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		<title>Letters to the Editor: published Dec. 15, 2023</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Islander Readers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Offended by New York Times article Editor’s note: The author of this letter originally sent it to the New York Times. The author sent a copy of the letter to the Islander. I am writing about the New York Times article, “The Plan to Save a California Island: Shoot All of the Deer.” As a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Future of Catalina mule deer up to state</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A male mule deer recently visited third-graders in Avalon. Their teacher sent the Islander a photog of the buck’s visit. The Catalina Island Conservancy argues that mule deer pose a threat to the Island and its endangered plant species. The Conservancy website, in the FAQs page for the Conservancy’s Restoration Project, says the deer population [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Contemplating life, along The Trans-Catalina Trail</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Erica Broer The weekend after I got married, I hiked solo for 38.5 miles in the summer heat across Catalina Island. While my husband Ben was in Lake Tahoe for his older brother’s bachelor party, I made a commitment to myself to continue engaging in the activities I loved after marrying a man with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Art show unites beauty and conservation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Conservancy artshow online and in Newport Beach For the Islander Catalina Island Conservancy’s remarkable celebration of art and conservation, Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale, celebrates its 13th year on October 22. The hybrid plein air art show will have a virtual component along with an in-person opportunity to view the awe-inspiring artworks [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy Celebrated at Annual Ball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nearly 400 guests joined the nonprofit Catalina Island Conservancy to celebrate the Enchanting Island at the Annual Conservancy Ball on Saturday, April 22 in the Avalon Casino Ballroom. The 2023 Catalina Island Conservancy Ball exalted the unique biodiversity of Catalina. The event is the organization’s largest fundraising event of the year, raising crucial support for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rare plant population observed on Catalina</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Boudevin and Kevin Alison]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A team of Catalina Island Conservancy and partner botanists forayed into the field earlier this month to search for the very rare Santa Cruz Island rockcress (Sibara filifolia). The plant, federally listed as an endangered species, is very difficult to find, typically growing on dry south-facing slopes in coastal sage scrub habitats dominated by black [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy restoration project highlights coastal sage scrub</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Boudevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new exclosure in Little Harbor showcases the unique habitat type while focusing on two rare species Catalina’s long history of introduced herbivores such as mule deer has significantly impacted the Island’s ecology and biodiversity. The Catalina Island Conservancy conservation team’s relentless work provides glimpses into Catalina as it once was. In early December, the [&#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>Conservancy celebrates 26th Annual Ball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the Islander The Catalina Island Conservancy and nearly 400 guests celebrated the 26th Annual Conservancy Ball, “A Groovy View Since ’72” on Saturday, April 23, in the historic Avalon Casino Ballroom. The event commemorated 50 years of Conservancy stewardship of Catalina Island. Conservancy supporters donned groovy black-tie attire to show their support and have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Complicated, diverse life of Catalina Island foxes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opportunity to learn more at Conservancy Lecture Series The Catalina Island Fox was once near extinction. Conservation efforts helped stabilize the island fox population and the species now inhabit six of the eight channel islands. On Friday, Feb. 25, there will be an opportunity to find out more about these animals, which are the smallest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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