Monarch Butterflies Found in Mount Diablo Region!
Monarchs on Our Milkweeds in Seven Different Places We have been mapping where milkweeds are found on Save Mount Diablo’s lands and around the greater Mount Diablo region in an…
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Save Mount Diablo Wins Again! Court Reaffirms Victory Against Seeno to Protect Hills between Pittsburg and Concord
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—On February 10, 2022, the Contra Costa County Superior Court handed Save Mount Diablo a major victory in its legal challenge to the City of Pittsburg’s approval of…
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Save Mount Diablo Opens Its Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve to the Public—First of Its Kind in Contra Costa County
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—On March 30, 2022, Save Mount Diablo opened its Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve to the public, the first of its kind in Contra Costa County. People gathered at…
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Help Us Plant and Protect 10,000 Trees and Native Plants
One powerful way to address climate change and reduce carbon in the atmosphere is through effective stewardship and restoration of the land. In fact, the UN recognizes land use and…
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Save Mount Diablo Wins Major Legal Victory Against Seeno to Protect Pittsburg’s Hills
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—On February 10, 2022, the Contra Costa County Superior Court handed Save Mount Diablo a major victory in its legal challenge to the City of Pittsburg’s approval of…
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CEMEX USA to Donate 101 Acres of Land to Mount Diablo State Park
CEMEX USA announced today that after six years of collaboration and discussion, the company is intending to donate 101 acres of undeveloped land to the State of California that are…
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Remembering Thurgood Marshall
By Floyd McCluhan For Black History Month, we’re highlighting the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall. On June 1, 2021, the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors…
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12 Good Places to See Wildflowers
With early, heavy rain, wildflowers are already blooming on and around Mount Diablo and across the Diablo Range. Here are 12 of our favorite spots to visit now and in…
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Scientist Investigates How Social Behavior Affects Squirrels’ Ability to Find Food
By Susan Ingersoll In early December, at Save Mount Diablo’s Dr. Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium, UC Berkeley PhD student Erin Person presented preliminary results of Dining with Friends,…
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First-Ever Virtual Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium Is a Huge Success!
Story by Haley Sutton This year’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium, like many other events this year, took on a virtual setting. We had a fantastic lineup of presentations…
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