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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…

This year, we’ve planted hundreds of plants as we work towards our goal of planting and protecting 10,000 trees and plants in 10 years. Many of these plants are now…

Get a Closer Look at Save Mount Diablo’s Monarchs and Milkweeds Project! Monarch butterflies are an iconic North American species. Their migrations, spanning up to 3,000 miles, take them up…

It’s planting season! November, December, and January are the best months of the year to plant native plants in the Diablo region (and much of California), so that the plants…

Just three populations of the critically endangered annual Eriogonum truncatum, or Mount Diablo buckwheat, are known to exist in the wild, and their exact locations are all tightly held secrets.  …

This April and May, treat yourself to four days of inspiration at the 19th annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour! About the Bringing Back the Natives Tour Starting in…

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…

Mount Diablo is one of the biggest wildlife hubs in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. In the springtime, the mountain is a mosaic of different colors, enhancing the scenery.…

Western monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) have decreased in startling numbers in recent years. Though genetically the same species as their eastern counterparts, the western population travels from the Rocky…