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Save Mount Diablo Raises $15 Million to Protect 1,681 Acres
Credit: Cooper Ogden CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—On Thursday, July 8, Save Mount Diablo completed its $15 million Forever Wild Capital Campaign—the largest and most consequential fundraising effort in the organization’s 50-year history.Through Forever Wild, the organization raised the necessary funds to protect 1,681 acres of land in nine different properties. The total land conserved amounts to 2.6 square miles, an area bigger than Emeryville or the San Francisco Presidio.The strategically chosen land is rich in conservation value. For example, federally endangered wildlife like the California red-legged frog lives on several of the properties.The most recent property that funds were [...]
Many Acres of Wild Lands Have Been Saved
PROTECTED LANDS FROM 1971–2020
In 1971, there was just one park on Mount Diablo. It consisted of only 6,788 protected acres, mostly around the peak.
Working with partners such as California State Parks, Contra Costa County, the East Bay Regional Park District, local cities, the Coastal Conservancy, Contra Costa Water District, and others—we, together with the help of generous supporters like you, have pieced together a conserved expanse of Diablo wild lands that today is greater than 120,000 acres, an area bigger than Point Reyes National Seashore or the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Although we and our partners have had tremendous success at reassembling a large swath of the wild lands around Mount Diablo, there is still much work to do to save the remaining unprotected lands and allow our community to grow.
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