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Los Gatos Creek

Watershed Collaboration

Forest Health Grant Update

September 2025

Status Update

West Branch Project Update


Work is continuing off Montevina Road for the West Branch of the Forest Health Grant Second Collaboration. Hard fought ground on El Sereno Trail with a 100+ year history of "no fire" has slowed productivity, but the end result is turning out nicely.

Similar situation on the Serenity Trail off El Sereno Trail in Los Gatos with a very heavy fuel load, currently averaging about 20-25 acres a month right now.

South Branch Project Update


Work has started for the South Branch of the Forest Health Grant Second Collaboration as of September 2, 2025. We started at San Jose Water property off Sears Road and Wrights Station. This work is in much steeper ground and includes a combination of BurnBot machines and handwork by the subcontractor Denali Tree Service.

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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