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Island’s verdant return mirrors Chumash past brightens
Santa Cruz Island off California’s coast shows a rebound from centuries of overgrazing and drought. The Nature Conservancy and Park Service remove sheep cattle and pigs to restore native grasses, with plans to buy the remaining eastern tip and open educational tours. Chumash descendants praise the renewed landscape and cultural heritage revival as a rare environmental victory.
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Santa Cruz Island
California
Calif
Santa Barbara Channel
Vincent Tumamait
Santa Oro
Ishmel Messer
Channel Islands National Park
Park Service
Nature Conservancy
Justinian Caire
Caire
Conservancy
Carey Stanton
The
Caires
Dave Welborn
Santa Cruz
Santa Rosa Islands