Lupine growing in the Ecocultural GardenCal State East Bay
tuuštak Ecocultural Garden
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We restore and steward 100 acres of oak woodland, highland chaparral, and the Galindo Creek riparian corridor, at the base of tuuštak, our most sacred mountain, known today as Mt. Diablo.
The Partnership
In this beautiful place, mak-warép Ohlone Land Conservancy works alongside Cal State East Bay Concord and our dear friends at Terremoto Landscape. Together we restore a landscape that teaches the abundance of the East Bay, actively repairing land once grazed by cattle, for the benefit of everyone who lives here now.
Fire, Renewed
Here, we have implemented two cultural burns through 2026, the first one of which was the first burn in at least two generations, with seasonal burns to come every year. Each burn is paired with ongoing soil monitoring and work that eases the overgrowth that leads to wildfire and encourages the plants that belong here to keep coming back.
“It's a way of giving back to the land."
— Auntie Dottie, 95, at tuuštak for the first renewed burn in generations
Dr. Salmon's Students
Galindo Creek Field Station
Bat box at creek
Creek clean up by bat box
Creek clean up
Creek clean up
Creek clean up
Elderberry in garden
Cathy and Kathy Planting during EPA Site Visit
Kathy with Press at EPA Site Visit
Monarch on milkweed
October burn area
Burn area from below
Burn area after rain
Reclaimed wood planter boxes, CCRCD staff
Reclaimed wood planter boxes
View of Mt Diablo from garden
Wildflower seeding area
Wildflower seeding
CSUEB Planting
CSUEB Planting
Lupine in garden
Sticky Monkey Flower