Submitted By:  	5. Date:  	
6. Contact Phone Number:  	7. Contact E-mail: 	

8. Project Location:	
a. National Forest(s):  Flathead	b. Forest Service District: 	
c.  Location 	

9. Project Goals and Objectives:  

10. Project Description: 
a. 

b. Detailed:  

11. Types of Lands Involved?	
State/Private/Other lands involved?  Yes      No
Land Status:  Flathead NF	
If Yes, specify:	

12. How does the proposed project meet purposes of the Legislation? (Check at least 1)	
 Improves maintenance of existing infrastructure. 	
 Implements stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems.  	
 Restores and improves land health. 	
 Restores water quality	

13.  Project Type
a.  Check all that apply:  (check at least 1) 	
 Road Maintenance 	 Trail Maintenance 	
 Road Decommission/Obliteration 	 Trail Obliteration 	
 Other Infrastructure Maintenance (specify):	
 Soil Productivity Improvement 	 Forest Health Improvement 	
 Watershed Restoration & Maintenance	 Wildlife Habitat Restoration 	
 Fish Habitat Restoration 	 Control of Noxious Weeds 	
 Reestablish Native Species 	 Fuels Management/Fire Prevention	
 Community Economic Benefit	 Other Project Type (specify):	
b. Primary Purpose (select only 1):	

14.  Identify What the Project Will Accomplish 	
Miles of road maintained:  	
Miles of road decommissioned/obliterated:  	
Number of structures maintained/improved:  .	
Acres of soil productivity improved:   	
Miles of stream/river restored/improved:  	
Miles of fish habitat restored/improved:  	
Acres of native species reestablished: 	
Miles of trail maintained:  16 miles estimated	
Miles of trial obliterated:  	
Acres of forest health improved (including fuels reduction): 	
Acres of rangeland improved:   	
Acres of wildlife habitat restored/improved:  	
Acres of noxious weeds controlled: 	
Timber volume generated: 	
Number of jobs generated:  	
People reached (for environmental education projects/fire prevention):  	
Direct economic activity benefit:  	
Other:  Promoted positive public attitude toward USFS stewardship.	

15. Estimated Project Start Date:  	16. Estimated Project Completion Date: 	

17.  How will cooperative relationships among people that use federal lands be improved?  List known partnerships or collaborative opportunities. 
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18.  How is this project in the best interest of the community? Identify benefits to communities. 

19.  How does the project benefit federal lands/resources?  

20.  What is the Proposed Method(s) of Accomplishment? (check at least 1)	
 Contract	 Federal Workforce	
 County Workforce	 Volunteers	
 Grant	 Agreement	
 Americorps	 CCC Crews	
 Other (specify): 	

21.  Will the Project Generate Merchantable Materials?	 Yes		 No

22. Anticipated Project Costs 	
a.  Title II Funds Requested:    	
b. Is this a multi-year funding request?  Yes   No    	

23. Identify Source(s) of Other Funding: 

24.  Monitoring Plan (provide as attachment) 
a.	Provide a plan that describes your process for tracking and explaining the effects of this project on your environmental and community goals outlined above.  
b.	Identify who will conduct the monitoring: 
c.	Identify total funding needed to carry out specified monitoring tasks (Worksheet 1, Item k):  

25. Identify remedies for failure to comply with the terms of the agreement.
If project cannot be completed under the terms of this agreement:
  Unused funds will be returned to the RAC account. 
  Other, please explain:

Secretary’s Check List for Authorization 

Projects must satisfy each of the following conditions:  	
  (1) The project complies with all applicable Federal laws and regulations.  	
 (2) The project is consistent with the applicable resource management plan and with any watershed or subsequent plan developed pursuant to the resource management plan and approved by the Secretary concerned.  	
 (3) The project has been approved by the resource advisory committee in accordance with section 205, including the procedures issued under subsection (e) of such section.	
  (4) A project description has been submitted by the resource advisory committee to the Secretary concerned in accordance with section 203.	
 (5) The project will improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure, implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems, or restore and improve land health and water quality.  	

	

Project Recommended By:					Project Approved By:

	Chairperson						 	Forest Supervisor
	Resource Advisory Committee				Flathead National Forest	
	Date:?								Date: ?

Project Cost Analysis Worksheet
Worksheet 1
Please submit this worksheet with your proposal

Item	Column A
Fed. Agency
Appropriated
Contribution	Column B
Requested
Title II
Contribution	Column C
Other
Contributions	Column D
Total
Available
Funds	
a. Field Work & Site Surveys					
b. NEPA/CEQA					
c. ESA Consultation					
d. Permit Acquisition					
e. Project Design & Engineering					
f. Contract/Grant Preparation 					
g. Contract/Grant Administration					
h. Contract/Grant Cost					
i.  Salaries					
j. Materials & Supplies					
k. Monitoring					
l. Other (Food and Transportation)					
m. Project Sub-Total					
n. Indirect Costs 					
o. Total Cost Estimate					

NOTES:
a. Pre-NEPA Costs
g. Includes Contracting/Grant Officer Representative (COR) costs.  Excludes 
Contracting/Grant Officer costs.
i. Cost of implementing project
l. Examples include overhead charges from other partners, vehicles, equipment 
rentals, travel, etc.
n.	Contracting/Grant Officer costs, if needed, are included as part of Indirect 
Costs.