Chris Oakes | Volunteer of the Month
Interviewed by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Meet Chris How long have you lived in the Bay Area? I was 11 when my parents moved here from Pennsylvania in 1972.…
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Planting More Trees, Removing Litter and Graffiti in Pine Canyon, and Awesome Winter Hikes
Monthly Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Big News! Staff continued to get more native plants in the ground and spent a day propagating Contra Costa manzanita…
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Planting Trees, Trailer Cleanup Project, Fall Hikes with Outstanding Guides
Monthly Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Big Trees at Irish Canyon Irish Canyon is part of the Morgan Territory and Marsh Creek region near Clayton. Protected…
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Young People’s Perspective on Climate Change: Our Latest Conservation Collaboration Agreement
“Nature is so much bigger than us.” In our most recent Conservation Collaboration Agreement (CCA) with De La Salle High School, over 40 students planted native plants and prepared a…
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Catching Up with Stewardship: Fire Preparation, Dealing with Weeds, and More Fire Prep
Stewardship Update May 2021 Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Fire Abatement Is Finished! Save Mount Diablo has completed fire abatement on all required properties for the season! This…
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Planting Natives, Stuck in the Weeds, Quarantining, and More
Stewardship Update Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate An Update on Our Programs We miss working with our wonderful volunteers and are hopeful we’ll be able to work in…
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Racing against the Weeds, Fencing in the Cattle, Planning Bench Locations
Written by Haley Sutton, Land Stewardship Associate Race against the Weeds Photo by Haley Sutton Because of the change in the county health order at the end of January, staff…
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