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CIES staff, Amelia DuVall, conducts Scripps's murrelet monitoring at Arch Point North Cliffs plot on Santa Barbara Island.

CIES staff, Amelia DuVall, conducts Scripps's murrelet monitoring at Arch Point North Cliffs plot on Santa Barbara Island.