Save Mount Diablo Grant



Organization - Save Mount Diablo
Grant Amount - $756,100
Foundation - Moore Foundation
Grant Purpose - This grant will support Save Mt. Diablo to permanently protect the 320 acre Irish Canyon parcel, part of the Black Diamond Mines/Mt. Diablo Open Space Corridor in Contra Costa County. This acquisition is part of a landscape-level strategic effort to protect privately held land surrounding Mt. Diablo.


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