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		<title>Vendovi Update &#8212; May 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vendovi is open for the season! On May 1 at 10 am, we unlocked the gate at the Vendovi dock to welcome visitors for the season. Since the final 2012 visitors departed last fall, Vendovi has undergone some meadow restoration. It has been the subject of a land mammal survey (two is the total inventory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GiveBIG</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; TODAY! ONE DAY ONLY! To participate in GiveBIG, click here! The Seattle Foundation&#8217;s third annual GiveBIG is TODAY from midnight to midnight. This marathon fundraising event was designed to inspire people to give generously to the nonprofit organizations that enrich their communities. The Seattle Foundation has also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Monument Status for San Juans!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, April 1, 2013 &#160; Monday, March 25, 2013 It&#8217;s Official! Today President Obama signed a proclamation designating approximately 970 acres of federally owned land as the San Juan Islands National Monument. These lands will be managed by the Bureau of Land Management for conservation and recreation purposes. You may link to the full text [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orcas Native Provides Virtual Video Visit to Turtlehead Preserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young Orcas Island native Will Fisher has set his sights on a career as a professional photographer and videographer, so his 2012 internship with the San Juan Preservation Trust was a perfect fit. Fisher, 19, graduated last spring from the photography program at the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. He has spent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Willing Volunteer &#8230; of the Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introducing our 2013 Volunteer of the Year:  PETER WILLING Our 2013 Volunteer of the Year certainly lives up to his last name. While fairly new to the San Juan Preservation Trust volunteer team, Peter has been more than willing to pitch in and help out on the magical Vendovi Island Preserve. Peter, in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islands Helping Islands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vendovi Island sure has some wonderful neighbors&#8230; Directly to the west of Vendovi Island is Sinclair Island, boasting one full-time resident and the “village” of Urban, which (as best we can tell!) is really nothing more than a beat-up county mail dock. Southeast of Vendovi is Samish Island, with approximately 500 homes occupied by full-time, weekend and summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vendovi Update &#8212; January 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we have two years under our belt as Vendovi’s owner and steward, we thought it would be a good time to give you a brief update about the island and our efforts to protect it. Vendovi&#8217;s Surprises We continue to discover the natural wonders of Vendovi. Our bird-watching visitors have counted 89 avian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Fiscal Cliff&#8221; Legislation Brings Good News</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 14, 2013 The “fiscal cliff” legislation that was enacted on New Year’s Day delivered some good news for taxpayers age 70 ½ or older. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 provides these taxpayers the opportunity to take advantage of the old &#8220;IRA Charitable Rollover&#8221; which has now been extended through 2012 and 2013. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dodie Gann (1922-2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An island legend has passed. Dodie Post Gann, a lifelong adventurer, accomplished pilot, inductee in the U.S. Ski Team Hall of Fame, land conservation leader and the San Juan Preservation Trust’s earliest benefactor, died peacefully at home on Christmas Eve following a truly remarkable life. Born on September 10, 1922, Dodie and her husband, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carol Avent (1940-2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with tremendous sadness that we report the passing of Carol Avent, our friend, longtime volunteer and dedicated trustee from Lopez Island. Carol had been carrying on a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer for the past several months. To ensure most of their beautiful Lopez land would remain forever in open space, Carol and [...]]]></description>
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