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CONTRA COSTA, STANISLAUS, AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES—Explore some of the East Bay’s premiere hiking and natural areas with Save Mount Diablo in 2024, including places rarely open to the public.…

There are many great resources on what to keep in a general first-aid kit, like one you might keep in your car, at home, or work.  But those are often…

From learning about medicinal herbs found within Mitchell Canyon to scaling rocky cliffs in Pinnacles National Park, our Discover Diablo program has offered numerous and varied free excursions. Participants have…

CONTRA COSTA, STANISLAUS, AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES—Explore some of the East Bay’s premiere hiking and natural areas with Save Mount Diablo in 2023, including places rarely open to the public.…

Monthly Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Sheep in Action This month we held our first-ever DiRT day at our Dry Creek property in Brentwood. Eleven volunteers…

Monthly Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Trail Builders Sean Hanley, of Troop 221, completed his Eagle Scout project at Big Bend this month. The scout recruited…

Monthly Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Big News! Staff continued to get more native plants in the ground and spent a day propagating Contra Costa manzanita…

On December 18, 2021, people who love the outdoors met to clean up the Castle Rock area of Pine Canyon. Save Mount Diablo organized the second-ever volunteer cleanup effort in…

We recently hosted our first two rock-climbing events at Rock City in Mount Diablo State Park as part of our Discover Diablo hikes and outings program. By adding rock climbing…

We love going outdoors, and we’re sure you do too. To protect nature, we all need to do our part and treat it with respect. Usually, no one wants to…