Audible Mount Diablo

Audible Mount Diablo

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...

Audible Mount Diablo

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. 

Audible 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.

Audible 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.  

Audible 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.

Audible 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. 

Audible 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     ...

Audible 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.

Audible Mount Diablo

FRANCISCAN ROCKS  The first person to study Mount Diablo geology in depth was a quirky UC Berkeley professor named Andrew Lawson. He found rocks that had emerged from volcanoes in the mid-Pacific. But how did they get on top of a 3,849-foot mountain?

Audible Mount Diablo

TRAIL THROUGH TIME   A 6.3-mile hike from the top to the bottom of Mount Diablo takes you through the Bay Area’s entire geologic history. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association, featuring Ken Lavin. Videography by Macha Rose. Animations by Tanya Atwater, UC Santa Barbara. Music by Phil Heywood. Produced by Joan Hamilton.