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As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we’ve been working with UC Berkeley’s Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library to create a series of oral histories of the empowering…

“He works harder than anybody in the organization,” Land Conservation Director Seth Adam said. “He gets up at 4:00 in the morning, is here by 6:00 or 6:30, works all…

This year, Save Mount Diablo is celebrating its 50-year anniversary. What will the next 50 years have in store? There are many new challenges that the organization faces. As climate…

At our inception in 1971, Mount Diablo State Park was just 6,788 acres, and today, as a result of the work we and our partners have done, it’s nearly 20,000…

As a part of our 50th anniversary celebration, the Berkeley Remix, a podcast of the Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley created a three-part series. It’s…

As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we’ve been working with UC Berkeley’s Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library to create a series of oral histories of the empowering…

When asked what advice he would give to the next generation of environmental advocates and activists, Seth quoted his friend and activist Bob Walker: “Find something that you’re passionate about…

How Do You Inspire the Future? When Save Mount Diablo was co-founded 50 years ago by Art Bonwell and Mary Bowerman, they gave a voice to the mountain at a…

December 7, 2021, is Save Mount Diablo’s 50th anniversary. We plan to celebrate the entire next year, through December 7, 2022. To commemorate this milestone, we created a special 50th…

Save Mount Diablo’s 50th anniversary is on December 7, 2021. We will be celebrating this very special anniversary from December 7, 2021 to December 7, 2022, with memorable events and activities throughout the year.

We’ll offer 50th anniversary hikes and outings, and we’ll invite our communities to a fabulous 50th anniversary celebration in September of 2022. Our 50th anniversary logo is based on one of Save Mount Diablo’s earliest artistic renderings from the early 1970s; it captures the spirit of the time, and honors the past while inspiring the future.