Invasive plants in Galápagos may really be native Nov 21, 2008
A bog on Santa Cruz island in the Galpagos ... The evidence for this is in the form of fossilized pollen grains found in sediment cores from bogs on Santa Cruz island in the heart of the archipelago. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Nature + Culture = Art Aug 18, 2008
Ann Hamilton Studio 2008 Ann Hamilton recorded video of the water line on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos, which is now in "Human/Nature." ... Her collaborators were eighth-graders at El Colegio National de Gal;pagos, a UNESCO school on Santa Cruz Island. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Creating a future through ancient sites Aug 14, 2008
Morgan began thinking about making the switch from business to the nonprofit world after spending a weekend at Catalina Island's Santa Cruz Island Nature Conservancy Refuge with friend and then-director Steve McCormick. McCormick encouraged him to pursue conservation, and Morgan felt a long-dormant interest awakening in cities and societies, first developed when he studied planning as an undergraduate. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
A Beautiful Friendship Jul 26, 2008
After getting his medical doctorate in 1947 and after nearly a decade of medical practice, however, Stanton found himself summoned to manage his family's ranch on Santa Cruz Island, off the Santa Barbara coast ... After his death, they became property of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, which Stanton established in 1985 to preserve and document the culture of the Channel Islands ... Many of the Diebenkorns in the Stanford show describe Santa Cruz Island, the Stanton family buildings, members of... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Webcam Users Report Attack On Santa Cruz Island Eaglets May 22, 2008
Once the chicks have recovered from their injuries, they will likely be placed in a "hack tower" on Santa Cruz Island. They will be fed by biologists until they fledge in late June. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Body Of Local Surfer Found Off Coast May 6, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities found the body of a 43-year-old San Diego man who disappeared while surfing with friends off Santa Cruz Island. John M. Wagner was found dead in the water about 20 miles south of Ventura Harbor on Friday, the Ventura County coroner's office said. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Local Surfer Killed Off Santa Cruz Island May 5, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- A 43-year-old resident of the Torrey Headlands area of San Diego was killed in a surfing accident off Santa Cruz Island, the Ventura County coroner's office reported Sunday. John M. Wagner was found dead in the water Friday off the island, about 20 miles south of Ventura Harbor. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Discover the Galapagos Islands, from $1,340 Feb 16, 2008
Tourists take pictures of "Solitario George" (Lonely George), the last giant alive tortoise of this species, native from the Pinta Island, at the Galapagos National Parc in the Santa Cruz Island. . (MSNBC -- Travel)
DIVE RIGHT IN Jan 30, 2008
Once while diving off Santa Cruz Island, located about 20 miles from Ventura Harbor, Sahakian said he was "very fortunate" to see a great white shark. Scary moment. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Galapagos Islands Jan 20, 2008
Don't miss: The giant tortoises at the Charles Darwin Research Center and also in the wild on Santa Cruz Island. Don't bother: Taking a dry bag. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
How to Visit the Galapagos Islands Dec 2, 2007
Many visitors prefer to find a hotel in one of the two main towns in Galpagos: Puerto Ayora (pop: about 18,000) on Santa Cruz Island or Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (Pop. about 7,000) on San Cristbal island. (Suite101.com)
Chumash tomol crossing keeps tradition alive Sep 8, 2007
They anticipate arriving in Scorpion Bay on Santa Cruz Island, where they will be greeted by a crowd of several hundred people, including family and friends. The landing site, Limuw, was once the largest Chumash village on the island, and is now part of the Channel Islands National Park. (Santa Maria Times)
Polling Place: Protect the Tortoises Sep 5, 2007
A Galpagos tortoise shares a morning bath with a white-cheeked pintail in a duckweed-covered pool in Santa Cruz Island's highlands ... The foundation operates the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galpagos ... Now, he stretches out at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island. (Science News for Kids)
News Detective: A Galápagos Journey Sep 4, 2007
I saw some of these bigger tortoises up close on Santa Cruz Island, where the animals sport dome-shaped carapaces ... A Galpagos tortoise shares a morning bath with a white-cheeked pintail in a duckweed-covered pool in Santa Cruz Island's highlands ... The first, at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island, houses hatchlings from at least four islands: Espaola, Santa Cruz, Pinzon, and Santiago. (Science News for Kids)
Officials say island is recovering after 5,036 pigs killed Sep 3, 2007
-- Thousands of wild pigs on Santa Cruz Island that destroyed plants and dug up Chumash archaeological sites over the years have been killed in one of the largest pig eradication projects in the world ... "This is a huge milestone," said Kate Faulkner, chief of natural resources for Channel Islands National Park, which co-owns Santa Cruz Island with The Nature Conservancy. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
GE diver drowns in SoCal Jul 13, 2007
Stewart Hindley, 64, a retired marine engineer from Glen Ellen, drowned Tuesday morning while scuba diving from a chartered cruise ship near Santa Cruz Island off the Santa Barbara coast. A multi-agency search that ended Wednesday morning located his body on the sea floor at a depth of 80 feet, 50 yards south of the spot where Hindley and two companions began their dive, according to Sgt. Eric Rainey of the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Galapagos may get 'in danger' listing Jun 23, 2007
People hiking in the El Chato Tortoise Reserve on Santa Cruz Island. A blue-footed boobie is perched on a rock on the Galapagos Islands. (USA Today -- News)
Charles Remington, 85; Yale professor led studies of butterflies, moths Jun 19, 2007
He eventually visited and spent time at more than 75 islands around the world, especially Santa Cruz Island off the California coast. For nearly 30 years, Remington, his family and his students decamped to the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colo. (Los Angeles Times)
Capturing the Language to Assure Liberal Dominance May 23, 2007
A Giant Turtle walks on Santa Cruz Island, part of the Galapagos Islands, in this undated photo. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa called on his Cabinet and local authorities Tuesday April 10, 2007 to meet urgently to better preserve Ecuador's famed Galapagos Islands, the country's top tourist destination. (Townhall.com)
Small squirt for George giant leap for species May 4, 2007
If they find a Pinta female, they will mate her with George in his enclosure at the Charles Darwin research station on Santa Cruz Island. The researchers say that if they are unable to find a pure Pinta female, they could start a selective breeding program with a female sibling of the 30-year-old male. (The Age)
Will Lonesome George find love with Isabella belle? May 2, 2007
Researchers kept him in captivity at the Charles Darwin Research Centre on Santa Cruz Island. Yesterday, researchers announced that there may be a companion for George on Isabela Island, where a tortoise that is a hybrid between a Pinta father and an Isabela mother has been found. (Globe and Mail)
Hopes rise of a mate for uniquely rare Lonesome George May 1, 2007
If they find a Pinta female, they hope to take her to George's enclosure at the Charles Darwin research station on Santa Cruz island and attempt to breed the pair. The researchers concede the chances of fi nding a pure Pinta female are slim, but even if they are unable to, they could start a selective breeding programme using a female sibling of the 30-year-old male already discovered. (Guardian Unlimited)
War in the Pacific: It’s Hell, Especially if You’re a Goat May 1, 2007
Poor residents who rely on goat meat for food and income, particularly on Santa Cruz Island, where officials hope to expand their eradication efforts, have opposed the project. The park has long allowed galapague os and other settlers to hunt goats on Santa Cruz, the most populous island with about 18,000 residents. (The Ledger)
A fine day for the eagle-eyed Apr 29, 2007
Drawn by the drama they've watched online, bird fanciers from near and far flock to Santa Cruz Island for a closer look at famous chicks ... Jann Gallivan, EagleCam devotee SANTA CRUZ ISLAND Not a twitch, not a swallow, not a stretch goes unnoticed ... Around the country, eagle fanciers stay glued to their computer screens as the reintroduced bald eagles of Santa Cruz Island go about their daily lives before the unblinking eye of the EagleCam. (Los Angeles Times)
With fascinating life-forms, islands are 'a laboratory of evolution' Apr 29, 2007
That's what happened to the dodo, a prodigious pigeon, Madagascar's giant hissing cockroach and the scrub-jays that made it to Santa Cruz Island -- the birds became about a third larger than their continental counterparts and are classified as a separate species. But the same forces that make islands hot spots for biodiversity also conspire to threaten their inhabitants. (Santa Barbara News-Press)
Evolution of the islands Apr 29, 2007
Other arrivals include wild turkeys; Santa Cruz Island was the first place in California that the birds were introduced, in 1877, and today, more than a hundred of the birds still strut around the central valley. Pigs brought to the island in the 1850s developed into a feral population of up to several thousand, which hunters contracted by the park service and the conservancy began killing earlier this year. (Santa Barbara News-Press)
Galapagos threatened, Ecuador warns Apr 13, 2007
The Galapagos ecosystem includes giant turtles like this one on Santa Cruz Island. . (MSNBC -- Environment)
Full Story » Apr 13, 2007
Although originally introduced into southern California back in 1877 on Santa Cruz Island by private ranchers, state wildlife officials began trying to establish or re-establish depending upon one's sense of time wild turkeys as early at 1908, using domestically bred stock that generally died out. It wasn't, until the 1960's and 1970's, however, that wild birds, largely Rio Grande and Merriam's, were successfully captured and transplanted. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Bald Eagle Recovery Continues With Egg Laid On Santa Cruz Island Mar 8, 2007
National Park Service biologists announced Tuesday that the bald eagle pair laid the egg in a nest on Santa Cruz Island. The chick is expected to hatch in mid-April. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Lawsuit Filed To Save Santa Cruz's Wild Turkeys Jan 11, 2007
(AP) LOS ANGELES An animal rights group has sued the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy in an attempt to stop the eradication of wild turkeys on Santa Cruz Island off the Central California coast. The suit alleges the defendants have hired an Australian company called ProHunt to eradicate the turkeys in an attempt to protect the island's natural habitat. (CBS2.com, CA)
