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Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate and Kendra Smith, Education & Outreach Coordinator Nurturing Native Plants We started summer watering this month. On two occasions, volunteers joined…

Meet Pat How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I moved to the Bay Area from the Sacramento area in 1994. How did you learn about Save Mount…

3–2 Vote Puts Measure on Ballot Asking to Annex and Develop County Land—Breaking Urban Limit Line The Road Is OK, Development All Along It Is Not Save Mount Diablo and…

In August 2023, Save Mount Diablo acquired the 10-acre Balcerzak inholding, one of the last inholdings—private land surrounded by public land—in Mount Diablo State Park. It contains the most isolated…

As part of our Marsh Creek watershed project, we need to raise $1.455 million to acquire and protect the Ginochio Schwendel Ranch by December of this year. Please help us…

Proponents Withdraw Application, but Similar Project Could Return Later A proposal to make an existing 95-acre garbage dump almost four times bigger was withdrawn by the applicant this past March.…

Recently, we brought 73 kids outside to help care for trees and enjoy the local wildlife at Curry Canyon Ranch. On average, kids only spend four to seven minutes a…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate and Kendra Smith, Education & Outreach Coordinator Protecting Land with Conservation Easements Of the properties that Save Mount Diablo protects, some…

Meet Tabitha and Patrick How long have you lived in the Bay Area? Patrick has lived in the Bay Area his entire life and Tabitha for most of her life.…

Mount Diablo State Park  Mount Diablo State Park has dozens of places to pull in and enjoy the outdoors, and they all offer their own unique beauty. If one area…