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PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s 24th Earth Fair
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GREENWOOD AWARD: Earth Fair is when the Greenwood Award recipient is announced; this year’s was Wilbur “Bill” Mayhew, emeritus professor of zoology at University of California, Riverside. Earth Fair organizer Holly Owens (left) presents the award to Dr. Jennifer Gee (right), director of UC’s James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, who accepted the award for Mayhew, who could not be at the presentation. Photo by J.P. Crumrine


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