June 2, 2026

 

The Honorable Josh Becker

Chair, Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee

1021 O Street, Suite 3220

Sacramento, CA 95814

 

RE: Support ACR 107 (Bauer-Kahan): The Diablo Range

Dear Chair Becker:

On behalf of [enter your organization here], I am writing to respectfully request your committee’s favorable consideration of Assembly Concurrent Resolution 107 (ACR 107), a resolution recognizing the critical conservation importance of the Diablo Range.

The Diablo Range, of which Mount Diablo is a part of, provides California with one of its best opportunities to meet its 30×30 goals.  This mountain range is over 200 miles long, runs through 12 counties, and contains over 4 million acres, that are largely intact open space areas, of which only about 27% is currently protected.

The Diablo Range is a critical wildlife habitat corridor, with species like California condors, tule elk, golden eagles, blunt-nosed leopard lizards, and numerous endemic plants like the Mount Diablo globe lily.

Further, over 10 million people live nearby in communities around the Diablo Range.  Thus, conserving more of the range provides California with a truly outstanding way to meet its 30×30 goals and help more people connect with nature.

The mountain range is facing numerous threats (residential development proposals, energy exploration efforts, reservoir proposals, etc.), but there are also opportunities like growing conservation partnerships for the range.

If ACR 107 is adopted, it will create a heightened awareness regarding the critical conservation, biodiversity and recreation values associated with the Diablo Range and create more momentum for its protection.

I want to thank you for all your important work in the conservation arena and respectfully request your support of ACR 107.