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		<title>Wildlife Coalition lawsuit aims to justify agency exemption</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Conservancy’s Fox Ambassador, fire mascot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just as Smokey Bear advised that, “Only you can prevent forest fires,” the Conservancy’s new fox mascot and island ambassador serves as a remindr to each of us that fire prevention is a shared responsibility. The Conservancy’s fire awareness slogan, Be Fire Free for Fox Sake, is brought to life by the endemic Catalina Island [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>County asks state to halt Conservancy plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now that the Catalina Island Conservancy is armed with a permit to move forward with its deer eradication plan, Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn has not backed away from her demand for some deer to remain on the Island and, indeed, has ratcheted up her campaign by asking the L.A. County’s legal counsel to step [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Indigenous leaders support Catalina deer removal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Building upon years of collaborative work, Gabrieleno-Tongva tribal groups have partnered with the Catalina Island Conservancy on Operation Protect Catalina Island and formally endorsed the plan, including removal of invasive mule deer that threaten native plants essential to ongoing cultural practices. Representatives of the Gabrielino Tongva Tribe, Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California, San Gabriel Band [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Text of Avalon Protest to the Catalina Island Conservancy’s Permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Avalon City Attorney‘s Office Christian Romberger California Department of Fish and Wildlife 3030 Old Ranch Pkwy, Suite 400 Seal Beach, CA 90740 christian.romberger@wildlife.ca.gov R5RMP@wildlife.ca.gov Re: City of Avalon’s Protest to the Catalina Island Conservancy’s Permit and Corresponding CEQA Determination to Massacre All Mule Deer on Catalina Island Dear Mr. Romberger: The City of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy seeks new community conversation after permit granted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While the Catalina Island Conservancy prepares to implement a multi-decade plan to restore and ecologically remake the Island (including eliminating the deer), opponents of the plan say “real science” was sacrificed by quiet legislation that fast-tracked its approval. Following the state wildlife department’s recent approval of “Operation Protect Catalina Island,” Conservancy officials were quick to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wording of Assembly Bill 1581</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the legislation that some say played a role in gaining approval of the Conservancy’s permit application for its restoration management permit from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (For details, see https://thecatalinaislander.com/conservancy-gets-final-approval-to-launch-long-awaited-restoration/.) An act to amend Sections 2089.4 and 2089.22 of, and to add and repeal Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 1670) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservancy gets final approval to launch long-awaited restoration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First of a series. The Catalina Island Conservancy has announced this week that it has received final approval of its restoration management permit from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Conservancy officials say the move clears the way for what they contend will be a decades-long, “transformational” project to restore native habitats, protect freshwater [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City Attorney’s Office to challenge Conservancy restoration permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon will go to court to challenge the permit that allows the Catalina Island Conservancy’s restoration plan, which includes the removal of mule deer by hunters on the ground. The Conservancy argues that the removal of the deer is required to protect native plant life and to reduce wildfire risk. Opponents of the deer removal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hahn letter opposes deer removal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a Jan. 26, 2026, letter, Supervisor Janice Hahn asked the Department of Fish and Wildlife to deny the Catalina Island Conservancy permit application for a restoration plan that would include the eradication of the Island’s deer. Hahn represents Avalon (among other cities) on the County Board of Supervisors. Hahn restated her opposition to deer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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