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		<title>Nature&#8217;s Notebook: Precipitating Growth: Catalina’s rainy days are welcome</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Hein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s human nature to grumble when it rains. But anyone who&#8217;s lived through a drought season on Catalina knows that rain is something to be celebrated here. While all dry climates rely on rain, islands are more vulnerable to shifts in weather. A couple of dry seasons in a row can really impact the Island [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nature’s Notebook: When water becomes a problem</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Hein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While it&#8217;s true that rain is critical for all living things on Catalina, it&#8217;s sometimes possible to have too much of a good thing. The problem isn&#8217;t that we get too much water; it&#8217;s that we get too much water too quickly. 1995 storms packed a punch The storms of 1995 are a classic example. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>History of Bald Eagles on Catalina</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Hein]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Frank Hein Conservancy Director of Education Bald eagles aren&#8217;t newcomers to Catalina Island. They&#8217;ve been documented to have been on the Island since pre-Columbian times, when the only humans on Catalina were the Tongva Native Americans. But, by the mid-1950s, bald eagles disappeared from Catalina and Southern California as victims of pollution from the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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