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Los Gatos Creek

Watershed Collaborative

Forest Health Grant Update

Status Update

Steady work through June by vegetation treatment crews has resulted in nearly 50 more acres completed on SJW properties. Project areas around Morrill Road and Wright's Station Road as well as areas near Aldercroft Heights Road. We greatly appreciate the cooperation of neighbors and community members on this project.

In July we plan to continue treatments on SJW properties and have sent out a new round of Right of Entry (ROE) forms to about 35 property owners. The ROE would allow for access through private property to project areas.

Additionally, road repairs in Bear Creek Redwoods Preserve are nearly complete and we plan to begin work there again in the next week.

Before and After photos of work on SJW property. Photos: Dave Manson

Before and After photos of work on SJW property. Photos: Dave Manson

Crew working on SJW property. Photo by: Dave Manson

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.

Santa Clara County FireSafe Council 

Info@SCCFireSafe.org

408-975-9591 

www.sccfiresafe.org