Catalina Island is home to at least 50 endemic plants and animals—species found on Catalina and nowhere else in the world. Following, find information on just a few of the programs of the Conservancy aimed at protecting and restoring Catalina's unique wildlands and their inhabitants. 

PLANTS KNOWN TO OCCUR ON CATALINA ISLAND

ANIMALS KNOWN TO OCCUR ON CATALINA ISLAND

JAMES H. ACKERMAN NATIVE PLANT NURSERY
In the late 1980s, the Catalina Island Conservancy established a native plant nursery at Middle Ranch to provide plant and seed material for its revegetation needs on Santa Catalina Island. Plants are grown from seed or cutting material collected from plants growing in the wild on the Island. Plant restoration goals are varied and may include rare plant conservation, erosion control, and habitat restoration. More...

CATALINA ISLAND FOX RECOVERY 
The Catalina Island fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) has been resident on the Island for at least 4,000 years. The Catalina Island fox is the largest endemic mammal on the Island.  A descendent of the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), it is one of the six recognized subspecies of the Island Gray fox (Urocyon littoralis) that live on six of the California Channel Islands.  This subspecies is found only on Catalina Island. More...

BALD EAGLES ON CATALINA ISLAND
The DDT contamination that almost spelled the end of bald eagles on Catalina Island seems like a thing of the past. In spring of 2010, nine chicks hatched naturally in six nests across the Island. This is one more hatchling than last year, and three more than in 2008. These followed the groundbreaking “Easter Miracle” in 2007 when four bald eagles hatched for the first time in 50 years without human assistance.

Join Dr.  Peter Sharpe, Wildlife Biologist for the Institute for Wildlife Studies (IWS) and his team as they update you on the bald eagles on Catalina  and the other Channel Islands. Click here.

BIRD WILDLIFE MONITORING 
Information collected during spring and fall surveys each year improves our understanding of the abundance, distribution, and habitat requirements of various bird species, especially those known only to exist on Catalina and the other Channel Islands. Regular monitoring also has the potential for signaling us if populations are in jeopardy and in need of management to restore their numbers. More...

RESEARCH STUDIES
Research is an integral part of the Catalina Island Conservancy's Mission Statement. The Conservancy welcomes research that will support its ecological restoration, conservation, and land management goals. Studies in disciplines such as geology, soils, archaeology, botany, ornithology, mammalogy, entomology, taxonomy, genetics and ecology are all vital to the success of the Conservancy's mission. More...