AZA 2009 Exhibit Awards, etc.

Zooplantman

Zooplantman

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News from the AZA national conference:

Newly accredited:
The Steinhart Aquarium (California Academy of Sciences)
Binghamton Zoo (Binghamton, NY)
Tracy Aviary (Salt Lake City)

Exhibit Awards:

Significant Achievement:
Watani Grasslands Reserve (NC Zoo)
Madagascar! (Bronx Zoo)


Best Exhibit:
Russia's Grizzly Coast (Minnesota Zoo)


Other exhibits that applied but were not recognized included (not a comprehensive list):
Buffalo Zoo's Rainforest
Newport Aquarium new frog exhibit
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's Rocky Mountain Wilds


That's the news. Time to go back home
 
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I'll be going to Minnesota next year to see the Minneapolis Zoo! Looking forward to it! When is the best season to go?
 
Wow, thanks for the update Zooplantman. Great to hear Tracy Aviary was finally reaccredited.
 
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My niece plays for the WNBA Minnesota Lynx, so we're about due to visit the area. I'll definitely make a point of visiting the Minnesota Zoo, I'd like to compare Russia's Grizzly Coast with the magnificent Grizzly exhibit I had the pleasure of seeing at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. I'm sure, if nothing else, Grizzly Coast is probably larger with the size of that mega zoo.
 
@Zooplantman: thanks for starting this thread!

@Redpanda: Woodland Park Zoo's penguin exhibit will be eligible for next year's awards, and will probably stand a great chance of receiving some sort of recognition. But once never knows with these awards.

Great news for the Minnesota Zoo, who were runners-up last year with "Minnesota Trail" and have now won the big prize with "Russia's Grizzly Coast" this year. Both sets of animal habitats are hugely impressive, and no wonder that the zoo broke its attendance record last year! I really enjoyed my visit in the summer of 2008, and have ever since ranked the zoo in my top 12 in North America.
 
snowleopard said:
@Zooplantman: thanks for starting this thread!

@Redpanda: Woodland Park Zoo's penguin exhibit will be eligible for next year's awards, and will probably stand a great chance of receiving some sort of recognition. But once never knows with these awards.

Great news for the Minnesota Zoo, who were runners-up last year with "Minnesota Trail" and have now won the big prize with "Russia's Grizzly Coast" this year. Both sets of animal habitats are hugely impressive, and no wonder that the zoo broke its attendance record last year! I really enjoyed my visit in the summer of 2008, and have ever since ranked the zoo in my top 12 in North America.
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They also won the top award for their "Russia's Grizzly Coast" marketing campaign :D
 
The interesting thing about the head-to-head competition for this award, between Minnesota's Grizzly Coast and Bronx's Madagascar, was that it was Lee Ehmke (Minnesota director) up against his girlfriend, Sue Chin, who designed Bronx's Madagascar.
 
ANyhuis said:
The interesting thing about the head-to-head competition for this award, between Minnesota's Grizzly Coast and Bronx's Madagascar, was that it was Lee Ehmke (Minnesota director) up against his girlfriend, Sue Chin, who designed Bronx's Madagascar.
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Allan,
Do you believe that this is something they would like posted on the internet?
 
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