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Stewardship Update Text by Haley Sutton Mapping More Milkweeds for Monarchs Some milkweed plants on our properties have begun growing seed pods. And there are tiny caterpillars on them once…

In today’s world, cows are sometimes seen as detrimental to the environment. Besides emitting methane, a greenhouse gas that is 34 times as potent as carbon dioxide, they are commonly…

Concord City Council Rejects Seeno Demands but Extends Agreement with Seeno and Partners until Next January Last Tuesday, May 24, the Concord City Council voted 4–1 to extend an exclusive…

Interested in joining us as a volunteer? We have a need for some dedicated docents at our newly opened Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve. We opened the preserve to the public…

 On May 13 and 14, we hosted our first Two Days Diablo mountain-biking event. Throughout the weekend, 12 participants left civilization behind to journey through uninterrupted wilderness. The first…

Want to spend your afternoon on a beautiful trail with amazing views? Check out Donner Canyon, the Falls Trail, and the Donner Creek loop at Mount Diablo State Park! Distance:…

Grab your favorite pair of binoculars and celebrate Black Birders Week from Sunday, May 29th to Saturday, June 4th. This will be the third year of Black Birders Week; this…

In partnership with the California Native Plant Society, this year’s BioBlitz continued our focus on the SCU Lightning Complex and Deer Zone Fire sites. Our volunteers cataloged a large assortment…

Photos by Scott Hein Text by Bruce and Joan Hamilton We’re heading to a wild, windy spot we’ve visited more than a dozen times in the past two years. It’s…

Monarchs on Our Milkweeds in Seven Different Places We have been mapping where milkweeds are found on Save Mount Diablo’s lands and around the greater Mount Diablo region in an…