Audible Mount Diablo

Joan Hamilton: writer, producer

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

  • 7 minutes 52 seconds
    Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 5

    COYOTE CONNECTIONS 

    Keeping cities safe and wildlife healthy.

    The fifth in Save Mount Diablo's series, "Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope," about the mysterious, little-known, 200-mile long Diablo Range. The series  takes viewers into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love and vital refuges in a time of climate change.

    Photos by Scott Hein and others. Music by Phil Heywood. Writing, production, and narration by Joan Hamilton.
    17 May 2024, 1:00 am
  • 6 minutes 21 seconds
    Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 4

    OHLONE WILDERNESS

    How Wildlife Fared After the 2020 Fire 

    The fourth in a series of Save Mount Diablo's videos about the  mysterious, little-known, 200-mile long Diablo Range.  Viewers venture into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love.  Photos by Scott Hein and others. Music by Phil Heywood. Writing, production, and narration by Joan Hamilton.
    10 May 2024, 1:00 am
  • 11 minutes 11 seconds
    Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope: Episode 3

    CORRAL HOLLOW How a ranching family helped build a park. 

    The third in Save Mount Diablo's series, "Fire, Drought, Rain, and Hope," about the mysterious, little-known, 200-mile long Diablo Range. The series takes viewers into places off the beaten track for most Bay Area residents, yet deeply connected to places they already love and vitally important in a time of climate change. Photos by Scott Hein and others. Music by Phil Heywood. Writing, production, and narration by Joan Hamilton.
    3 May 2024, 1:00 am
  • 8 minutes 58 seconds
    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.

    19 April 2024, 1:00 am
  • 10 minutes 2 seconds
    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.

     

    18 April 2024, 9:40 pm
  • 4 minutes 14 seconds
    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. 

    8 March 2024, 2:00 am
  • 3 minutes 59 seconds
    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.
    9 February 2024, 2:00 am
  • 4 minutes 57 seconds
    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.  
    26 January 2024, 6:40 pm
  • 1 minute 48 seconds
    Bay Area Geology: Episode 5

    Mount Diablo's distinctive "pillow basalt" erupted from submarine volcanoes hundreds of millions of years ago. Learn how it made its way to the top of a mountain, in 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.

    12 January 2024, 2:00 am
  • 3 minutes 15 seconds
    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.  Join us on 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.

    22 December 2023, 2:00 am
  • 9 minutes 32 seconds
    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        
    8 December 2023, 2:00 am
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