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Over the past few weeks we have received some much need precipitation in the Bay Area. January has been reminiscent of winters of the past – ones which were characterized…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY – Discover Diablo is Save Mount Diablo’s new free public hike series, offering an annual schedule of guided walks, hikes and interpretive tours open to any and…

Interviewed by Roxana Lucero, Stewardship and Outreach Intern About Cindy How long have you lived in the Bay Area? Since August 1979 How did you learn about Save Mount Diablo?…

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 was a historic day for Save Mount Diablo as we successfully sold our 5-acre Rideau property at 1650 Curry Canyon Road, Clayton to private buyers, Joseph Favalora…

Dear Friend of the Mountain, This year, Save Mount Diablo celebrates forty-five years of caring collaborations and relationships that have produced important and lasting conservation successes for our beloved mountain,…

“Discover Diablo” is Save Mount Diablo’s new program of free guided public hikes. One major component of Discover Diablo will be an annual schedule of free public hikes publicized at…

I grew up in Marin County thinking Mount Tamalpais was the greatest mountain ever. When I moved to Contra Costa County in the early 1990’s, Mt. Tam was still the…

Thanks to a team of botanists contracted by the East Bay Regional Park District (EPRPD), the endangered Mount Diablo Buckwheat was identified as thriving at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve…

How do we go about the business of saving the mountain? What exactly is it we are saving these days? Our land conservation work is an effective but convoluted mix…

Ten years after we began our work on the Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS) Area Reuse Plan, changes to this more than 5,000-acre swath between Concord and Pittsburg south of…