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Insight from Henry W. Coe State Park By Bruce and Joan Hamilton During the 2020 wildfire season in California, it felt like the whole world was on fire. When the…

Stewardship Update July 2021 Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate   Trekking towards 10,000 Trees We hosted two workdays this month focused on protecting young tree seedlings. Volunteers trekked…

Interviewed by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate About Jamie How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I have lived in the Bay Area for my entire life. Born…

The Diablo Range from Highway 198. Photo by Al Johnson “A mention of the Diablo Range in the Tri-Valley is likely to draw the response: ‘What range? Do you mean…

Warrior’s plume (Pedicularis densiflora). Photo by Scott Hein When lightning strikes began igniting fires across California last August, the East Bay Regional Park District staff scooped up water from reservoirs…

Developing the former Concord Naval Weapons Station will be a huge project in Concord, with more than 2,300 acres at stake. The project has the potential to be the city’s…

We didn’t get to this point in the economy, the environment, or the climate overnight. It took hundreds of years of social and economic decisions and over 150 years of…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—On Thursday, July 8, Save Mount Diablo completed its $15 million Forever Wild Capital Campaign—the largest and most consequential fundraising effort in the organization’s 50-year history. Through…

Story and photos by Bruce and Joan Hamilton How Did Wildlife Fare in the SCU Fires? As we pull into the parking lot at Sunol Regional Wilderness one June morning,…

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb In the last 100 years, a combination of burning fossil…