Audible Mount Diablo

Audible Mount Diablo is an invitation to adventure. Its free multimedia tours combine lively interviews and music with the rush of wind and the chirps, howls, and growls of wildlife. Naturalists heighten visitors’ appreciation of the sights and sounds at each stop, tell tales of the mountain’s past, and suggest what to look for around the next bend. Perfect to prepare for your first--or your hundredth--trip up the mountain. Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo and the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association Produced by Audio Guides to the Outdoors

Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode One 04/19/2024

Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode One 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 and others. Music by Phil Heywood. Writing, production, and narration by Joan Hamilton. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/30598358

Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 2 04/18/2024

Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 2 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/30892653

Early Bloomers 03/08/2024

Early Bloomers 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/26409618

Wild Mount Diablo: WONDERS OF 2023 02/09/2024

Wild Mount Diablo: WONDERS OF 2023 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/29862568

Wild Mount Diablo: POISON OAK 01/26/2024

Wild Mount Diablo: POISON OAK 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/29665438

Bay Area Geology: Episode 5 01/12/2024

Bay Area Geology: Episode 5 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/12568982

Bay Area Geology: Episode 4 12/22/2023

Bay Area Geology: Episode 4 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/12192401

Wild Mount Diablo: Wild Babies 12/08/2023

Wild Mount Diablo: Wild Babies 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 /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/28976813

Bay Area Geology: Episode 3 11/30/2023

Bay Area Geology: Episode 3 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/14519231

Bay Area Geology: Episode 2 11/17/2023

Bay Area Geology: Episode 2 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? /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/12192368

Bay Area Geology: Introduction 11/10/2023

Bay Area Geology: Introduction 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. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/12192296

WILD MOUNT DIABLO: Late Bloomers 11/03/2023

WILD MOUNT DIABLO: Late Bloomers Spring has come and gone, but the wildflower bloom is not done. Mount Diablo has its own superblooms, and some of them are long lasting. A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association film featuring Kendall Paul Oei. Episode 12 in the Wild Mount Diablo series. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/28498700

Wild Mount Diablo: LADYBUGS 10/27/2023

Wild Mount Diablo: LADYBUGS This just in: The ladybugs have returned to Mount Diablo! Learn all about their meanderings in this Mount Diablo Interpretive Association video featuring naturalist Ken Lavin. Images by Arnold Joe, Scott Hein, and Kendall Oei. Music by Daniel Kaede. Produced by Joan Hamilton. Adapted from "Mitchell Canyon" Audible Mount Diablo, 2017. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/25954638

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 9 10/19/2023

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 9 CONNECTIONS It's been a colorful spring, and the fun's not over. You can keep making discoveries all year long. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/9825242

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 8 10/13/2023

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 8 Mount Diablo has attracted some famous botanists, including David Douglas, Alice Eastwood, and John Howell. Learn their stories—and those of the modern-day explorers following in their footsteps. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/8547755

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 6 09/28/2023

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 6 SHRUBS Dive into the mysteries of chaparral, a plant community that covers 3 percent of Earth's surface and nurtures 20 percent of its biodiversity. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/9271424

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 4 09/14/2023

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 4 TREES Lessons learned from Mount Diablo's oaks, pines, bays, and buckeyes. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/8848310

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 3 09/01/2023

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 3 The 2013 Morgan Fire swept across 3,000 acres and yielded new knowledge about life on the East Bay's highest peak. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/8848241

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 2 08/25/2023

A Hiker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants: Episode 2 A HIKER'S GUIDE TO MOUNT DIABLO PLANTS Why is this 3,849-foot peak so central to California's cultural and natural history? Find out on a hike near the summit. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/8520017

A HIker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants 08/18/2023

A HIker's Guide to Mount Diablo Plants A HIKER'S GUIDE TO MOUNT DIABLO PLANTS. Enjoy 5 fascinating hikes led by rare-plant expert Heath Bartosh. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/8519192

Winding Down Lime Ridge Looking for Wildlife 08/11/2023

Winding Down Lime Ridge Looking for Wildlife As you wind your way through the lovely hills of Lime Ridge, keep an eye out for wildlife. In this episode Seth Adams and Scott Hein discuss 1) one that's still common all over the area 2) an introduced species whose numbers have exploded and 3) a native species that's making a heartening comeback. Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. First published in 2012. Photos by Scott Hein. Music by Phil Heywood. We regret an error in this version: what is labeled "mule deer" is actually a Columbian black-tailed deer. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/26535933

Summer Scents: Big Tarplant 08/04/2023

Summer Scents: Big Tarplant Learn about a rare plant that waits until summer to grace the hills of Lime Ridge Open Space on the eastern edge of Walnut Creek, California. Featuring Heath Bartosh. Sponsored by Save Mount Diablo in partnership with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. Photos courtesy of Scott Hein and Heath Bartosh. First published in 2012. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/26535900

Wild Mount Diablo PINES 07/14/2023

Wild Mount Diablo PINES Can you name three pine species that grow in Mount Diablo State Park? Learn to ID them by their pinecones (2 supersized, 1 clingy). Hear about how they're adapted to fire and drought. Meet the gun-toting botanists who collected their cones in the 1830s. A Mount Diablo Interpretive Association video featuring Ken Lavin and Seth Adams. Production by Joan Hamilton. Music by Music Revolution. Photos by Joan Hamilton, Neal Kramer, Kendall Oei, and courtesy of Strybing Arboretum. Adapted from Audible Mount Diablo's Curry Point, Mitchell Canyon, and Falls Trail guides sponsored by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association and Save Mount Diablo. Special thanks to Wild Mount Diablo team members Wally De Young, Anastasia Hobbet, and Kendall Oei. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/27438912

Falls Trail 13: A Fine June Walk 06/23/2023

Falls Trail 13: A Fine June Walk Learn about Mount Diablo's Wasserman Trail and some of the wild and not-so-wild life you might see along the way. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/11425436

Falls Trail 12: Chert 06/16/2023

Falls Trail 12: Chert Check out a Mount Diablo rock formed from what Rachel Carson called "the long snowfall of the sea." /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/11425424

Falls Trail 11: Remarkable Rocks 06/09/2023

Falls Trail 11: Remarkable Rocks About halfway into this classic Mount Diablo hike, we get our first good look at the waterfalls of Wild Oat Canyon and the well-traveled rock that hosts the show: pillow basalt. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/11425415

Falls Trail 10: Leather Oak 06/02/2023

Falls Trail 10: Leather Oak High in heavy metals and low in nutrients, serpentine soil is difficult for most plants. But it's rich in unusual species—like scrawny Quercus durata: leather oak. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/11425394

Falls Trail 9: Oracle Oak 05/26/2023

Falls Trail 9: Oracle Oak Meet Mount Diablo's rarest oak, and the feminist who first named it for science: Albert Kellogg. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/11425370

Falls Trail 5: Tales of Donner Cabin 05/19/2023

Falls Trail 5: Tales of Donner Cabin History sleuths: Wander around an old cabin site in Mount Diablo State Park to find clues about how people used and misused this land in the 20th century. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/11425244

Falls Trail 4: The Great Fire of 1977 05/12/2023

Falls Trail 4: The Great Fire of 1977 Happy Thanksgiving! Now that the rains have come, it may be easier to think about fire in our wildlands. Here's a first-person account of the Great Fire of 1977 from former Mount Diablo State Park ranger Burt Bogardus. /episode/index/show/audiblemountdiablo/id/11425196

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