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What Is a BioBlitz? A BioBlitz is a race against time to identify as many species as possible within a set time and place. It helps demonstrate the biodiversity of…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate and Kendra Smith, Education & Outreach Coordinator Fire Abatement Season Our team spent about half our time this month weed whipping…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate and Kendra Smith, Education & Outreach Coordinator Celebrating Earth Month We are always celebrating Mother Earth at Save Mount Diablo! However,…

How long have you lived in the Bay Area? The last nine years in the East Bay but 50 (!) years in the greater Bay Area starting with college at…

The Diversity Dance in the Diablo Range Of the many marvelous plants and animals you can see during a hike in the Diablo Range, insects may be the most understated…

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…