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From learning about medicinal herbs found within Mitchell Canyon to scaling rocky cliffs in Pinnacles National Park, our Discover Diablo program has offered numerous and varied free excursions. Participants have…

On April 17, the Pittsburg City Council—Mayor Shanelle Scales-Preston, and Councilmembers Jelani Killings, Dionne Adams, and Angelica Lopez—approved Seeno/Discovery Builders’ 1,500-unit Faria project . This project, if it goes forward,…

You’ve probably heard the statistics about how kids don’t spend enough time outside these days, and about how much time they spend in the digital world. We’ve been working to…

Cooper Ogden is a freelance drone photographer who has been working with Save Mount Diablo to document the East Bay’s landscapes for years. His photography helps us advocate for the…

On a mid-May afternoon, Save Mount Diablo Land Programs Director Sean Burke headed out to check on some local nest boxes for American kestrels. These boxes have been instrumental for…

In 2020, the landscape of Del Puerto Canyon and much of the area around it was transformed. That August, the fourth largest wildfire in recorded California history blazed through the…

On May 5th, the Contra Costa Sustainability Exchange met at Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve for a fun and informative hike led by our Senior Land Use Manager, Juan Pablo Galván…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Mangini Ranch Interpretive Gardens Staff completed the split-rail fence installation around the native interpretive gardens at Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve. De…

Because of Save Mount Diablo’s focus on protecting Mount Diablo and its surrounding open spaces, the impacts of climate change on local species and ecosystems are a major concern for…

Meet Ashley How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I have lived in the Bay Area for most of my life! I have lived in different parts of…