The spring-fed Krane Pond is an important water source for wildlife and a critical part of the mountain’s “Missing Mile.”
For years now, you — and Gary Bogue before you — and the Bay Area News Group have helped Save Mount Diablo raise funds to protect important properties on Mount Diablo.property, a 6.69-acre section of Mount Diablo’s “Missing Mile,” approximately a square mile of private, partly unprotected land on the slopes of Mount Diablo’s North Peak and just east of Clayton. The project cost is $500,000 and we’ve raised $304,288 so far.
The property’s most significant feature is the large pond that serves as its namesake. The Krane Pond property neighbors Mount Diablo State Park and is a major water source for wildlife of all kinds during the dry summers. Thanks to numerous generous individual donors, the Firedoll Foundation, and the Resources Legacy Fund, Save Mount Diablo has raised 60 percent of the $500,000 needed to protect Krane Pond. Two of our supporters, Dave and Dana Dornsife, have offered to match gifts up to $100,000 for the purchase and protection of Krane Pond.
It’s difficult to describe just how much effect a pond can have on creating a habitat for plants and wildlife, and how it can provide an essential corridor for animals on the move. Migratory birds will often stop in ponds along their routes. Ponds also provide an essential source of water for roaming mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, foxes and deer. Amphibians require water for part of their life cycle, and ponds help connect the dots for them to expand populations and find new habitats.
Krane Pond is a high-priority acquisition for Save Mount Diablo for these reasons as well as its specific location within the “Missing Mile,” where the property borders both developed property and the state park that development has encroached upon.Save Mount Diablo has already acquired or protected several properties in the “Missing Mile,” including
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