Moody Gulch Forest Health has been added to the Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaboration Forest Health Grant project. Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaboration is made up of several agencies including Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen), Santa Clara County Parks, San Jose Water Company, and the Santa Clara FireSafe Council, whose goal is to support healthier forests that are resilient to wildland fire and climate change. This project is funded by a Forest Health Grant.
This Forest Health Project will take place in Moody Gulch (wildland Urban Interface) which borders our community from highway 17 to Summit Rd). This is tentatively scheduled to begin the week of August 19, 2024. The hours of operation will be 08:00 to 16:00hrs Monday through Friday.
This project will use Hand Crews, Chippers, and Masticators. The crews are adding shaded fuel breaks and removing small diameter trees to mimic the long-suppressed natural fire regime across the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The project has three areas of prescribed treatment (42, 43, 44). See the below map.
The crews will access each quadrant area as follows:
# 42: Highway 17 (Moody Cr. access gate).
# 43: Rose Ct. & Laverne Dr.
# 44: Zella Ct.
We apologize for any inconvenience these access points may cause and thank you for your understanding on this project.
Jeffrey L. Bates Operations Manager Redwood Estates Services Association
This week, there will be FULL CLOSURES from 8am-5pm, meaning that there will be no through traffic (the main thoroughfare is closed), no ins and outs for residents living on these streets. If you need to get in and out of your home, please leave before 8am/arrive back after 5pm.
Map of work is below:
Below is the list of streets that will be CLOSED each day due to work or work surrounding street entry:
Tuesday 8/13 – GREEN on map
La Verne Drive (no work will be performed after its intersection with Judith, only the portion in green)
Patricia Court (no road work, but ingress/egress affected by La Verne work)
Mountain View Court
Judith Court
June Court
Locust Drive
Naomi Court
Santa Ana Road (portion between Locust and Naomi only)
Wednesday 8/14 – BLUE on map
Madrone Drive (starting from its intersection with Broadway curving towards the Pavilion, only portion in blue)
Broadway Road
Idalyn Drive (no road work, but ingress/egress affected by Broadway work)
Helen Way (no road work, but ingress/egress affected by Madrone work)
Mary Alice Way (no road work, but ingress/egress affected by Madrone work)
**Virginia Drive/Beatrice Circle will NOT be affected, residents can exit going UP the hill; work still stop immediately before the intersection.
