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Catalina: The Wild Side Solo Salon featuring John Budicin 4-7 p.m. May 17
Gran Fondo MAY 17
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Conservancy Update
is a publication of the Catalina Island Conservancy
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The Team
Jerry Roberts: Senior Editor
Pat Maxwell: Exec. Editor
The mission of the
Catalina Island Conservancy is to be a responsible steward of its lands through a balance of conservation, education and recreation. Join us in our work by becoming a member or making a donation today!
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| MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT |
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Conservancy Times - The magazine's refreshed look highlights the work of the Conservancy. Also read In the News online for recent Conservancy stories in the media. And mark your calendars to watch the segment on Catalina's Garden to Sky Hike on the Live Well Network @ 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 20. Motion stars Greg Aiello.
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Greetings!
The Conservancy Ball is one of my favorite annual fundraising events, giving us all - board, donors, staff, members and friends new and old - a chance to have a wonderful evening together. Please join us on Saturday, April 5, in the historic Avalon Casino Ballroom for this one-of-a-kind gala, which supports the Conservancy's programs.
For our Conservancy members, you will be receiving the Conservancy Times in a few weeks. The refreshed magazine continues the tradition of excellent articles and photographs of the Conservancy's ongoing work.
Sincerely,
Ann M. Muscat, Ph.D., President and CEO
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The Catalina Island Conservancy estimates that 1,852 foxes live on Catalina. That's 350 animals over the previous year's count. The marked increase is due to a number of complex factors, according to Conservancy Wildlife Biologist Calvin Duncan.
Explore Catalina looks at Island issues through the lenses of Conservancy biologists and field team members.
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Bald eagles began incubating eggs in Catalina nests this spring for the eighth straight year. Step back to 2007, when America's icon successfully bred on Catalina without human help after years of absence. The Catalina Island Conservancy's Isla Earth Radio Series broadcasts critical conservation stories.
The Catalina Island Conservancy's Isla Earth Radio Series broadcasts critical conservation stories
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| CATALINA'S COVES: ALL ASHORE, LET'S EXPLORE! |
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for this year's Conservancy Ball. Photo by Shana Cassidy |
March is your last chance to buy tickets to the 19th annual Ball on April 5 in the Avalon Casino Ballroom. This year's Ball celebrates the many legacies of time spent in the Island's treasured coves. New this year: Catalina Express has added a late boat - 11:59 p.m. back to Long Beach - especially for Ball attendees! Buy your Ball tickets now! |
TAKE A HIKE: KNOW TRAIL ETIQUETTE
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Shade Structure - Funded by the Elliott Family Foundation. Photo by Kevin Ryan
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As the spring hiking season gets underway, the Catalina Island Conservancy offers a few suggestions on what to bring on a trek as well as a few refreshers on trail etiquette. Also, a rule of honor is to pack back out everything that you took into the wildlands. Free hiking permits are required and available online as well as from any Conservancy location. |
KELLIE JOHNSON NAMED TO BOARD
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The Catalina Island Conservancy Benefactors unanimously appointed Kellie Johnson to the organization's board of directors.
Johnson has been president of ACE Clearwater Enterprises in Torrance, Calif., since 1989. Johnson is a Catalina Island homeowner who has been coming to the Island via seaplane and boat since she was three years old.
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CONSERVANCY PRESIDENT USC KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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Ann Muscat, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker for the Trojan League of Los Angeles Annual Benefit and Luncheon on March 8 at the University of Southern California's Town & Gown Ballroom.
The Conservancy president and CEO's introduction to Catalina Island was through USC's Wrigley Marine Science Center at Big Fisherman Cove when she arrived to begin her dissertation research in 1979.
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT
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Leads the Conservancy membership and support groups activities. |
The Conservancy's new membership manager is Spencer Campbell, who joins the Development & Communications Department after posts with environmental organizations in California and Hawaii.
Meanwhile, Senior Manager of Special Events Jen Poyer, who produces the annual Conservancy Ball, Catalina: The Wild Side and other events, has received another national accolade, a nomination for organizational planner of the year.
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