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	<title>Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy &#8211; The Catalina Islander</title>
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		<title>Conservancy launches fire danger level program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Conservancy today launched a daily fire danger program paired with a new fox mascot modeled after the Island’s endemic Catalina Island fox, a species found nowhere else on Earth. The campaign turns awareness into action to reduce wildfire risk and the frequency of human-caused fires, protecting the Island’s wildlands, wildlife and the community [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy announces deer season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Island Conservancy on June 18 announced a new approach to the annual deer hunting season, offering exclusive access to island residents in 2025. The resident-only season will run from Oct. 15 through Dec. 15 with up to 200 tags available. This initiative continues to honor a long-standing local tradition. Why the change? More [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy names Whitney Latorre as new CEO</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New President and CEO Latorre brings unique experience as media executive; from nonprofit organizations and higher education The Board of Directors of the Catalina Island Conservancy announced Thursday, May 18, the appointment of Whitney Latorre as president and chief executive officer. The appointment culminates an extensive search for a new leader of the nonprofit organization, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy’s Wild Side Art Show Back in hybrid model</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 23:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Conservancy’s 12th annual Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale returns in its popular hybrid virtual and in-person format on Sunday, Oct. 23. Renowned plein air artists created beautiful paintings especially for this show that will be available for sale.  This unique show features 90 paintings produced by nine nationally-recognized artists. These [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Island Conservancy turns 50</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Island Conservancy is celebrating 50 years of stewarding Catalina through a balance of conservation, education and recreation. Founders Helen and Philip K. Wrigley, along with Dorothy Wrigley Offield, deeded more than 42,000 acres of the unique Island to the nonprofit Conservancy in 1972, which has been dedicated to its restoration and protection ever [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snakes, frogs, and lizards … oh my!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Snakes, amphibians, and lizards (otherwise known as herpetofauna) are some of the most understudied wildlife taxa and can be very sensitive to habitat disturbance. In fact, the last comprehensive survey on Catalina Island was led by the US Geological Survey 18 years ago during the removal of non-native ungulates (goats and pigs). Since the ungulate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Celebrate Conservancy’s 50th Anniversary at annual Ball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fundraiser to mark ‘A Groovy View Since ’72’ The Catalina Island Conservancy is hosting its Annual Conservancy Ball on Saturday, April 23 in the Avalon Casino Ballroom. The 2022 Catalina Island Conservancy Ball – A Groovy View Since ’72 – is the Conservancy’s chance to welcome celebrants back in person after last year’s virtual experience [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Team effort completes repairs at White’s Landing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC), at the direction of Catalina Island Conservancy, has just finished repairing an extremely important resource on Catalina Island – White’s Landing Exclosure. The 12 LACC members worked with the Conservancy team in this approximately 20-acre exclosure to repair about 2,495 feet of fence in very tough terrain, helped by a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy celebrates 50 years</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Conservancy is thrilled to enter into a new year with a new look to celebrate the non-profit’s 50th Anniversary. For the last half century and counting, the Conservancy has been preserving Catalina Island’s timeless nature. In 1972, members of the Wrigley and Offield families established the Catalina Island Conservancy as a nonprofit organization [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Island Conservancy names new chief financial officer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 18:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Island Conservancy today announced the appointment of Charmian Hauck as the Conservancy’s new chief financial officer. Hauck has more than 30 years of experience in the field of accounting and finance including 20 years in the nonprofit sector. In her new position, Hauck will manage and optimize the Conservancy’s financial actions and planning [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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