Summary
The patch of oak trees on Catalina Island once offered an idyllic retreat for weary visitors. Just steps away from a pair of camping tents, they provided a bit of shade on a hilltop overlooking the water.
"This was one of the prettiest spots," said Bob Rhein, media relations director for the Catalina Island Conservancy, which regulates 42,000 acres - 88 percent - of the isle.See the full content of this document
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Catalina Wildlife Struggles to Recover
"Right in there somewhere was a hammock," Rhein said, pointing toward the now-blackened landscape. "And you could lie in there ... and look at the ocean through the trees."
A wildfire last month scorched nearly 4,800 acres of the island's interior, and about half of the popular Laura Stein Volunteer Camp was wiped out in the process. A bowed skeleton of a tent still stan...See the full content of this document
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