Links

MDIA Publications Online LINKS PAGE

Bay Area Hikers
Bay Area Hiker organization was created to fully explore the diverse and wonderful spectrum of hiking in the San Francisco bay area.

Bay Area Hiking Clubs
List of hiking clubs around the Bay Area with website addresses.

Bay Nature
Magazine devoted to exploring, understanding, and celebrating the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area.

California Chaparral Field Institute
To promote an understanding and respect for the chapparral and the Mediterranean climate in which most Californians live.

California Native Plant Society
Originally formed in 1965 in the east bay region, the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals with a common interest in California's native plants.

California State Parks, Department of Parks and Recreation

California State Parks Foundation
A statewide non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, enhancing and advocating for California's magnificent State Parks.

Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District
Information on mosquito and yellow jacket control.

Diablo Nature Adventures
DNA is the teaching unit of Judith F. Adler & Associates which serves K-12 students. Field trips are offered on California cultural and natural history.

East Bay Nature
A retail store that specializes in everything for bird feeding and bird watching.

East Bay Regional Park District
You can download a PDF "Activity Guide" of scheduled events and activities that include parks around Mt. Diablo State Park. Also visits their Native Plants page.

East Bay Trail Dogs
East Bay Trail Dogs is a volunteer organization maintaining trails throughout Contra Costa and Alameda Counties

Greenbelt Alliance
Bay Area's land conservation and urban planning nonprofit whose mission is to make the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area a better place to live by protecting the region's greenbelt and improving the livability of its cities and towns.

LifeGarden
Through an ecological approach to life, with gardening as the focus, LifeGarden seeks to nurture the human spirit and health of the biosphere.

Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Lindsay Wildlife Museum is a unique natural history and environmental education center where live, wild animals are just inches away. More than 50 species of live, non-releasable, native California animals are on exhibit.

Mount Diablo Astronomical Society (MDAS)
Mount Diablo Astronomical Society (MDAS) is a docent group that provides regularly scheduled public programs on the lower summit parking lot of Mt. Diablo State Park.

Mount Diablo Audubon Society
Mount Diablo Audubon Society is committed to the sustainable balance of our community's people, birds, other wildlife, and habitat through conservation, education, and advocacy.

Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society
Protecting, preserving and displaying artifacts of the land surveying profession. Their website includes information on the history of Mt. Diablo as an initial survey point.

Mt. Diablo Volunteer Trail Crew Website - contains the group's current newsletter.

Museum of the San Ramon Valley
The mission of the museum, a non-profit community organization, is to preserve, perpetuate and promote for the public, the local historical and cultural heritage.

Nature Conservancy
The leading conservation organization working to protect the most ecologically important lands and waters around the world for nature and people.

Save Mount Diablo
A non-profit organization devoted to acquiring and preserving open space around Mt. Diablo and nearby land.

Sierra Club
San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Francisco Counties

University of California Botanical Garden
Develops and maintains a diverse living collection of plants to support teaching and worldwide research in plant biology, further the conservation of plant diversity, and promote public understanding and appreciation of plants and the natural environment.

University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
The mission of the Museum is to investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education.

Walunt Creek Open Space Foundation
The Foundation works to preserve and enhance Walnut Creek's nearly 3000 acres of open space and to educate area residents so that they can enjoy this wonderful resource.

EQUESTRIAN WEBSITE LINKS:
Alameda County Equestrian Society (ACES) - www.extendinc.com/aces;
California State Horsemen's Association, region 5 - www.csharegion5.com
Western Trailride Adventures - www.westerntrailride.com

PHOTO AND ART LINKS:
Sketching Nature and the Art of Bill Pierson Drawing, Exhitits and Artwork Home Page
Stephen Joseph Photo Website
Max Reif To Climb Is To Fly: A Mount Diablo Adventure A poem and photo essay.
Mt. Diablo - Christmas 2006 Jaime Ray

If you would like your website address included in this list, please contact mdiamail@aol.com

Astronomy Geology Plants Wildlife

MOUNT DIABLO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 346 - Walnut Creek, CA 94597-0346
(925) 927-7222 / FAX: (877) 349-5016