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Los Gatos Creek

Watershed Collaboration

Forest Health Grant Update

January 2025

Status Update

December 2024 Treatment Summary for Forest Health Grant First Collaboration:

• Midpen Regional Open Space District (MROSD): A total of 11.32 acres were treated through mechanical mastication.
• Santa Clara County Fire Safe Council (SCCFSC): 8.65 acres were treated at Nestldown Ranch.

December 2024 Treatment Summary for Forest Health Grant Second Collaboration:

• Lupin Lodge: 13.25 acres were treated, combining various methods.
• Aldercroft Firewise: 1.81 acres were treated.

In total, 38.46 acres were treated across all organizations in December 2024.

Road Maintenance Update – December 11, 2024

• Santa Clara County Parks – Charcoal and Service Road 3:
• Road inspections were conducted by Auten Resource Consulting and Santa Clara County FireSafe Council staff following fuel hazard reduction (Forest Health Grant) activities.
• Drainage improvements included:
• Enhancing existing rolling dips for better water capture.
• Clearing waterbar outlets, especially those draining longer road sections.
• Adding new hand-dug water bars for additional drainage.
• Inspecting and clearing culverts.
• Roads were confirmed as gated, with no visible trespass damage.
• San Jose Water Road Inspection – Williams and Cathermola Roads:
• A two-person crew inspected both roads.
• Water bars installed on Williams Road for erosion control are functioning well; some outflows were improved on 12/11 with hand tools.
• On Cathermola Road, all culverts were inspected and cleared. 

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Operations Manager Dave Manson (left) and Senior Project Manager Stephen Harrington (right).

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.

Santa Clara County FireSafe Council 

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www.sccfiresafe.org

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