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| San Nicolas Island, CA |
The story of the "Lone Woman" of San Nicolas Island formed the inspiration for Scott O'Dell's classic coming-of-age novel Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Take a minute to explore this unique wild habitat 61 miles from the California mainland. Imagine surviving here, by yourself, for 18 years.
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San Nicolas Island is a wild windswept slice of sandstone. California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) and harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) lounge on its beaches. Delicate native plants, like sand verbena (Abronia ssp.) thrive by staying low and out of the wind. The endemic San Nicolas Island fox (Urocyon littoralis dickeyi) scratches out a living on dune insects and San Nicolas Island deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus exterus). Current status of San Nicolas Island fox.
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| San Nicolas Island fox pup |
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| sandstone carved by the sea into unusual shapes |
The island is not open to the public because it is a U.S. Navy
installation. As Education Director for Friends of the Island Fox, I had the opportunity to visit this most remote of
California's Channel Islands. It is a place of unique natural splendor.
Compare San Nicolas to Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park.
Visit each week to experience a new
beautiful, just beautiful!!!!
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