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“After years of efforts, and despite being threatened with a County approved 40-lot subdivision plan for forty years, Save Mount Diablo is extremely relieved and pleased to announce that it has successfully acquired and protected the 95-acre Anderson Ranch which is rich in conservation values in the strategic Morgan Territory area. We thank our wonderful supporters and partners for helping us have the ability to complete this deal and with it deliver a holiday gift that will give lasting green returns to our community,” said Ted Clement, Save Mount Diablo Executive Director.

Save Mount Diablo’s accomplishments in 2017 propelled growth in all our priority areas: By the end of 2017, we will have preserved critical habitat that had been on our high-priority…

WALNUT CREEK, CA – On December 7th, Mount Diablo’s Beacon will be relit by survivors of Pearl Harbor. We invite you to attend the ceremony to pay tribute to the…

An interview with Volunteer of the Month (December 2017): Jeff Radigan – IPM team, DiRT team, and Stewardship team volunteer. Conducted by Save Mount Diablo’s Stewardship & Outreach Associate, Roxana Lucero.

Not knowing what I was getting myself into, I drove clockwise around the mountain in May of 2009 to Diablo’s ‘Morning Side’, where I was due to report for a…

CONCORD/WALNUT CREEK, CA – In honor of Thanksgiving 2017, Save Mount Diablo (“SMD”), Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School (“JM”), and Bedell Frazier Investment Counselling, LLC (“Bedell Frazier”) signed a Conservation Collaboration Agreement on November 6, 2017…

An interview with Volunteer of the Month (November 2017): Carol Lane – Trail Dogs Volunteer, Property Steward, Hike Leader, IPM team and special events volunteer. Conducted by Save Mount Diablo’s Stewardship & Outreach Associate, Roxana Lucero.

Real Estate Depends on Quality of Place EAST BAY, CA – Compass Real Estate Group and Save Mount Diablo are pleased to announce a creative new partnership to further the…

An interview with Volunteer of the Month (October 2017): Craig Conlon – Co-property Steward of Marsh Creek 6, regular DiRT volunteer. Conducted by Save Mount Diablo’s Stewardship & Outreach Associate, Roxana Lucero.

An interview with Volunteer of the Month (September 2017): Jim Felton – Board member, Property Steward, and fundraising volunteer. Conducted by Save Mount Diablo’s Stewardship & Outreach Associate, Roxana Lucero.