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Corinne Heyning Laverty

Corinne Heyning Laverty is a research associate and fellow at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, an associate of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation and a member of the All Eight Club, a geographic organization that tracks the people who have ever set foot on all eight Channel Islands (of which there have only been 223). Her work has appeared in Lonely Planet, Western North American Naturalist, Eco Traveler, WhaleWatcher, Pacific Currents and Hippocampus Magazine, among other publications. The California State Library System in conjunction with California Governor Gavin Newsom's office, have honored Corinne by selecting North America's Galapagos: The Historic Channel Islands Biological Survey to be part of an exhibit of noteworthy California books to be displayed in the historic Governor's Mansion in Sacramento, CA. At the conclusion of the exhibit, Corinne's book will become part of the State's permanent collection.

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