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Greetings!
Welcome to Conservancy Update Online. I'm pleased to report that we have also gone paperless with the 2011 Annual Report online now. A PDF of the same publication is also available. You may print it using either of these files by clicking on the printer icon.
If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely, Jerry Roberts, Senior Editor |
PHOTO GALLERY
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'STOP THE SPREAD' WEEDS OUT INVASIVES
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Invasive Palm Removal -University of Southern California interns Judy Fong and Dawnielle Tellez manually remove phoenix palm seedlings at Little Harbor. The Invasive Plants Program staff removes more than 50 palms each year from Catalina's back country. Photo by Lorna McKinnon |
By Tony Summers, Supervisor, Invasive Plants Program
The Conservancy's "Stop the Spread" program (STS), is in
its fifth year of educating and engaging the visitors and residents of Catalina. The program especially urges the Island's 70,000 annual camp participants to "go native" in the field by removing invasive plants. This month's Photo Gallery focuses on this important Conservation mission of the Conservancy. |
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WILD SIDE ART SHOW A STROKE OF SUCCESS
 | | Wild Side a Hit - Avalon residents and visitors alike made the 2012 Catalina: The Wild Side a success. Photo by Bob Rhein. |
By Bob Rhein
The 2012 Catalina: The Wild Side Dinner, Art Show and Sale in June at the Catalina Island Country Club was a resounding success for the Conservancy, grossing more than $190,000, and featuring more than 120 paintings by renowned plein air artists. |
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HIKING PERMIT AVAILABLE VIA SMARTPHONE
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Trans-Catalina Trail - A new SmartPhone application can get you onto Catalina's most emblematic and rugged trail as well as other trails in the Island's wildlands with little fuss. Photo by Bob Rhein |
By Bob Rhein
For the first time, a hiking permit into Catalina's beautiful interior is as close as your SmartPhone. Simply type "Catalina Island Conservancy" into your phone's browser, which brings up the Conservancy's mobile application. Touch "Website" for your options, then "Hiking Permit" and either log into - or create - your account.
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CHANNEL ISLANDS TREK GOES TO SANTA CRUZ
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Santa Cruz Island - The largest of the California Channel Islands is also the highest, with peaks more than 2,000 feet above sea level. Courtesy of Island Packers |
The Catalina Island Conservancy's annual trip in its Exploring California's Channel Islands program travels to the largest of them, Santa Cruz Island. The chartered boat on Saturday, August 25, will depart from Island Packers in Ventura Harbor to Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz.
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HALF MARATHON A FULL RUNNING CHALLENGE
By Christie Collins, Conservancy Director of Special Projects
Runners in the Catalina Island Conservancy Half Marathon can enjoy the benefits of the Island's rugged trails and spectacular vistas as well as possibly glimpsing the Island's majestic, free-ranging herd of 150 American bison, on Saturday, September 29.
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PARTNER SPECTRUM RUNNING THE RUNNING
By Christie Collins
The Conservancy distance events have undergone exciting changes for 2012. The Conservancy has partnered with Spectrum Sports Management to manage all three Conservancy distance events - Half marathon, Eco Marathon, and Marathon - as well as the Triathlon and Avalon 50 Mile Benefit Run. All five events are marketed under runcatalina.com, which serves as a portal to all the distance events on Catalina Island. The Catalina Island Eco Marathon is annually among the nation's finest trail races and island runs.
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LEADERSHIP CIRCLE TO TOUR BANNING HOME
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Banning Residence Museum - A tour and lunch at the former home of Phineas Banning in Wilmington is on the Conservancy's Leadership Circle's August agenda. Courtesy of Banning Residence Museum |
Conservancy Leadership Circle members and guests will spend a summer afternoon on August 12 at the former home in of Phineas Banning, who was known as the "Father of the Port of Los Angeles." Banning, whose mansion is located in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, also was influential in the development of Catalina Island.
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THE FOUR PREPS IN AVALON THEATER CONCERT
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The Four Preps - The group will play the Avalon Theater on August 26. Courtesy of the Four Preps. |
The timeless music of the Four Preps, whose big hit was Twenty-six Miles (Santa Catalina), can be heard in concert on Friday, August 24, in the Avalon Theater in the legendary Casino Building on Catalina Island. Tickets are available now exclusively at www.Tix.com. Tickets range from $25 to $50 with special VIP tickets for $100.
Late evening boats are available from Avalon to Long Beach on Catalina Express after the concert. Proceeds benefit the Rotary Club of Avalon. Enjoy the music that inspired the Island of Romance: www.CatalinaChamber.com/fourpreps.
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