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Conservancy eNews - October 2013

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

2012 Annual Report.

Greetings!,

The Conservancy
continues to go paperless with an electronic website version of the 2012 Annual Report and early access to the Fall/Winter Conservancy Times for electronic-subscribing members. For more Conservancy reports, join us at the Conservation & Education Symposium November 14 at the Hyatt The Pike in Long Beach.

Sincerely,

Ann M. Muscat, Ph.D., President and CEO

CATALINA FILM FESTIVAL EXPANDS

Festivities - Conservancy President and CEO Ann M. Muscat, Ph.D., greets Patricia Arquette, Career Tribute Award winner, at Avalon Auditorium. Photo by Bob Rhein

By Bob Rhein

The love and passion for film and filmmaking in Avalon was evident during the star-studded third annual Catalina Film Festival (CFF) from September 18 through 22. In what is quickly becoming the "Sundance of the Pacific," six feature-length films made their West Coast premiers with directors and cast members in attendance.

DROUGHT: PREVENTING BRUSH FIRES

Dry-Season - Catalina's brown hills are vulnerable before the rains arrive. Photo by Jack Baldelli

By Bob Rhein

As this year's drought extends into fall, the possibility of Island wildfires is very real. Conservancy Facilities Director Lenny Altherr and Conservation & Education Director John J. Mack offer some tips to keep the Island, your home and yourself safe.

PHOTO GALLERY: RUNNING EVENTS

Eco Marathon - Runners in last year's event hang a left along the Trans-Catalina Trail at Haypress Reservoir. Photo by Meaghan Leon

By Meaghan Leon
and Bob Rhein

The Catalina Island Conservancy's wildlands trails have become a favorite of endurance athletes. The Catalina Island Triathlon is on November 2, Catalina Island Eco Marathon on November 9, Avalon 50-Mile Benefit Run on January 11 and Catalina Island Conservancy Marathon on March 15. This month's Photo Gallery by Meaghan Leon of Spectrum Sports Management illustrates the Catalina challenge.

GAME MANAGEMENT BY WOUNDED WARRIORS

Wounded Warriors - The Conservancy provided game-management access into Catalina's wildlands for decorated Marines. Left to right are key players in the partnership: National Wild Turkey Federation California Chapter President Joe Pecsi, Conservancy President and CEO Ann M. Muscat, Ph.D., and NWTF California Vice President Patrick Morse. Photo by Jack Baldelli

By Pat Maxwell

The Catalina Island Conservancy partnered with the National Wild Turkey Federation's (NWTF) Wheelin' Sportsmen Program to provide access in August for wounded warriors - decorated U.S. Marine Corps veterans of recent Afghanistan campaigns - to experience Catalina's wildlands through the Conservancy's game management program.

MARINEROS TO CO-HOST 2014 BALL
By Bob Rhein The Catalina Island Conservancy Marineros, the organization's oldest support group, will serve as co-host for the 2014 Conservancy Ball on Saturday, April 5, 2014.

DEVELOPMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Bob Reid - The executive heads up the Development / Communications Department.

Photo by Bob Rhein

Bob Reid began duties in August as the Catalina Island Conservancy's new chief development and communications officer. And Jen Poyer, the Conservancy's senior manager of special events and producer of the Conservancy Ball, Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show & Sale and other Conservancy events, has been recognized with a leadership award from the International Special Events Society (ISES).

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Banner photo: Dry-Season Wildlands - The brown hills of Catalina are especially vulnerable before the rains arrive, and the Conservancy offers some seasonal fire safety tips this month. The Island's bison, which were filmed in Stanley Kramer's "Bless the Beasts and Children" (1971) - shown during the Catalina Film Festival - will receive scrutiny during the Conservancy's Conservation & Education Symposium on November 14 at the Hyatt The Pike in Long Beach. For reports on fire safety, the film festival and the symposium, see the above stories. Photo by Jack Baldelli

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