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Los Gatos Creek

Watershed Collaboration

Forest Health Grant Update

July 2025

Status Update

Burn Bot Progress

This month, the Burn Bot team worked on vegetation management in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD).

In June, they treated 23.15 acres using mechanical methods (mastication).

The Burn Bot is doing well in tough terrain and warm temperatures, helping reduce fire risk and improve the habitat.

Photo below: Drone footage showing the Burn Bot work and the treated areas at MROSD.

South Branch FHG2 Project Update

The South Branch part of the Forest Health Grant project is moving forward. The bid package was sent out in June, and we had a bid walk with 12 contractors who came to see the site.

Photos below from the bid walk show project managers Mike Mathiesen, Dave Manson, Rosie Eisner, Irene Armstrong, Senior Project Manager Stephen Harrington, CEO Seth Schalet, and ARC’s David Van Lennep.

We also included the project map below showing the treatment area for South Branch.

To implement forest health treatments on approximately 1778 acres of strategically identified areas, The Santa Clara County Firesafe Council has partnered with the San Jose Water Company, Santa Clara County Parks, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and smaller, private landowners, to form the Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaboration.

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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