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		<title>Marine Corps helps restore Conservancy roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 21:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Innovative Readiness Training Project focused on reducing sediment loss Avalon, Calif. – Catalina Island Conservancy said goodbye to the United States Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing after six weeks of very hard work on Catalina Island. Through a partnership with the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program, troops restored sections of Catalina’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy’s 9th Annual Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale returns to Newport Harbor Yacht Club on Oct. 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Conservancy’s 9th Annual Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale Returns to Newport Harbor Yacht Club on Oct. 20 Nationally Recognized Plein Air&#160; Painters Support the Conservancy’s Programs Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy The 9th Annual Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale will take place Sunday, October 20, featuring 11 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Whitey Mendenhall prepares to celebrate his 90th birthday</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Decades of volunteer service at Conservancy nursery have left an indelible impact “It’s clear as a bell up here,” Norris “Whitey” Mendenhall says on his way up to Catalina Island Conservancy’s Ackerman Native Plant Nursery, a trip he’s taken nearly every Thursday for the last 27 years. This Sunday, Aug. 25, Whitey will celebrate his [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vacation with a Philanthropic Twist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 20:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What happens during a volunteer trip with Catalina Island Conservancy? There is no single answer – it looks different for everyone! After contacting the Conservancy’s Volunteer Coordinator, Lesly Lieberman, the group leader and the Conservancy work together to create an experience that’s as unique as your participants. An array of teams, ranging from alternative Spring [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aviation legend Lacy contributes to Airport in the Sky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Island Conservancy announced last week that aviation legend Clay Lacy has donated $250,000 toward Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, ACE Clearwater Airfield’s runway repair project. Airport in the Sky (KAVX) closed to private aircraft Dec. 10, 2018 – May 3, 2019 for critical runway repairs completed in a unique partnership between the Conservancy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy is counting Catalina’s mule deer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spotlights sweep the wild Island landscapes as a truck slowly climbs over roads and rock. Suddenly, two bright white spots shine out of the darkness. “Deer!” a spotter softly calls, tapping lightly on the top of the truck. Lights zero in on the non-native mule deer, bringing the animal more clearly into focus. As fog [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Celebrating 60 years of general aviation on Catalina Island</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 00:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dozens of planes landed at the Airport in the Sky on May 25 to celebrate 60 years of general aviation on the island. More than 50 planes taxied on the newly-repaired runway at ACE Clearwater Airfield. Catalina Island Conservancy hosted the celebration, where pilots, Conservancy Aero Club members and the community grooved to music from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Airport in the Sky runway complete</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 19:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Catalina Airport runway overview. Looking East across the entire facility, from 400 feet elevation with the drone on April 30. The numerals “22” indicate that a landing aircraft is headed 220 degrees magnetic azimuth. The new concrete runway surface is 60 feet wide and 3,000 feet long. The concrete itself is four inches thick, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Phase One of Imagine Catalina Campaign ends with opening of Trailhead building on April 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Phase One of the Catalina Island Conservancy’s IMAGINE CATALINA campaign raised a total of $17.3 million, exceeding the $17 million goal. The Trailhead building, the flagship project of Phase One of this campaign, opens to the public on April 30. Phase One campaign initiatives focused on the Trailhead visitor center, the Trekking Catalina: Master Trails [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>500 attend 24th Annual Conservancy Ball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the Islander The Catalina Island Conservancy and more than 500 guests celebrated the 24th Annual Conservancy Ball on Saturday, April 6, in the historic Avalon Casino Ballroom. Many guests arrived looking “fly” in black tie attire in honor of the event’s theme, Soaring Over Catalina, celebrating the public-military partnership to repair the runway at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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