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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—On January 9, 2023, Save Mount Diablo gratefully announced the creation of the Adler Education Fund to inspire a love of nature and connect our land trust…

Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton Connecting to Nature and Building Habitat We held a Conservation Collaboration Agreement (CCA) with De La Salle students at Mangini Ranch as part of…

Training New Docents Earlier this month, 17 new Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve docents joined us for a training and hike around the preserve. These new docents will be indispensable in…

This summer, we’re enlisting the help of young environmental stewards for some of our many projects! We’re looking forward to hosting a cohort of youth volunteers from Temple Isaiah this…

Interested in joining us as a volunteer? We have a need for some dedicated docents at our newly opened Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve. We opened the preserve to the public…

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…

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY—On March 30, 2022, Save Mount Diablo opened its Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve to the public, the first of its kind in Contra Costa County. People gathered at…

At the end of March, we will be opening our first educational preserve at Mangini Ranch, free for public group use. As we get closer to our launch date, we’re…

Save Mount Diablo is working to build the bench for land conservation in our area as well as connect with more diverse communities—so when Ted Clement was asked again to…