Save Mount Diablo

LAND ACQUISITION & LAND USE:SAVE MOUNT DIABLO CONTINUES LONG-TERM NEGOTIATIONS TO PROTECT IMPORTANT PROPERTIES. SECURED AN OPTION AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE 6.69-ACRE KRANE POND PROPERTY WITHIN THE MISSING MILE THAT IS CONTIGUOUS WITH MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK. THE MISSING MILE IS ROUGHLY A SQUARE MILE ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF MOUNT DIABLO THAT CONTAINS MUCH PRIVATELY OWNED OPEN SPACE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CONSERVED. THE OPTION AGREEMENT GIVES US UNTIL OCTOBER 2023 TO RAISE $500,000 TO PROTECT THE STRATEGIC KRANE POND PROPERTY THAT PROVIDES CRITICAL WATER FOR WILDLIFE. Continued on Schedule O

EDUCATION & OUTREACH AND RECREATION: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO OFFERS NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL, OUTREACH AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS TO HELP DIRECTLY CONNECT OUR COMMUNITIES TO NATURE AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT IT, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SERVICE PROJECTS FOR OUR NATURAL WORLD, AND TO DIVERSIFY THE TYPES OF PEOPLE SERVED AND INVOLVED WITH OUR LAND CONSERVATION WORK.THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: OUR DISCOVER DIABLO FREE PUBLIC OUTINGS SERIES; OUR CONSERVATION COLLABORATION AGREEMENT PROGRAM FOR Continued on Schedule O

STEWARDSHIP: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO CURRENTLY OWNS AND/OR MANAGES 20 PROPERTIESTOTALING 2500 ACRES. SAVE MOUNT DIABLO ALSO HOLDS PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 3 PROPERTIES, TOTALING 173 ACRES.SUCCESFULLY STEWARDED THE THOUSANDS OF ACRES UNDER OUR CARE (PLANTING NATIVE SPECIES, REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES, REGULAR PROPERTY MONITORING, ETC.). Continued on Schedule O