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Del Puerto Canyon Community Cleanup with Love Patterson - April 18th, 2026 at 8am

Sign up here! https://lovepatterson.com/Projects/View-Project?ID=133 Weather and other conditions permitting. Join us for a morning on the third Saturday of the month to help take care of Del Puerto Canyon, meet new friends, and learn about recent updates about efforts to protect it from the proposed dam project. We're cleaning the area monthly to remove trash and graffiti from this place both because we care about it and as a participant in the adopt-a-road program. This mo

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Apr 13 min read

Concerns raised by the EPA and CalGEM about proposed Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir

Public comments from both the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the state California Department of Conservation - Geologic Energy Management Division expressing concerns about the proposed Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir have recently been published. At the federal level, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states: They are concerned about the destruction of wetland and aquatic habitats, including rare groundwater-fed features called alkali seeps. These slow-flowi

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Mar 253 min read

From our partners at Save Mount Diablo: Major flaws in Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir's revised environmental review

A few days ago, Save Mt. Diablo publicly relased the findings of their own investigation of and statements regarding Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir's revised state Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Some of their findings are: Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir's EIR undercounts/does not account for dozens of species, including 13 species of conservaton concern, that Save Mt. Diablo's contracted biologist found downstream of the proposed main dam. The EIR fails to explain how wetland e

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Mar 242 min read

Del Puerto Canyon Community Cleanup March 21st at 9am (Weather and other conditions permitting)

Weather and other conditions permitting. Join us for a morning on the third Saturday of the month to help take care of Del Puerto Canyon, meet new friends, and learn about recent updates about efforts to protect it from the proposed dam project. We're cleaning the area monthly to remove trash and graffiti from this place both because we care about it and as a participant in the adopt-a-road program. Volunteers for the cleanup will meet up at 9am at 3300 Del Puerto Canyon Roa

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Mar 163 min read

Del Puerto Canyon Community Cleanup, Feb. 21, 2026 at 10am (weather and other conditions permitting)

*Weather and other conditions permitting* Join us for a morning on the third Saturday of the month to help take care of Del Puerto Canyon, meet new friends, and learn about recent updates about efforts to protect it from the proposed dam project. We're cleaning the area monthly to remove trash and graffiti from this place both because we care about it and as a participant in the adopt-a-road program. Volunteers for the cleanup will meet up at 10am at 3300 Del Puerto Canyon Ro

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Feb 173 min read

Action Network petition for writing public comments for the revised state Environmental Impact Report (EIR) by 1/30/26

The deadline for submitting public comments for the state revised Environmental Impact Report (EIR) just a few days away on 1/30/2026. Here is a link to a petition jointly crafted with Save Mt. Diablo to help those who have not yet submitted their public comments to do so. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/savedelpuertocyn . Feel free to either use the text provided or to edit it. Del Puerto Water District says they want to only hear concerns about downstream impacts to terr

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Jan 261 min read

Del Puerto Canyon Community Cleanup 1/17/2026 at 10am (weather and other conditions permitting)

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Jan 133 min read

Action Network Petition for writing public comments for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir's EIS by 1/12

Within the Gateway of Del Puerto on a Spring Day - photo by Elias Funez Since the deadline for submitting public comments about our concerns regarding Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir for the federal Environmental Impact Statement is approaching on 1/12/2026, we have created an Action Network letter writing campaign to help people interested in doing so. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/public-comments-for-del-puerto-canyon-reservoir-eis/ . Feel free to either use the text provid

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Jan 71 min read

A closer look at some of the Native American archaeological sites and other historical features at risk of destruction from Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir

A combination of pictures showing a few of the grinding rock/bedrock mortar sites and a segment of a carved footpath in the Gateway Rocks that are all at risk from the proposed Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir. Exact locations of these sites are omitted for their protection. In Section 3.6-5 of the draft Environmental Report (dEIR) for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, they use the following to describe P-50-0344, a site they identify as a potentially “unique” archaeological site tha

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Dec 6, 20258 min read

A new article in the Valley Citizen highlights growing grassroots and legislative efforts to protect Del Puerto Canyon and the Diablo Range

https://thevalleycitizen.com/growing-opposition-to-proposed-del-puerto-canyon-reservoir/ A new piece is out in the Valley Citizen highlighting both the continued growth of our group aiming to protect Del Puerto Canyon and increasing coordination between a multiregional network of more than 60 organizations and federal agencies to conserve the Diablo Range. The dream of an interconnected system of parks and land trusts including Del Puerto Canyon that would be roughly 5 times

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Nov 13, 20251 min read

Del Puerto Canyon Community Cleanup: November 15th at 10am (*weather and other conditions permitting)

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Oct 31, 20253 min read

Del Puerto Canyon Community Cleanup October 18th, 2025

*Weather and other conditions permitting* Join us for a morning on the third Saturday of the month to help take care of Del Puerto Canyon, meet new friends, and learn about recent updates about efforts to protect it from the proposed dam project. We're also cleaning the area monthly as part of the adopt-a-road program. Volunteers for the cleanup will meet up at 10am at 3300 Del Puerto Canyon Road, Patterson, CA 95363. Trash bags will be provided. Please bring gloves, plenty o

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Oct 12, 20253 min read