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Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative Forest Health Grant

Update

Status Update

Recent rains and wind have again brought forest treatment work to a near standstill. However, we are busily working on plans for SJW land. The final sign off from Santa Clara County was received and we are anticipating a start of operations in April. Hopefully, this will be adequate time for the ground to become less saturated. Weather permitting, we will be working on MidPen lands and SJW simultaneously in April. 

There is a lot of coordination and behind the scenes work done by our staff here at SCCSFC, our partners, SJW and MROSD and by our consultants and contractors to plan and coordinate this large scale project. The wet winter has provided challenges, but we have an excellent team of professionals that is flexible and experienced to handle it.

MROSD crew surveying downed trees. Photo: Stephen Harrington

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.

Santa Clara County FireSafe Council 

Info@SCCFireSafe.org

408-975-9591 

www.sccfiresafe.org