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Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative Forest Health Grant

Update

Status Update

This week saw the start of mechanical operations in the SJW project area and the conclusion of operations on MROSD project areas until roads are re-opened. Next week, operations will continue primarily along Aldercroft Road with equipment that can reach from the road to treat vegetation 25 feet on either side. 


Work in the Chemeketa neighborhood has been concluded as of April 15th, many thanks to the community members for their cooperation. Underbrush and small trees were cleared between the Chemeketa neighborhood and Los Gatos Creek using hand tools, improving the wildfire resilience of the entire area.

Dave Manson inspecting treated area in a MROSD redwood grove. Photo: Stephen Harrington

Fern poking up from a recently cleared area. MROSD. Photo Stephen Harrington

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The Santa Clara County FireSafe Council (SCCFSC), CAL FIRE, San Jose Water Company (SJW), Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) and Santa Clara County Parks (SCCP) have formed a collaborative partnership known as the Los Gatos Watershed Collaborative to implement forest health treatments on approximately 938 acres strategically located throughout the Los Gatos Creek Watershed in the Santa Cruz Mountains. These treatments will thin underbrush and remove dead and dying trees to improve forest health and fire resilience.


The Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative Forest Health Grant is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.

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