Feather error in Illustrator CS4, CS5 (Win)

caribou_areas.ai (.98MB) (alternatively caribou_areas.zip (959 Kb))
CS4 & CS5 Design Standard
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3 GHz, 3 GB RAM
Win XP (SP3)

Yes, my message got posted before I intended - sorry :-o
Then I lost my edit. Trying again...
I'm having trouble applying a 5 pt feather via the Effect>Stylize menu to a closed path with a 17% transparent magenta fill: keep getting the message "an error occurred while processing the appearance of an object".
All of the other similar, but smaller objects in the file which have less nodes don't cause the error when I feather them, so I wonder if there's something odd about this particular object (the largest one with the most nodes) that's provoking the error. Or if there's some kind of node/path limit for feathering.
I get the same error if I try applying a feather to the same object when it has 100% magenta opacity; just upgraded from CS4 to CS5 and nothing has changed.
I have posted the file here:
http://www.claireart.ca/caribou_areas.ai
or http://www.claireart.ca/caribou_areas.zip
It represents endangered species areas which will look a lot nicer on my base map if I can feather the edges, so I'd appreciate any suggestions ;-)
Thanks.
Bill Horne
Wells, BC Canada
Design Standard CS4, CS5
Windows XP (SP3)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ GHz, 3 GB RAM

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