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This summer, we’re continuing our work to support western monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) populations on and around Mount Diablo. The Diablo region is part of a major migration corridor…

In partnership with the California Native Plant Society, this year’s BioBlitz continued our focus on the SCU Lightning Complex and Deer Zone Fire sites. Our volunteers cataloged a large assortment…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Milkweed Update Last month we shared the exciting news that California milkweed (Asclepias californica) has been identified on our properties. This…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve Is Open! Staff and volunteers have been working hard over the past year to prepare Mangini Ranch…

In December 2021, the Dr. Mary Bowerman Science and Research program awarded three Dr. Mary Bowerman Science and Research grants, providing up to $5,500 in support of research done throughout…

By Susan Ingersoll In early December, at Save Mount Diablo’s Dr. Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium, UC Berkeley PhD student Erin Person presented preliminary results of Dining with Friends,…

This year’s Mary Bowerman Science and Research Colloquium once again took place virtually. We had a fantastic lineup of presentations from Save Mount Diablo grant recipients and other researchers that…

By Staci Hobbet, Lead, Peregrine Team in Pine Canyon Peregrine versus Prairie Falcon Encounter Mom was delivering a pigeon for lunch when the attack came. It was clutched in her…

With over 2,500 recorded observations stretching across the 620-square-mile SCU Lightning Complex fire footprint, Save Mount Diablo’s 2021 BioBlitz concluded with exhilarating findings. By Denise Castro Save Mount Diablo conducts…

Save Mount Diablo’s 2021 BioBlitz has made an exhilarating find! This dispersed two-week long BioBlitz covers the public parks and roads in the fire footprint of the nearly 400,000-acre SCU…