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Save Mount Diablo–Lindsay Wildlife Experience Collaboration Save Mount Diablo (SMD) partnered with Lindsay Wildlife Experience to release eight California ground squirrels into the wildlands east of Mount Diablo. A week…

Interviewed by Roxana Lucero, Land Stewardship Manager About Margaret How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I was born and raised in east Contra Costa County. In 1979,…

By MARK DESAULNIER and GEORGE MILLER During the current COVID-19 global pandemic, parks and open space areas providing safe places for outdoor activity are experiencing an unprecedented surge in visitation…

UPDATE August 4, 2020: And with the stroke of a pen, it became official: The Land and Water Conservation Fund now has full and dedicated funding each year to protect…

Join Save Mount Diablo in celebrating Latino Conservation Week (July 18 to 26). We will be hosting a relaxing, evening hike on Save Mount Diablo’s Wright Canyon property co-led by…

Interviewed by Roxana Lucero, Land Stewardship Associate About Owen How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I’ve been living in the Bay Area for about six to seven…

We celebrate the arrival of summer by asking long-time Save Mount Diablo supporters and volunteers to share their favorite books about nature or the outdoors that they found inspiring. Meg…

 With Save Mount Diablo’s stewardship workdays and other regularly scheduled programs canceled because of COVID-19, we were short on help for our busiest time of the year in land…

Two videos about Save Mount Diablo’s work were broadcast recently on NBC Bay Area, as part of Doug’s show, OpenRoad with Doug McConnell. The show tells the story of our…

Thirteen years ago, the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining…