Getting Kids Outside: Our New Educational Programs
You’ve probably heard the statistics about how kids don’t spend enough time outside these days, and about how much time they spend in the digital world. We’ve been working to…
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Cooper Ogden: Photographing the Diablo Range
Cooper Ogden is a freelance drone photographer who has been working with Save Mount Diablo to document the East Bay’s landscapes for years. His photography helps us advocate for the…
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Kestrels Hatch in Our Nest Boxes, at an Unexpected Time
On a mid-May afternoon, Save Mount Diablo Land Programs Director Sean Burke headed out to check on some local nest boxes for American kestrels. These boxes have been instrumental for…
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Discovering Del Puerto Canyon
In 2020, the landscape of Del Puerto Canyon and much of the area around it was transformed. That August, the fourth largest wildfire in recorded California history blazed through the…
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Mangini Preserve in Spring: Visitors Enjoy Diablo’s Green Hills
On May 5th, the Contra Costa Sustainability Exchange met at Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve for a fun and informative hike led by our Senior Land Use Manager, Juan Pablo Galván…
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Hiking, Exploring, Building Trails and Fences, Weeding, and BioBlitzing
Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Mangini Ranch Interpretive Gardens Staff completed the split-rail fence installation around the native interpretive gardens at Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve. De…
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Solutions for the Climate Crisis: How You Can Help
Because of Save Mount Diablo’s focus on protecting Mount Diablo and its surrounding open spaces, the impacts of climate change on local species and ecosystems are a major concern for…
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Volunteer of the Month | Ashley Walsh
Meet Ashley How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I have lived in the Bay Area for most of my life! I have lived in different parts of…
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