The Catalina Island Conservancy scrapped its plan to eradicate the mule deer population on Catalina Island with a helicopter marksman after receiving strong opposition from residents and LA County ...

Santa Catalina Island officials have devised a unique plan to manage an invasive species. The Catalina Island Conservancy, the nonprofit in charge of protecting the island, plans to kill the nearly ...

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A nonprofit that manages much of Catalina Island is seeking to cull some 2,000 mule deer. The Catalina Island Conservancy argues that the invasive species threatens the local ecosystem. The plan is to ...

A proposal from California’s Catalina Island to shoot down invasive mule deer via helicopter has met with a scathing response from Los Angeles County leadership. The Catalina Island Conservancy, which ...

AVALON, Calif. — A plan to use helicopter-mounted sharpshooters to kill nearly 2,000 invasive mule deer roaming the mountains of Santa Catalina Island has ignited a storm of protest among residents of ...

News had barely broken of plans to eradicate thousands of nonnative mule deer on Santa Catalina Island before conservation biologist Lauren Dennhardt found herself the target of enraged Avalon ...