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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—Explore some of the East Bay’s premiere hiking spots with Save Mount Diablo in 2021, including areas rarely open to the public. The Discover Diablo hike series offers…

Volunteers and staff with the last load of debris from the Anderson Ranch cleanup; see November’s stewardship update for the story. Photography by Sean Burke. Planting and Weeding and Watering,…

Image by Heath Bartosh Grant funding from Save Mount Diablo’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research program has helped scientists at Nomad Ecology model habitat to determine possible new planting sites…

After a remarkable 47 years of service at the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD), General Manager Robert E. Doyle will be retiring at the end of this month. His…

Story by Haley Sutton This year’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium, like many other events this year, took on a virtual setting. We had a fantastic lineup of presentations…

Interviewed by Roxana Lucero, Land Stewardship Manager About Steve How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I’ve lived in the Bay Area for more than 46 years. How…

On the morning of August 16th, 2020, Margaret Kruse jumped out of bed to the sound of thunder and lightning. The sky was gold. Atop the ridge beside her ranch,…

This December 7th, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, three local survivors of World War II’s “Day of Infamy”—the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941—will share their stories as part of…

ACQUISITION: Protecting Land Forever Save Mount Diablo works to protect land forever through direct acquisition (fee-title ownership) and by perpetual conservation easement. We used both strategies in 2020 for essential…

Update on Volunteer Programs We are continuing to halt our regularly scheduled stewardship volunteer programs like DiRT, stewardship workdays, and IPM workdays because of COVID-19. We will not be posting…