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As Save Mount Diablo works to raise funds to acquire and protect Krane Pond on the lower slopes of Mount Diablo, next to Mount Diablo State Park, we are reminded…

Last year, officials counted just a single male Lange’s metalmark butterfly on the eastern parcel of the Antioch Dunes. The species was extirpated from the western side after fires and…

Seth Adams—Why I Love Krane Pond Every kid deserves a pond. I had several. It’s one of the reasons I want to protect Krane Pond, and why I’m asking for…

Last November, Save Mount Diablo purchased the option to acquire the Krane Pond property, a 6.69-acre section of Mount Diablo’s “Missing Mile” on the slopes of North Peak. Its most…

WALNUT CREEK, CA—In another step towards the permanent conservation of the Krane Pond property, the Firedoll Foundation recently awarded Save Mount Diablo a $50,000 grant towards its $500,000 goal. Krane…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—In February, the East Bay Regional Park District was granted $7 million from the California Coastal Conservancy for the purchase of the $11.4 million 768-acre Finley Road…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors authorized entering into an option agreement to purchase the 768-acre Finley Road Ranch property.…

Stretching from the Diablo foothills to Barbeque Terrace on Mount Diablo, Pine Canyon hosts numerous wildlife species in its wind caves and oak savannas. This wildlife corridor supports the migrations…

Half a year after completing the conservation easement for nearly 154 acres of land owned by the Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association—we’re excited to be helping the CMDTRA steward…

CEMEX USA announced today that after six years of collaboration and discussion, the company is intending to donate 101 acres of undeveloped land to the State of California that are…