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Here’s an overview of some of the stewardship activities we were up to during the previous month. Volunteers Make BioBlitz Successful at Mangini Ranch, Lime Ridge, and Arroyo Del Cerro…

Pittsburg High School, Mount Diablo Resource Recovery, and Save Mount Diablo are building up the bench of future supporters for the beautiful and natural Mount Diablo area. According to a 2017 report, The Path Ahead, “Today, kids spend less time outside than prison inmates, with the average child playing freely outside for just four to seven minutes a day.”  This report, commissioned by the REI Co-op, notes that the average American now spends about 95 percent of their life indoors. It further reports that we are becoming an “indoor species” which comes with consequences: “Our health and well-being may suffer.  And the less we value our outdoor spaces, the less likely we are to protect them.” To help address such concerns, Save Mount Diablo (“SMD”), Pittsburg High School (“PHS”), and sponsor Mount Diablo Resource Recovery (“MDRR”) recently signed and then completed an educational and experiential Conservation Collaboration Agreement. Read more in the press release.

Interviewed by Laura Kindsvater, Stewardship & Outreach Intern About Scott How long have you lived in the Bay Area? Since the fall of 1988, so 30+ years. How did you…

Research funded in part by one of the Save Mount Diablo Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program’s grants has now been featured in an article by KQED. The grant helped…

Interviewed by Laura Kindsvater, Stewardship & Outreach Intern About Steve and Carolyn How long have you lived in the Bay Area? Except for a year or so of college, and…

Announcing the Diablo Youth Challenge! Save Mount Diablo is committed to getting children and youth out in nature, and many of our supporters share this value. One such supporter is anonymously raising a challenge: A contribution of $500 will be made for every child or teen who spends active time in one of the many public parks on or near Mount Diablo—up to 50 kids—which will raise $25,000 for Save Mount Diablo!! Find out how to participate in the challenge.

Save Mount Diablo Signs Second Conservation Collaboration Agreement with Campolindo High School and Compass WALNUT CREEK, CA—On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums…

Happy spring! Gather your family, friends, and CalNat cohort and contribute your iNaturalist observation skills to your local community organizations and help collect data for science! April 26-29 City Nature Challenge: The City…

Interviewed by Laura Kindsvater, Stewardship and Outreach Intern About Jean How long have you lived in the Bay Area? Most of my life! I was born in Oakland and though…

Here’s an overview of some of the stewardship activities we were up to during the previous month.   Weeding and Mulching at Big Bend DiRT Day   Some of the…