Preserving the Environment While Hiking
Preserving the Environment While Hiking By Molly C., Contributing Author Photograph by Al Johnson Hiking is one of the best ways to enjoy the outdoors and enjoy nature. While…
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Getting Kids Outdoors: Save Mount Diablo Collaborates on Conservation with Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School and Bedell Frazier Investment Counselling
WALNUT CREEK, CA–According to the report, The Path Ahead, “Today, kids spend less time outside than prison inmates, with the average child playing freely outside for just four to seven…
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Mark Belotz | Volunteer of the Month (February 2019)
Interviewed by Laura Kindsvater, Stewardship & Outreach Intern About Mark How long have you lived in the Bay Area? My entire life! All 62 years—I was born in Oakland and…
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Announcing Audible Mount Diablo’s Newest Video Podcast Season, “Harvest of Fire: A Hiker’s Guide to Mount Diablo Plants”
WALNUT CREEK, CA—On March 14, an exciting new show on the native wildflowers that bloom after a wildfire on Mount Diablo will be premiered at a special screening event at…
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Registration is Now Open for the 2019 Diablo Trails Challenge!
5K, 10K, Half Marathon, & 50K Run Saturday, April 13, 2019 Diablo Trails Challenge has a run for everyone, from those hitting the trail for the first time to experienced…
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Matthew Zajac | Volunteer of the Month (January 2019)
Interviewed by Laura Kindsvater, Stewardship & Outreach Intern About Matthew How long have you lived in the Bay Area? 23 years now. I first started off with Berkeley. Then I…
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An Integrated Approach to Understanding Behavioral Responses of Free-Living Mammals to Human-Induced Rapid Change
Dr. Jennifer E. Smith and her students received a grant from Save Mount Diablo’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program in 2018. The grant, “An integrated approach to understanding behavioral…
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Marsh Creek Volcanics
Ryan Fay and Ray Sullivan received a Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program grant in 2018. Ryan Fay, Geologist at Albion Partners, presented their research on Marsh Creek volcanics at Save…
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Predatory Behavior and Cyanide Resistance of Millipede-Hunting Beetles (Promecognathus) in the Diablo Range
Brandt Weary, Entomologist, received a 2018 grant from Save Mount Diablo’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program and presented his research at Save Mount Diablo’s 5th Annual Mary Bowerman Science…
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Save Mount Diablo Releases 2019 Schedule for Its Annual Free Public Hikes Program, Discover Diablo
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—Save Mount Diablo’s Discover Diablo is a free public hike program that offers an annual schedule of guided interpretive family walks, hikes, and property tours open to any…
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