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After being one of Save Mount Diablo’s priorities for 50 years, the Krane Pond property will be protected! We managed to secure an option agreement for the 6.69-acre Krane Pond…

With its bright orange wings and nearly 3,000-mile migration, the monarch butterfly captures our hearts. Few insects are more iconic. Unfortunately, monarchs are endangered, and there’s a chance that future…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—On January 9, 2023, Save Mount Diablo gratefully announced the creation of the Adler Education Fund to inspire a love of nature and connect our land trust…

Visiting Mangini Ranch soon? Check out our new native plant gardens! Last year, we began to work on two new interpretive gardens at the entrance to Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve.…

Our Mary Bowerman Science and Research colloquium earlier this month showcased the latest ecological research on and around Mount Diablo and in the Diablo Range. It featured research on the…

Earlier this year, a new visitor paid the East Bay a visit. Having flown north from Pinnacles National Park, condor #943, a young male, was spotted soaring over Brushy Peak…

The Diablo Range is a biodiversity refuge for many rare, endemic, or unusual plants and animals. In honor of our 50th anniversary, we’ve compiled a list of some of them.…

This year we’ve been celebrating a historic milestone in Save Mount Diablo history, we turned 50 on December 7, 2021! To commemorate our big anniversary, we celebrated for an entire…

As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we’ve been working with UC Berkeley’s Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library to create a series of oral histories of the empowering…

As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we’ve been working with UC Berkeley’s Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library to create a series of oral histories of the empowering…