Annual Campout Under the Stars

Our Annual Campout Under the Stars is one of our biggest events of the year, which brings in both the greatest audience and amount of support for our organization. It has no political or advocacy agenda, aside from promoting the values of the organization: collaboration, conservation, and education. We incorporate some education each year; this year will be about the history of the ranches that participate in Diablo Trust, through rebuilding a set of historic corrals on a remote part of the ranch. In the past we’ve had nature hikes, forage monitoring, and archaeological presentations.

The dinner on Saturday is always a potluck, complete with burgers over an open fire (made from local, grassfed beef). Sunday’s breakfast is usually sausage and biscuits, cooked ‘cowboy style’ in a dutch oven, with cowboy coffee.