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Watch the following video clip from A Vision for Mount Diablo (a segment featuring SMD in a recent episode of “OpenRoad with Doug McConnell” which aired on NBC Bay Area this past Earth Day.) Follow along as Save Mount Diablo’s Executive Director Ted Clement and Seth Adams, Land Conservation Director, take a tour of Marsh Creek State Park, and discuss why voting YES on Prop 68 is so important.

A special message on California’s Prop 68 from Doug McConnell, TV Journalist and Environmental Activist: ON TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2018, Californians will have a chance to protect California’s most precious natural resources. VOTE YES on Proposition 68, the Clean Water and Safe Parks Act. Spread the word and remember to get out and vote! Your Voice Counts!

“I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.” – Ed Begley Jr.…

“The earth has its music for those who will listen” – George Santayana
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Watch “A Vision for Mount Diablo: East Contra Costa County Advocacy in Action”, broadcasted on NBC Bay Area’s OpenRoad with Doug McConnell on Earth Day, April 22, 2018 | Explore eastern Contra Costa County, one of the fastest growing regions in the Bay Area, and encounter significant land use choices facing people there and statewide that will affect the future of parks and open spaces in Contra Costa for generations to come.

Save Mount Diablo Endorses Yes on 68 California must lead the way. Our state is feeling the effects of climate change—from severe droughts to devastating wildfires — yet our federal…

Interviewed by Roxana Lucero, Stewardship and Outreach Associate About Al How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I’ve lived here for 74 years. How did you learn about…

“Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” – Wangari Maathai

“Lots of people talk to animals,” said Pooh…”Not very many listen, though,” he said. – Benjamin Hoff

Happy Earth Day! On June 5th, VOTE #YesOn68 The best way to celebrate California’s natural beauty is to protect it for generations to come. Today, California faces growing challenges to…