Amount requested for this reimbursement: $ 10,997. Nora Kaufmann and Darcy Shepard

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1 Dream Tags Charitable Fund Grant Report Form Complete this report and Send it as an attachment to by the dates specified in your grant agreement letter. Include your original project budget along with a column showing expenditures to date with EVERY report. Include your grant number (DT #) in the subject line of EVERY correspondence regarding this grant. Questions? Contact Tracy Turner, Community Foundation Program Officer, at tturner@cfwnv.org or (775) Section A: Grantee Information Organization Name: Friends of Nevada Wilderness Phone: Primary Contact for Report: Nora Kaufmann nora@nevadawilderness.org Section B: Grant Information Executive Director: Shaaron Netherton Title: Stewardship Coordinator Check one: Quarter report X Final report Project Title (include # and title): DT # 38 Burn Area Rehabilitation across Northern and Central Nevada Objectives/purpose of the project as stated in the original proposal: We will rehabilitate critical wildlife habitat in burned areas through the planting of native seedlings. We hope that with these restoration efforts, we will be able to assist in the revegetation of critical forage and ecologically sensitive areas. Goals/results expected for the project as stated in the original proposal: This project s goals is to restore critical wildlife and big game habitat. Through seedling plantings across Northern and Central Nevada, we will improve and preserve multiple facets of wildlife habitat and wild areas. Grant Amount: $56,800 Section C: Signatures Name of person completing this report: Amount requested for this reimbursement: $ 10,997 Nora Kaufmann and Darcy Shepard Date: 1/10/17 Date: 1/10/17 1

2 DIRECTIONS: Please answer the following questions making sure your numbers correspond with the section and question numbers below. Please do not exceed TWO pages, single-spaced, point font for sections D through G. Section D: for QUARTERLY report 10/10/16 1) Results: Friends of Nevada Wilderness staff, along with 62 volunteers, have completed the six proposed projects under the Dream Tags Agreement. In doing so, we generated $20, of in-kind donation by planting 11,565 bitterbrush, sagebrush, and native riparian seedlings in burned areas throughout Northern and Central Nevada. These plants will directly improve critical winter forage habitat particularly for Mule Deer, and other game species in Nevada. By planting these seedlings, we hope to see an increase in native plant regeneration and overall ecosystem health. Lesson learned: Weather is very unpredictable in Nevada. This is a lesson learned year after year, and reminds us that flexibility is key. When possible, we modified a few of our trips to day trips, and we built in back-up project weekends when planning our schedule, so that we had some alternative options, should the weather turn bad. Course corrections: Due to fluctuations in the price of seedlings, availability of seedling types, and seedling donations from agency partners, we have $17,009 remaining in this grant. We have spoken with Tracy and Lauren with the and been approved our request to extend this funding through April 30 th We will host at least two more seedling planting projects in the previously agreed upon areas. Because we only have two augers run by staff, the augers are a limiting factor for how many holes can be reasonably dug in one day. After buying and planting 2000 plants for the first few seedling plantings, and having to return at a later date to finish planting some of the plants, we realized that buying 1800 seedlings and finishing those was much more costeffective and pleasant for everyone. 2) Sustainability: This project is matched with funding from the National Forest Foundation. We are actively researching and pursing supplementary grants and funding sources, particularly working with agency partners to secure direct agreements. We have been discussing options for growing out seedlings with NDOW, BLM, USFS agency partners. The Nevada prison system has a native seedling program which we are very interested in looking into, as this would allow us to have a supply of locally grown, well adapted seedlings for future plantings. 3) Additional comments: At this time we don t have additional comments. 2

3 Section E: Additional Attachments for Quarterly report ) Press: This is Reno Q&A Article: Facebook: Posts before and after each seedling planting, as well as volunteer spotlight posts to highlight the great work done by our volunteers Youtube: Video of seedling planting in the Desatoya Mountains 5) Budget: See page 4. 6) Photos: See pages 5, 6, and 7. Section F: Please answer for quarterly reports only 7) Time: We have been granted an extension through April 30 th, Section G: Please answer 9 and 10 for Final Reports only Results Part II: Hanson Fire Seedling Planting: Santa Rosa Mountains (USFS) o 12 volunteers o 165 total volunteer hours o $3, in-kind o 1,886 sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings planted Coleman Fire Seedling Planting: Massacre Rim (Surprise Valley BLM) o 5 volunteers o total volunteer hours o $2, in-kind o 2400 sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings planted Cold Springs Seedling Planting: Desatoya Mountains (Carson BLM) o 18 volunteers o 183 total volunteer hours o $ in-kind o 1500 sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings planted Cold Springs Seedling Planting: Desatoya Mountains (Carson BLM) o 9 volunteers o total volunteer hours o $2, in-kind o 1450 sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings planted Cold Springs Seedling Planting: Desatoya Mountains (Carson BLM) o 4 volunteers o 51 total volunteer hours o $ in-kind o 1500 sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings planted Cold Springs Seedling Planting: Desatoya Mountains (Carson BLM) 3

4 o 6 total volunteers o 88 total project hours o $ in-kind o 1800 sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings planted Holloway Seedling Planting: Disaster Peak WSA (Winnemucca BLM) o 7 volunteers o 155 total volunteer hours o $3, in-kind o 1590 sagebrush, bitterbrush, chokecherry, blue elderberry, and golden currant seedlings planted. Other in-kind values: o Cold storage for seedlings donated by Bonanza Produce: $600 o Volunteer Scouting Trip to Desatoyas: $ ) Success: With regards to our original agreement, we feel that we were very successful in completing our objectives and aiding in restoration efforts in critical big game habitat. In all of the project areas, we worked with agency staff to ensure that we were using correct planting methods, and planting the right types of plants in the right places. During many of the projects, agency staff came out to the project site and worked alongside our staff and volunteers. We earned a total of $20, of in-kind donations, including plant storage at Bonanza produce, and Americorps contributions. Together, our 62 volunteers donated a total of 853 hours of work and travel, well above and beyond the 588 hours that we anticipated in our original proposal. We also made some very important contacts in the field, and are excited by the opportunity to become more involved in the post-fire strategic planning process. 9) Tell your story: To date, we have completed all six of our originally proposed seedling plantings, as well as an additional day trip in the Desatoyas to finish planting seedlings that we had purchased. We had a total of 62 volunteers join us on these projects. With over 11,000 seedlings planted this year alone, we hope to continue our partnership with federal and state land management entities to rehabilitate critical habitat in burned areas. Particularly as the fire regimes change, and our landscapes become more infested with nonnative plants, we hope that our efforts are felt by the wildlife that depends on these lands. I sincerely thank Dream Tags Charitable Funds and the Community Foundation of Western Nevada for your generosity in supporting our continued efforts to improve Nevada s wild places for the animals that depend on them. As always, our volunteers particularly enjoy these seedling planting projects, and see acres covered with freshly planted seedlings as a huge morale booster, especially after returning to planting sites after a few months. We continue to promote our projects on our website, social media, press releases, strategically placed flyers, and invitations to the public. We encourage Dream Tags Board Members to join us in the field, enjoy a gratifying day of hands-on work, and indulge in our home cooked dutch-oven meals at the end of the day! 4

5 Project Budget: Budget Item Description DT $ Americorps Service Members ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET Other Funding Name Match $ Total REIMBURSEMENT REPORT Expenditures to date DT NFF/TRF $ 4,800 $ 4,800 $ 4,800 Americorps Labor In-Kind $ 5,429 $ 5,429 $ 5,429 Staff Labor--paid $ 20,160 $ 20,160 $23,499 Volunteer Labor In-Kind $ 13,565 $ 13,565 $ 15,456 Project Supplies $ 1,440 $ 1,440 $ 1164 Seedlings/Seedling supplies $ 26,000 $ 26,000 $ 9,236 Travel $1,915 $ 5,886 $ 7,801 $ 1,980 $ 4,992 Volunteer Food $1,200 $ 1,200 $ 917 Expenditures to date (other sources) Overhead (12% max) $ 6,085 $ 6,085 $ 2,996 $ 979 TOTAL $ 56,800 $ 29,680 $ 86,480 $ 39,792 $ 31,656 Previous Reimbursements Reimbursement Request This Period $ 28,805 $ 10,987 5

6 2017 Project Photos Photo Credit: Richie Bednarski; Nora Kaufmann Figure 1: Seedling Planting in the Coleman Fire Burn Area Figure 2: Bitterbrush Seedling in the Desatoya Mountains SPRING 2016 Figure 3: Bitterbrush Seedling in the Desatoya Mountains FALL

7 Figure 4: Sagebrush seedling SPRING 2016 Figure 5: Sagebrush seedling FALL 2016 Figure 6: We worked with the USFS, Nevada Muleys, NDOW, and other volunteers in the Santa Rosa Mountains to plant over 1800 seedlings! 7

8 Figure 7: Dixie the Dog dons a pair of doggles for her trip to the project site in our new UTV! 8