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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>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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		<title>DFW still reviewing mule deer permit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Online petitions continue to gather signatures against the proposed eradication of Catalina Island’s mule deer population. The state government hasn’t made a decision on the proposal. Meanwhile, the Catalina Island Conservancy this week announced on their Facebook page that the Conservancy will hold Community Conversations on March 1, March 18, and April 8. Space is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letters to the Editor: published Dec. 15, 2023</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Islander Readers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Offended by New York Times article Editor’s note: The author of this letter originally sent it to the New York Times. The author sent a copy of the letter to the Islander. I am writing about the New York Times article, “The Plan to Save a California Island: Shoot All of the Deer.” As a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wildlife Department staff are reviewing Conservancy&#8217;s permit application</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state’s Fish and Wildlife staff are reviewing the Catalina Island Conservancy’s permit application that includes the elimination of the Island’s mule deer population. “CDFW is familiar with, and supportive of, the habitat restoration project on Santa Catalina Island,” wrote Jordan Traverso, deputy director of Communications, Education and Outreach, for Fish and Wildlife in a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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