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Learn more about Catalina Island's Restoration Plan! Join Community Conversations with Catalina Island Conservancy staff.
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We preserve and restore the environment on Catalina, promoting and modeling ecologically sustainable communities to create a healthier future for this Island and our Earth.
Learn MoreThe Conservancy provides formal, classroom lessons and non-formal outdoor experiences designed to deliver nature-based engagement and experiential learning.
Learn MoreAs the oldest and largest private land trust in the state of California, the Catalina Island Conservancy opens its wildlands for the public to enjoy in many ways.
Learn MoreOperation Protect Catalina Island is a 30-year commitment to making the Island safer and more resilient by reducing wildfire risk, safeguarding freshwater and restoring native plants. Through this long-term effort, the Conservancy will help protect the people, livelihoods and wildlife that depend on one of the most unique places on Earth.
Learn MoreLearn more about obtaining required permits, browse through various trail and island maps, and read through our helpful policies and information.
Learn MoreSupport a worthy organization dedicated to restoring and protecting Catalina Island’s wildlands – help save animal species on the verge of extinction and maintain unique habitats for all to enjoy.
Learn MoreFounded in 1972 as a nonprofit organization, the Catalina Island Conservancy is one of the oldest private land trusts in Southern California.
Learn MoreSeptember 2024
Learn more about Catalina Island's Restoration Plan! Join Community Conversations with Catalina Island Conservancy staff.
Trailhead Visitor Center
Join renowned geologist Dr. John Paul Platt for a geology workshop through Catalina Island.
Trailhead Visitor Center
August 2024
The Conservancy invites you to join us the last Friday of each month to learn about the wonders of Catalina, the Channel Islands, and coastal southern California. You can view the talk online or join in-person on the second floor of the Conservancy's Trailhead Visitor Center!
Trailhead Visitor Center
This 7-hour excursion into the wildlands of Catalina Island expands on the concepts covered in Naturalist 1 Training. Education staff will guide you through a course-work book while exploring the landscape and ecosystem of Catalina. Course fee is $50.00 for members and $75.00 for non-members
Trailhead Visitor Center
July 2024
The Conservancy invites you to join us the last Friday of each month to learn about the wonders of Catalina, the Channel Islands, and coastal southern California. You can view the talk online or join in-person on the second floor of the Conservancy's Trailhead Visitor Center!
Trailhead Visitor Center
Join premier Channel Islands botanist Steve Junak for a plant identification and botany workshop in the interior of Catalina Island.
Trailhead Visitor Center
June 2024
Join us on a statewide effort to find, record, and share observations of animals, seaweeds, and plants along the California coastline.
Trailhead Visitor Center
The Conservancy invites you to join us the last Friday of each month to learn about the wonders of Catalina, the Channel Islands, and coastal southern California. You can view the talk online or join in-person on the second floor of the Conservancy's Trailhead Visitor Center!
Trailhead Visitor Center
This 7-hour excursion into the wildlands of Catalina Island expands on the concepts covered in Naturalist 1 Training. Education staff will guide you through a course-work book while exploring the landscape and ecosystem of Catalina. Course fee is $50.00 for members and $75.00 for non-members
Trailhead Visitor Center
April 2024
Learn more about Catalina Island's Restoration Plan! Join Community Conversations with Catalina Island Conservancy staff.
Trailhead Visitor Center
March 2024
Learn more about Catalina Island's Restoration Plan! Join Community Conversations with Catalina Island Conservancy staff.
Trailhead Visitor Center
Learn more about Catalina Island's Restoration Plan! Join Community Conversations with Catalina Island Conservancy staff.
Trailhead Visitor Center
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