Audible Mount Diablo
CORRAL HOLLOW How a ranching family helped build a park. The third in Save Mount Diablo's series, "Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope," about the mysterious, little-known, 200-mile long Diablo Range. The series takes viewers into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love and vitally important in a time of climate change. Photos by Scott Hein and others. Music by Phil Heywood. Writing, production, and narration by Joan Hamilton.
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Three Wild Years in the Diablo Range With the help of ranchers, naturalists, scientists, and land managers, this 9-part series showcases the mysterious, little-known 200-mile long Diablo Range after the massive fires of 2020. It ventures into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love, vital to providing a refuge for plants, animals, and people in a time of climate change. With conservation efforts accelerating, this part of the inland Coast Range is fast becoming California's next big conservation story. Photos by Scott Hein...
info_outline Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 2Audible Mount Diablo
MORGAN TERRITORY, where the SCU fire hit home. The second in a series of films about the mysterious, little-known 200-mile long Diablo Range. The films take viewers into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love, vital to providing a refuge for plants, animals, and people in a time of climate change. Photos by Scott Hein and others. Music by Phil Heywood. Writing, production, and narration by Joan Hamilton.
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Early-blooming flowers bring beauty to the forested understory of Mount Diablo State Park. Here are a few that pop up January through March. A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association film by Kendall Oei, produced in partnership with Save Mount Diablo. Part of the Wild Mount Diablo series.
info_outline Wild Mount Diablo: WONDERS OF 2023Audible Mount Diablo
Join Wild Mount Diablo as we look back at some of our favorite photos from 2023. It's exciting to imagine what our intrepid photographers, Wally De Young and Kendall Oei, will come across this year!! A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association film produced in partnership with Save Mount Diablo.
info_outline Wild Mount Diablo: POISON OAKAudible Mount Diablo
The branches of this irritating plant are bare right now, but wise park visitors know to be wary. Learn of its infamous debut in London in the early 1800s—and how it's related to plants in many kitchens today. Part of Mount Diablo Interpretive Association's WILD MOUNT DIABLO series on the plants and animals of Mount Diablo State Park.
info_outline Bay Area Geology: Episode 5Audible Mount Diablo
Join us on the fifth episode of the TRAIL THROUGH TIME, a series of geology videos featuring naturalist Ken Lavin. Sponsored by the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo. Videography by Macha Rose. Animations by Tanya Atwater, UC Santa Barbara. Music by Phil Heywood. Produced by Joan Hamilton.
info_outline Bay Area Geology: Episode 4Audible Mount Diablo
SAND DOLLAR SECRETS The Pacific Ocean once lapped against the Sierra Nevada foothills. Here's the story of how the Bay Area eventually became dry land with two bedrocks.
info_outline Wild Mount Diablo: Wild BabiesAudible Mount Diablo
Meet the wild babies of Mount Diablo and learn what superpowers they are developing as they grow from babes in the woods to full grown predators—or prey! Whether sharp-toothed and venomous, or soft and fluffy, these wild babies are sure to surprise you with their innate gifts. Are baby rattlesnakes really more dangerous than adults? How big are great horned owls’ eyes? Which mom carries over 100 babies on her back? Watch "Wild Babies" and find out! A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association video produced by Wally De Young ...
info_outline Bay Area Geology: Episode 3Audible Mount Diablo
CLASHING PLATES The story of the Bay Area landscape begins 190 million years ago, 3,000 miles out in the Pacific Ocean under 10,000 feet of water.
info_outlineThere's still water on the Falls Trail. As you get near the end of the loop, you can check out a Mount Diablo rock formed from what Rachel Carson called "the long snowfall of the sea."
"Falls Trail" is 13-part series featuring Ken Lavin, Burt Bogardus, Paul Cardinet, and Jenn Roe. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo.