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If you are a regular visitor to Mount Diablo, it is likely that you have entered the park at some point via Mitchell Canyon. If so, you know that the…

Watching the sun rise or set from open space, immersed in the sounds of wildlife, can be a wonderful experience. Spending time outdoors has innumerable physical and mental health benefits,…

Traverse along creeks and over rolling hills in a journey through Pine Canyon. This idyllic route takes you from Little Pine Creek Road to Barbecue Terrace Road through the backcountry…

Want to spend your afternoon on a beautiful trail with amazing views? Check out Donner Canyon, the Falls Trail, and the Donner Creek loop at Mount Diablo State Park! Distance:…

Monarchs on Our Milkweeds in Seven Different Places We have been mapping where milkweeds are found on Save Mount Diablo’s lands and around the greater Mount Diablo region in an…

CEMEX USA announced today that after six years of collaboration and discussion, the company is intending to donate 101 acres of undeveloped land to the State of California that are…

Recently, Save Mount Diablo completed our historic $15 million Forever Wild Capital Campaign—the largest and most consequential fundraising effort in the organization’s 50-year history. Through Forever Wild, we raised the…

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Mount Diablo State Park, as well as California State Parks’ 50 years of collaboration with Save Mount Diablo. In celebration, let’s look back…

Save Mount Diablo’s stewardship staff recently finished its annual monitoring of the 36-acre Mount Diablo Gateway conservation easement. By agreement, the conservation easement is held by the East Bay Regional…

“Mount Diablo, a mass of purple in the morning. Nature is always lovely, invincible, glad whatever is done or suffered by her creatures. All scars she heals; whether in rocks…