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The Earth’s climate is changing with the effects of climate change being felt on a global and local level. On Mount Diablo, because of the ongoing drought, the mountain’s water…

By Staci Hobbet, Lead, Peregrine Team in Pine Canyon Peregrine versus Prairie Falcon Encounter Mom was delivering a pigeon for lunch when the attack came. It was clutched in her…

Recently, Save Mount Diablo completed our historic $15 million Forever Wild Capital Campaign—the largest and most consequential fundraising effort in the organization’s 50-year history. Through Forever Wild, we raised the…

Insight from Henry W. Coe State Park By Bruce and Joan Hamilton During the 2020 wildfire season in California, it felt like the whole world was on fire. When the…

Stewardship Update July 2021 Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate   Trekking towards 10,000 Trees We hosted two workdays this month focused on protecting young tree seedlings. Volunteers trekked…

Interviewed by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate About Jamie How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I have lived in the Bay Area for my entire life. Born…

The Diablo Range from Highway 198. Photo by Al Johnson “A mention of the Diablo Range in the Tri-Valley is likely to draw the response: ‘What range? Do you mean…

Warrior’s plume (Pedicularis densiflora). Photo by Scott Hein When lightning strikes began igniting fires across California last August, the East Bay Regional Park District staff scooped up water from reservoirs…

Developing the former Concord Naval Weapons Station will be a huge project in Concord, with more than 2,300 acres at stake. The project has the potential to be the city’s…

We didn’t get to this point in the economy, the environment, or the climate overnight. It took hundreds of years of social and economic decisions and over 150 years of…