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Rare “Fire Follower” Wildflowers After close to 400,000 acres of the northern Diablo Range was scorched by the catastrophic 2020 SCU Lightning Complex wildfires, we saw an opportunity. We wanted…

Stewardship, Education, and Outreach Updates Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate and Frenchy Hendryx, Education & Outreach Associate Adopt-a-Crag Save Mount Diablo led another Adopt-a-Crag event in partnership with…

In 2020, the landscape of Del Puerto Canyon and much of the area around it was transformed. That August, the fourth largest wildfire in recorded California history blazed through the…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Mangini Ranch Interpretive Gardens Staff completed the split-rail fence installation around the native interpretive gardens at Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve. De…

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…

Photos by Scott Hein Text by Bruce and Joan Hamilton We’re heading to a wild, windy spot we’ve visited more than a dozen times in the past two years. It’s…

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…

Check out these photos of wildflowers and wildlife taken at the burned area at Round Valley Regional Preserve during the 2021 BioBlitz. We’re getting ready for our 2022 BioBlitz and…

Check out these photos of wildflowers and wildlife taken at Del Puerto Canyon.

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…