2011 Annual Report Conservation Science

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2011 Annual Report conservation science

Introduction

AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums serve as conservation centers that are concerned about ecosystem health, take responsibility for species survival, contribute to research, conservation, and education, and provide society the opportunity to develop personal connections with the animals in their care. Whether breeding and reintroducing endangered species; rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing sick and injured animals; maintaining far-reaching educational and outreach programs; or supporting and conducting in situ and ex situ research and field conservation projects, accredited zoos and aquariums play a vital role in maintaining our planet’s diverse wildlife and natural habitats while engaging the public to appreciate and participate in conservation.

The 2011 Annual Report on Conservation Science (ARCS) focuses exclusively on those conservation projects that have a direct impact on animals in the wild. Data were submitted by 184 of AZA’s 241 accredited institutions and certified-related facilities who collectively spent approximately $160 million via direct participation in or financial support of over 2,670 projects in over 100 countries. This report lists the names of these projects by institution.

This report was compiled by Shelly Grow (AZA Senior Conservation Biologist) and Tammy Cloutier (AZA Conservation and Science Intern), with significant data collection and analysis support from AZA’s Field Conservation Committee, Felicia Spector (AZA Conservation and Science Intern), and Kevin Schofield (Woodland Park Zoo Volunteer). This report, along with those from previous years, is available on the AZA Website at: http://www.aza.org/annual-report-on-conservation-and- science/.

Cover photo: African elephant. Julie Larsen Maher © WCS.

2 AZA’s IMPACT ON WILD ELEPHANTS

Photo Credit: Martha Fischer, Saint Louis Zoo By Debbie Olson and Dr. Peter Leimgruber

lobal demands for palm oil, wood, paper Asia: Developing Adaptive Management to and pulp, combined with increasing human Reduce Human-Elephant Confl ict. populations and a large global market for illegal G Human-elephant confl ict resulting from rapid expansion of ivory threaten wild elephants. AZA institutions continue human development is the leading cause of the demise of to play a role in the battle for the survival of elephants by Asian elephants. Depending on ecological and economic supporting conservation legislation such as the African factors, HEC experiences of individual researchers/man- and Asian Conservation Acts in Congress and by educat- agers vary widely, making it diffi cult to reach agreement ing and inspiring our visitors to take action and actively about best strategies for managing HEC. This complexity support elephant conservation. AZA institutions also are results from variations in elephant behavior, socio-eco- actively engaged in on-the-ground conservation either nomic causes, and the wide range of traditional or con- through their own fi eld programs or by providing critical temporary mitigation techniques used. Comparative work funding support to ongoing projects. on HEC across Asia is urgently needed to advance HEC management. To address these issues an AZA CEF funded The depth and diversity of elephant conservation projects project was initiated by a group of elephant experts with supported by AZA members ranges from basic research well-established conservation projects in Sri Lanka, Thai- such as epidemiological studies of elephant herpes in the land, Nepal, Malaysia, India, Cambodia, and Indonesia (12 wild, a disease known to cause high mortality, to more experts, eight projects). The group is developing and applied issues such as supporting anti-poaching patrols fi eld-testing standardized monitoring techniques to assess of local wildlife departments or reducing human-elephant HEC intensity and is planning to disseminate results and confl ict (HEC) over habitat. We have selected just a few build technical capacity in the region via electronic tools, projects to give you a glimpse of how AZA institutions are meetings, and workshops. Such professional networks are contributing to elephant conservation. essential to disseminate critical knowledge for advancing wild elephant management and conservation in Asia.

3 Tanzania: Anti-poaching and Wildlife poaching do arise, by providing a dedicated team of skilled anti-poaching offi cers immediately available to respond to Monitoring at Tarangire National Park and resolve these issues. The Tarangire National Park (TNP) has the largest elephant population in northern Tanzania and its continuing to expand at ~six percent a year. The savanna short-grass plains Malaysia: Assessing the Effectiveness of and surrounding areas of TNP provide critical wildlife habi- Elephant Translocations for Confl ict tat but ~20 percent of the land is unprotected and used Mitigation for agriculture. In this unprotected area, habitat loss and The relocation of animals is frequently used to reduce poaching are having a negative impact on wildlife and el- human-wildlife confl icts, but requires post-release monitor- ephants. To combat illegal activity, three wildlife monitoring of translocated animals to determine success or failure. ing/anti-poaching teams employing 14 game scouts were In Malaysia, agricultural damage caused by crop-raiding created. The teams deter poachers and, if they observe elephants in oil palm plantations costs millions of dollars illegal activities, the teams’ game scouts call in the offi cial annually. The Malaysian Department of Wildlife and Nation- anti-poaching units from TNP to arrest the perpetrators. al Parks (DWNP) started a program in 1974 to translocate confl ictive individuals from plantations to patches of large Sumatra: Conservation Response Units continuous forest. More than 500 elephants, roughly one- Long-term conservation of Sumatra’s elephant requires third of the estimated wild elephant population in Peninsu- that people and elephants coexist with minimal confl ict, lar Malaysia, have been translocated since the onset of the otherwise demands for the removal of elephants will be program but little monitoring of the effectiveness of the politically diffi cult to ignore, resulting ultimately in the operations has taken place. The goal of this project, initiat- extinction of elephant populations on the island. Conser- ed in February 2011, is to assess how well elephant translo- vation Response Units (CRU) were developed to reduce cations work by satellite-tracking the released elephants. confl ict and to educate people about the need to coex- Early results indicate a wide range of behavioral responses ist with elephants and other wildlife. CRUs utilize once ranging from successful homing, where the translocated neglected captive elephants and their mahouts for direct elephant returns to the confl ict location, to establishment fi eld-based confl ict interventions. They are used to pre- of new home ranges. Outcomes from this research will vent elephants from entering fi elds for crop raiding and to inform future elephant management plans by the Wildlife carefully push them away from agricultural areas into safer Department. habitats. CRU interventions are not only positive for wild elephants by reducing demands for their removal, but also There is More they combat illegal activity and raise awareness of conser- There are many more projects. AZA institutions either vation and habitat protection among the local people who directly support fi eld conservation through their own learn to care about elephants and come to see them as an projects, or through partnerships with organizations on important resource, doing positive deeds. As a result local the ground, or indirectly by providing critical conserva- communities and decision-makers recognize their contri- tion funding via AZA’s Conservation Endowment Fund and bution and focus greater attention on protecting Sumatran the International Elephant Foundation. As confl ict over elephants. land, ivory and elephants are heating up, increased future funding support from zoos for on-the-ground conserva- Kenya: Anti-Poaching Team tion will be critical to save the elephants. Perhaps even Kenya’s wildlife outside protected areas continues to de- more important is that by supporting these projects, AZA cline and if this trend continues will soon be either extinct institutions are linking their visitors with ongoing elephant or limited to fragmented, isolated remnant populations in conservation, inspiring them to care and become good only a handful of protected national parks and reserves. stewards of our planet. African elephants are especially threatened by habitat loss and ivory poaching and conserving this species in Kenya Debbie Olson, IEF and Dr. Peter Leimgruber, will require the support of local communities that often share their land with elephants. In 2004 the Northern Smithsonian National Zoo are AZA Elephant TAG/ Rangelands Trust (NRT) was established by local stake- SSP Field Conservation Advisors holders as an umbrella organization that promotes the Originally published in the October 2011 issue of AZA’s CONNECT magazine. integration of community-based biodiversity conservation and environmental management with improving and di- versifying livelihoods in local communities. NRT’s role is to develop the capacity and self-suffi ciency of its constituent community organizations in these areas. Already, NRT’s activities have resulted in more land devoted to biodiversity conservation, benefi tting many species, especially migrants such as elephants, and a signifi cant reduction in poaching. However, political instability continues to threaten conservation efforts in the region and poaching remains a threat due to a large number of illegal fi rearms and the proximity to unstable neighboring countries. A Joint Conservancy Anti-Poaching Team has been established by NRT to improve wildlife protection and monitoring in the region, fi rst and foremost, by deterring incidents of poaching from occurring and, when unfortunate incidents of

ARGENTINA Bermuda Turtle Project Vancouver Island Marmot Captive Breeding Diamondback Terrapin Program Temaiken Foundation Project Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon Wechiau Community brachyurus) Conservation Madagascar Learning Hippo Sanctuary Project Centre Whooping Crane Conservation of Osununu Internship Programme Breeding Research and Natural Reserve Project Breeding Program Marine Wildlife Rescue Lowland Tapir (Tapirus and Rehabilitation Toronto Zoo terrestris) Conservation Adopt-a-Pond Wetland Project Red-eared Slider Project Conservation

Native Butterfly and CANADA African Penguins Orquids Conservation

Project Aqua-Links

The Calgary Zoo, Parana Pine (Araucaria Botanical Garden & Asian Turtle Crisis Range angustifolia) Ecosystem Prehistoric Park Country Conservation Conservation Project AZA Ape TAG Conservation Program Atlantic Salmon Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Reintroduction Program Conservation Project Bongo Surveillance Project-Habitat and Black-footed Ferret Threatened Species Population Surveillance Recovery Program Recovery Program and Anti-poaching Program Blanchard's Cricket Frog - BERMUDA Genetic Assessment and Burrowing Owl Release Field Monitoring

Bermuda Aquarium, Northern Leopard Frog Blanding’s Turtle Museum and Zoo Research Bermuda Reef Ecology Butterfly Conservation Assessment and Mapping Role of Sacred Sites in the Initiative (BREAM) Creation of Protected Areas Conservation of Urban BAMZ/BZS Research Amphibians and Reptiles Grants and Support Sustainable Agriculture Development Society - COTERC Bermuda Amphibian Liberia Project Distribution and The Ecology of Black- Population Monitoring of Bermuda Endemic Land tailed Prairie Dogs in Malayan Tapir Snail Survey Grassland National Park, Canada Establishment and Bermuda Killifish Project Characterization of Cell The Reintroduction of Cultures from Freshwater Bermuda Marine Moorings Black-footed Ferrets to Fishes Initiative Grasslands National Park, Canada

Establishment of Artificial Mexican Axolotl Pygmy Hippo and Fertilization Techniques Conservation Manatee Conservation in for Puerto Rican Crested Ivory Coast Toad Milk Snake Population Monitoring in Rouge Park Recovery of First Nations Way of Canadian/Other Knowing Multi-cultural Amphibians and Reptiles Conservation Programme FROGWATCH Ontario Response to Global NA Save the Rhino Amphibian Decline Gamete Rescue for Campaign Genetic Management Snow Leopard In Situ Nouabale-Ndoki Project Conservation Giant Panda Nutritional Analysis of Bamboo; Odonate Survey Species at Risk Nest Bamboo Restoration and Protection Research In Situ Ontario Turtle Tally Species at Risk Road Golden Lion Tamarin Ontarion Crayfish Injury Recovery and Program Rehabilitation Great Lakes Program Oregon Spotted Frog Spider Tortoise Grevy's Zebra Trust Panama Frog Rescue Sulawesi Wildlife Crime Healthy Waters - Healthy Program (Invert Unit - Babirusa Wildlife Lake Stewardship Production) Turtle Mitigation International Elephant Polar Bear Biodiversity Foundation - Waterways Studies Trumpeter Swan & Dura Recovery Project Prevalence of Avian Turtle Island Conservation Karner Blue Recovery Bornavirus Infection in Group Wild Waterfowl in Turtle Species at Risk Southern Ontario and Komodo Dragon SSP Susceptibility of Domestic Urban Turtle Initiative Field Conservation Poultry to Experimental Infection with Avian Urinary Reproductive Lewa Veterinary Bornavirus Hormone Levels in Female Conservancy and Vet Chinchillas Program Project 400 Vancouver Island Marmot Loggerhead Shrike Project Punde Kundo Recovery Program (Red Panda) Madagascar Field Study Wild Clouded Leopard Project Seahorse Conservation in Thailand Malayan Tapir Przewalski's Horse Wood Bison Research Massasauga Rattlesnake Puerto Rican Crested Wyoming Toad SSP Mbeli Bai Gorilla Study Toad Disease Screening/ Population Monitoring

Vancouver Aquarium Conservation of African A Future for Wild Chinese Marine Science Centre Elephants Giant Salamanders: BC Cetacean Sightings Piloting Network Conservation of Southern Recommendations from Flying Squirrel the International British Columbia Northern (Glaucomys volans) in Conservation Workshop Leopard Frog Recovery Quebec for the Chinese Giant Project Salamander (ICWCGS) Enhancing the Dolphin Echolocation and Conservation of the An Investigation of the Net Avoidance Geoffroy’s Pied Colobus Ecological and Monkey (Colobus Behavioural Constraints Field Study of vellerosus) in Brong- on the Recovery of the Demography, Population Ahafo Region, Ghana World’s Rarest Ape, the Status and Natural History Hainan Gibbon of British Columbian and Follow-up on Egg Laying (Nomascus hainanus): A Alaskan Killer Whales and the Use of Pike River Conservation Case Study by the Spiny Softshell Fur Seal and Sea Lion Turtle (Apalone spinifera) Assessing the Abundance, Projects Movement Patterns and Inventory and Fishery Interactions of Monitor Glass Sponge enhancement of the Indo-Pacific Humpback Reefs natural habitat on Saint- Dolphins in the Coastal Quentin Island (Trois- Waters of Bangladesh Monitor Lingcod Spawn Rivières, Quebec) Demography Assessment of the Program Carbone boréal Irrawaddy Dolphin Monitor Spot Prawn de l’Université du Québec Population and Its Habitat Nurseries à Chicoutimi, (Québec) in Western Negros and Documentation of Other Oregon Spotted Frog Snow Leopard Enterprise Occurrences in the Recovery Project Expansion Visayas and Mindanao

Pacific Ocean Shelf HONG KONG Bamboo and Vegetation Tracking Recovery of Giant Panda Habitat after Wenchuan Recovery of Rockfish in Ocean Park Corporation Earthquake Rockfish Conservation 2011 Hunchun Amur Tiger Areas Festival Baseline Survey of Red Panda Distribution, Rockfish Winter Hiding An Ecological Study of Abundance, and Horseshoe Crab Spawning Population Status in the Zoo de Granby and Nursery Beach Eastern Himalaya of India

Amur Leopard Habitat Building Capacity to Save Conservation Asia’s Threatened Wildlife

and Habitats Conservation and rehabilitation of Puerto Rican Crested Toads (Peltophryne lemur)

Cambodian Crocodile Conservation of the EDGE Coral Reefs: Conservation Programme: Yellow-crested Cockatoo Building Local Capacity Ensuring the Future of the for Coral Reef Critically Endangered Conserving the Largest Conservation Siamese Crocodile in the Salmon in the World: Wild Convening Species Effects of Forest Loss and Experts and Raising Degradation on Lowland Capacity Building to Save Awareness of Current and Amphibians of Hong Asian Horseshoe Crabs: Future Threats to Sichuan Kong, Singapore, and An International Taimen (Hucho Bleekeri) Thailand Workshop on the Science and Related Species and Conservation of Asian Empowering Local Horseshoe Crabs Conserving the World’s Community to Conserve Largest Amphibian: the Critically Endangered Changes in Population Reintroduction of the Chinese Crested Tern in Size, Social Organization Chinese Giant Salamander Zhejiang Province, China and Residence Patterns of into the Wild Sousa chinensis in Estimating Group Density Zhanjiang Waters Developing Release of Nepalese Assamese Protocols for Trade- Macaque (Macaca Characterizing Confiscated Sunda assamensis) ‘Nepal Organochlorine Pesticides Pangolins (Manis Population’ using Multiple Exposure to the Critically Javanica) through a Covariate Distance Endangered Eastern Monitored Release in Cat Sampling (MCDS) in Taiwan Strait Indo-Pacific Tien National Park, Lower Kanchenjungha Humpback Dolphins Vietnam Area (LKA), Eastern Nepal (Sousa chinensis) Discovering Amphibian Factors of Establishing Coastal Marine Mammals Diversity and Building Ecological Corridor for along the Eastern Gulf of Conservation Capacity in Giant Panda Thailand Vietnam Feeding Ecology and Communities, Students Distribution, Ecology and Habitat Choice of Sichuan and Conservationists; Conservation of Snub-nosed Monkey Protecting Crocodiles Cetaceans around the (Rhinopithecus roxellana) Together Langkawi Archipelago, in Tangjiahe Nature with a Special Reference Reserve, China and Community Education to Indo-Pacific Humpback Corresponding Sponsorship Programme Dolphins, Sousa chinensis Implications for Conservation Conservation Capacity DNA Bank for Sousa Training and Evaluation chinensis in Asian Waters: Female Mate Choice in for Educators in China a Preliminary Approach of Giant Panda (Ailuropoda Specimen Banking melanoleuca) Conservation of Blue- crowned Laughing Thrush East Kalimantan Cetacean Giant Panda Adaptability Garrulax courtoisi in Conservation Project 2011- to Natural Secondary Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province 2012. Conservation and Forest and Coniferous Diversity of Cetaceans Forest Conservation of within a New Potential Endangered Primates in MPA Guangdong Reef Check Lao PDR Workshop

How to Reintroduce a Marine Dolphins South-East Asian Training Crocodile? Assessing the Conservation through Workshop in Marine Effectiveness of Different Community Education Mammal Research Release Strategies for the and Capacity Building Techniques: Philippine Crocodile Comprehensive Approach Marine Mammal Stranding to Capture-Recapture Human Orangutan Response in Hong Kong Models using 'Mark' and Conflict Response Unit Other Software for (HOCRU) Monkey Contraception Datasets of Individually Programme in Hong Kong Identifiable Animals Identifying Priority Areas for Conservation of Saola Population Dynamics Survey on Porpoise (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) Study of Chinese White Bycatch by Fisheries in using Local Ecological Dolphin in the Pearl River Poyang Lake, China Knowledge Estuary: Data Collection Tackling Illegal Wildlife Impact of Sea-Level Rise Population Ecology of Trade in Guangdong, on Protection and Chinese White Dolphins in China through Community Management of Coastal the Pearl River Estuary. Mangrove Wetland Phase 1: Establishing The Investigation on the Baseline Models Current Status of the Wild Increasing the Population and the Sustainability of Population Survey of Conservation of the Freshwater Protected Komodo Dragons and Habitats of Cuora Areas for the Critically Sustainable Development aurocapitata Endangered Irrawaddy on the Island of Flores, Dolphin in the Mahakam Southeast Indonesia The Population Ecology River, East Kalimantan, and Genetic Diversity of Indonesia Recovery of Coral Reef the Endangered Tarim Habitats in Community- River System Endemic Information and Managed Reserves Fish Schizo Investigative Service for Illegally Traded Wildlife in Rehabilitation, Training the Next Guangzhou Reintroduction and Generation: Tortoise and Conservation Planning of Freshwater Field Skill Initiatives for Establishing Confiscated Javan Slow Training Course and a Stranding Network for Lorises Student Research Projects the Endangered Yangtze in Vietnam Finless Porpoise Reintroduction Experiment of Captive- University Student Investigating the bred Red-necked Pond Sponsorship Programme Conservation Status of Turtle (Mauremys (USSP) the Indo-Pacific nigricans), a Highly Humpback Dolphin and Threatened Freshwater Unraveling the Blue: Orcaella sp. in Papua New Turtle Species Endemic to Determining the Guinea – Potentially South China Relationship between Depleted Populations of Blue Whales and Oceanic Unknown Taxonomic Seahorse Survey and Reef Processes off Southern Sri Status Check in Hong Kong Lanka

Whale Shark and Marine Development of a Pharmacokinetic Studies Mammals in the Northern Cetacean Tagging Best of Orally Administered Bohol Sea, Philippines: Practices Guidelines Cefpodoxime Proxetil in Status Assessment and Document Alcids Conservation Evaluating Injury to Remote Release Device MEXICO Harlequin Ducks for Marine Mammal (Histrionicus histrionicus) Electronic Tags Caused by Hydrocarbon Patronato del Parque Exposure in Prince Response and Post- Zoologico de Leon William Sound Using Release Monitoring of The Zoque Jungle of Species-specific Cell Lines Stranded Marine Mammals Mexico in Alaska 2010 Improving Attachments of UNITED STATES Remotely-Deployed Resurrection Bay Salmon Dorsal Fin-Mounted Tags: Restoration, Enhancement ALASKA Tissue Structure, and Research Hydrodynamics, In Situ Alaska Sealife Center Performance, and Stranded Marine Mammals Alaska Region Stranding Tagged-animal Follow-up as Indicators of Ocean Network Annual Meetings Health 2008 and Training Marine Invasive Species Program Studying Diets in Alaska SeaLife Center Threatened Eiders Using Cetacean Research Marine Invasive Species Stable Carbon Isotopes of Program Consistent Messaging Specific Fatty Acids: Validation of a New Alaska SeaLife Center Marine Debris Technique with Controlled Marine Mammal Research Investigation and Feeding Experiments Program 2009-2013 Outreach Eider Research and Basic Operations and Marine Mammal De-Oiling Conservation Program Medical Care of & Husbandry Workshop Rehabilitation Patients The Impact of Predation

Marine Wildlife Capture & on Juvenile Survival and Captive Study of Radio Rehabilitation Services Population Recovery of Transmitter Effects on Steller Sea Lions in the Wintering Long-Tailed Seabirds and Invasive Prince William Sound - Ducks Rats Exhibit Kenai Fjords Region of

Alaska Comparative Study of the Monitoring for Marine Metabolic Effects of Invasive Species Radio-transmitter Thermoregulation in Free- Attachment Methods on Living Antarctic Seals: The Wintering Steller’s Eiders Ocean Alaska Science and Missing Link in Effective Learning Center Ecological Modeling COSEE Alaska: People in a Changing Climate Pacific Walrus Haulout Attendance and Decision Support Model Disturbance for Steller's Eider Reintroduction

ALABAMA Bat Species Richness & The Phoenix Zoo Diversity at the Muleshoe Agua Fria and Las Ranch Cooperative Birmingham Zoo Cienega National Management Area & Conservation Area and Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Aravaipa Canyon Preserve Monument Resource International Management Plan

Buffelgrass Busters including Climate The Orangutan Responsive Scenario Conservancy Migratory Species Bat Planning and Adaptive

Research & Education Management Strategies USFWS Great Lakes Focused on Rapid Change Piping Plover Project Propagation: Mexican and System Uncertainty

Gartersnake ARIZONA Andean Condor SSP Propagation: Tarahumara Reintroduction Arizona-Sonora Desert Frog (Colombia) Museum Assurance Population: Propagation: Yaqui Arizona Forest Planning Quitobaquito Pupfish Catfish Initiative

Roost Monitoring for the Arizona Game and Fish Assurance Population: Endangered Lesser Long- Black-tailed Prairie Dog Gila Topminnow nosed Bat (Leptonycteris Reintroduction yerbabuenae) in Northern Assurance Population: Sonora, Mexico Arizona Game and Fish Quitobaquito Mud Turtles Heritage Advisory Salvage: Tortoise Committee Assurance Population: Adoption Program Sonora Chub Biodiversity and Leopard Salvage: Chiricahua Study of the Matobo Hills Bat Data Analysis at the Leopard Frog (New Chiricahua National Mexico) Black-footed Ferret, Monument & Fort Bowie (Mustela nigripes) - National Historic Site Salvage: Quitobaquito Propagation & Release Mud Turtles Program Bat Species Richness & Abundance at the Salvage: Rio Sonoyta Black-footed Ferret web- Chiricahua National Longfin Dace site Support Monument & Fort Bowie Borneo Carnivore Survey National Historic Site (12th Salvage: Rucker/Turkey Program Year) Creek Fire

Bat Species Richness & California Condor Sky Island Biodiversity Abundance, Winter Survey at the Chiricahua Chiricahua Leopard Frog National Monument for (CLF; Lithobates 2010-2011 chiricahuensis) Headstarting and Release Program

Conservation Education Improving the Native Fish Species Outreach Program with Conservation Status of Reintroduction-Gila Community Self-help the Endangered African Topminnow Component in Kisumu, Wild Dog in the Kenya – Using Existing Zimbabwean Part of the Native Invertebrates Framework of Otter Clubs Greater Limpopo Species Husbandry & and Hippo Focus Group. Transfrontier Release Program Completing Construction Conservation Area of Patrol Boat and Roving Northern Jaguar project Library Creation In Situ Conservation of the Greater Bamboo Philippine Biodiversity Continuing to Resolve Lemur (Prolemur simus) Conservation Programme Conflict through Using Non-Invasive Communication: Using Genetic Techniques Population survey of DVD Shows to Help cotton-top tamarins Reduce Human-carnivore Jordan Phoenix Zoo METI Conflict around Ruaha Project for Preservation of Project Title Arizona National Park, Tanzania the Arabian Oryx Game and Fish Wildlife Corridors and Determining Biological Komodo Dragon Connectivity, County by Factors that Influence Conservation SSP County (4) to Date Mate Choice in the Endangered Black-footed Las Cienega Watershed Providing an Alternative Ferret Partnership to Bushmeat in the eastern DRC: Eco-Ethological Marianas Aviculture Development and Observations of Wild Conservation Project Implementation of a Habituated Orang-Utans Rabbit Husbandry that are found at the Masked Bobwhite Quail Workshop for a Rabbit KOCP Intensive Study Species Recovery Plan Cooperative Managed by Area, Lot 2 of the Lower Women in the Local Kinabatangan Wildlife Mexican Wolf Recovery in Community Sanctuary US and Mexico/Regional Collaboration Santa Rita & Chiricauhua Hornbill Nest Adoption Mountain Land Mount Graham Red Management Project Hornbill Research and Squirrel Propagation and Conservation: Nest Release Program Saving the Orangutan of Adoption Project and Indonesian Borneo: Budo Hornbill Narrow-headed Garter Building New Conservation & Education Snake (Thamnopsis Relationships between Center Hornbill Population rufipunctatus) Local Populations and the Survey Equipment and Propagation for Release Forest at the Policy Level, Education Program on the Ground, and in the National Park System Hearts and Minds of the Project Bornean People

Native Fish Species Sonoran Pronghorn Reintroduction-Desert Recovery Team Pupfish

Support of Ongoing Goualougo Triangle Ape Aquarium of the Pacific Training for Local Staff in Project: Securing the Abalone Surveys with Sumatran Elephant Future of Gorillas and California Department of Conservation Chimpanzees in a Fish and Game Changing Climate Evaluation of RNA Turtle Survival Alliance Extraction Methods and International Bear its Applicability for Western Governors Association Wildlife Species Association Climate and Wildlife Corridor and International Elephant Kelp Forest Monitoring Connectivity Projects Foundation with Santa Monica Baykeepers Reid Park Zoo IUCN/SSC Conservation Fin Foundation Breeding Specialist Group Kelp Restoration Project (CBSG) Polar Bears International Monitoring Sea Turtle Kibale Community Fuel Presence and Activity Rain Forest Parking Meter Wood Project within Alamitos Bay Channel and the San Ruby Star Center for Madagascar Fauna Group Gabriel River Biological Diversity Partners in Conservation Pink and Green Abalone IUCN/ SSC Tapir Translocation Studies Specialist Group Rainforest Alliance White Abalone Tarangire Elephant South African Foundation Recruitment Study Project for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCOBB) Birch Aquarium at Scripps Trees for You and Me Inst. of Oceanography The Clouded Leopard Capacity Building and Project ARKANSAS Specialty Training -

Multiple Marine Zoo Conservation Conservation Projects Little Rock Zoo Outreach Group (ZCOG)

Appalachian Bear Center Cabrillo Marine CALIFORNIA Arkansas Natural Heritage Aquarium Biannual Survey of Commission Aquarium of the Bay Intertidal Marine Life at Undaria Removal at AZA's Conservation Point Fermin Marine Life Fisherman’s Wharf in San Endowment Fund (CEF) Refuge, Los Angeles Francisco, CA County, CA

Bowling for Rhinos The Bay Institute of San Cabrillo Salt Marsh Survey Francisco Cheetah Conservation

Fund (CCF) California Spiny Lobster Captive Rearing Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Chrysaora Sea Jelly Farming

Copepod Aquaculture

Decompression of Pacific Tree Frog (Hyla Return the Call of the Collected Cowcod regilla) Garden Habitat Wild Cell Phone Recycle Project Program Grunion Gamete Cryopreservation Fresno Chaffee Zoo SaveNature.org - Bolivian Amphibian Conservation Meter Grunion Aquaculture Initiative Have Trunk Will Travel, Grunion Greeters Community-Based Inc. Grevy's Zebra International Elephant Garibaldi Aquaculture, Conservation in Northern Foundation Territorial Behavior, and Kenya Conservation Living Desert

Conserving Roatan's Desert Pupfish Ex Situ Inner Cabrillo Beach Spiny Tailed Iguanas Refugia Management Survey through Research,

Outreach and Education Desert Tortoise Moon Jelly Genetics and Conservation Education Early Nervous System Genetic Analysis to Inform Program Evolution Captive Breeding

Recommendations Endangered Pacific Sea Horse (Jamaican Iguana) Southwestern Gray Wolf Husbandry and Distinct Population Development Shielding from Extinction Segment Recovery

the World's Most Planning Peninsula Shorewatch Endangered Xenarthran:

The Pygmy Sloth of Grevy's Zebra Trust Red Abalone Larval Escudo de Veraguas Settlement Island Mecca Aster Propagation

and Habitat Restoration Red Rock Shrimp The Search for Sex Linked Project Aquaculture Genes in Cryptobranchid

Salamanders Genome- Peninsular Pronghorn Rock Crab Development Wild Gene Discovery and Recovery Project

Marker Development Rotifer Aquaculture Sahara Conservation Fund Sea Jelly Movement When Endangered Mechanics Species Collide: Impact of Termit Carnivore Project

jaguars, Land Use Weekly Bird Survey at Patterns & Habitat- Urban Bee Survey Manmade Salt Marsh at Competition Interactions Cabrillo Beach, Los on the Distribution and Yucatan Jaguar Project Angeles County, CA Abundance of the Tagua

Los Angeles Zoo and White Abalone Husbandry Happy Hollow Zoo and Conservation Botanical Gardens Advance Force via Abundance, Population Wildlife Direct Density and Genetic CuriOdyssey Coyote Point Beach Clean Diversity of the Red Heart of the Congo Uakari (Cacajao calvus) in Up the Peruvian Amazon Jaguar Conservation

Asian Rhino Conservation Human Elephant Conflict Natural History of Mobulid in Cambodia Rays in the Gulf of Asian Vulture California Conservation Javan Warty Pig Recovery Project Ocean Sunfish Research A Trade Study of the Serow in Southeast Asia Madagascar Fauna Group Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Black-winged Starling Minimizing the Conflict Policy Work Conservation in Indonesia between Asian Elephants and Local Villagers Sea Otter Research and Bush Meat Education at Conservation Limbe Wildlife Center Okapi Conservation Project Sevengill Shark Research California Condor Recovery Project: Rear Pacarana Conservation Shorebird and Seabird and Prepare for Release Project Rehabilitation to the Wild Peninsular Pronghorn Sustainable Seafood Caribbean Flamingo Recovery Project Initiative Conservation Proyecto Tagua- Chacoan Validation of Comparing Monitoring Peccary Conservation Thermography to Assess Methods to Infer the Project Body Temperature and Conservation Status of Waterproofing of Captive the Komodo Dragon Sahara Conservation Fund and Rehabilitated Population Seabirds Scotia Endangered Conserving the World's Mammal Recovery Project White Shark Research Largest Amphibian Sonoran Pronghorn Oakland Zoo Drill Conservation on the Recovery Project Africa Matters Island of Bioko Steller's Sea Eagle Amboseli Elephant Drill Rehabilitation and Population Research Research Breeding Center Turtle Alliance American Bird Finding and Providing Conservancy Appropriate Conditions Yellow-footed Rock Under which to Hold the Wallaby Reintroduction Animals Asia Endangered Mountain Yellow-legged Frog Monterey Bay Aquarium ARCAS Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Genetic Analysis of Arroyo Viejo Creek Orangutan DNA to Movements, Distribution Restoration Project (On Determine Subspecific and Husbandry Site) Diversity Requirements of Large Elasmobranch Fishes of Bay Area Puma Project – Harpy Eagle Conservation Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Felidae Conservation and Research Fund

Bornean Sun Bear The Aras Project Snow Leopard Trust Conservation Center (Formerly Amigos de Las Aves) Tana River Primate Budongo Snare Removal Conservation Project The Elephants of Tarangire Volta Water Project Bushmeat Crisis Taskforce Impact Study Togal Bat Hospital Butterfly Conservation Zoo Conservation Initiative Uganda Predator Project Outreach Group (ZCOG)

Cheetah Conservation Ventana Wildlife Society Safari West Fund Western Pond Turtle Grevy Zebra Trust Headstart Program (On Giraffe Conservation Site) Mabula Ground Hornbill Foundation and Project Rothchild’s Giraffe Project Women’s Earth Alliance Project Survival Hornbill Nest Project Sacramento Zoo Amphibian Ark Save the Elephants Keystone Conservation Ape TAG Conservation San Diego Zoo Kibale Community Fuel Initiative Amphibian Veterinary Wood Project Outreach Program Assessment of Status of Lubee Bat Conservancy Great Hornbill in Chitwan An Adaptive Management National Park Nepal Approach to Recovering Mountain Gorilla Vet Burrowing Owl Project Cassowary Extinction Populations and Restoring Emergency a Grassland Ecosystem Mountain Lion Foundation Conservation of Bat Andean Bear Namibian Elephant species in South East Asia Conservation Research, Research (Utopia Building Capacity in Perú Scientific) Hornbill Research Foundation Andean Condor Recovery Pan African Sanctuary in Columbia, South Alliance (PASA) International Bird Rescue America

Project Golden Frog IUCN/SSC Conservation Anegada Iguana Project Breeding Specialist Group Aruba Island Rattlesnake Project Tamarin (CBSG) Conservation Efforts

Save the Elephants Mabula Ground Hornbill Ape TAG Conservation Conservation Project initiative Savenature.Org (Parking Meter Collection) Madagascar Fauna Group Barcoding for Species Conservation Saving Wild Tigers Riparian Brush Rabbit Recovery Program Behavior, Ecology and Conservation of Asian Sahara Conservation Fund Leaf-eating Monkeys

Behavioral Associations in Conservation IndoChinese Langur Old World Monkeys: An Partnerships: Bicultural Conservation Aid to Captive Conservation in S. Management California International Elephant Foundation Bonobo Congo Cuc Phong Delacour's Biodiversity Initiative Langur Release International Rhino Foundation Cactus Scrub Habitat Desert Tortoise Enhancement and Cactus Conservation Center Investigating the Role of Wren Monitoring Disease in Declining Development of Thick-Billed Parrot California Condor West Techniques for Populations in Northern Nile Virus Vaccination Reproductive Assessment Mexico Study of Captive and Wild Brown Kiwi Jaguar Costa Rica California Least Tern and Corridor Research Western Snowy Plover Effects of Wind Turbines Conservation Program on Golden Eagles and Komodo Conservation Condors in Northern Baja Fund Captive Breeding and California, Mexico Reintroduction of the San Laparoscopic Vasectomy Clemente Loggerhead Endangered Primate and Anesthesia in Free- Shrike Rescue Center, Cuc Ranging African Phuong National Park, Elephants Cassowary Recovery Vietnam Efforts Light-Footed Clapper Rail Enhancing California Reintroduction Program Central Africa Program Condor Genetic Management Madagascar Fauna Group Chacoan Peccary Project – Paraguay Feeding Ecology of Douc Management of the Cocha Langurs at Son Tra Nature Cashu Biological Station Chinese Dhole Recovery Reserve, Vietnam in Manu, Peru

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21 IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE PUERTO RICAN CRESTED TOAD By Diane Barber lthough a successful reintroduction program has been managed by the Association of Zoos and A Aquarium’s (AZA) Puerto Rican Crested Toad Spe- cies Survival Plan® (PRCT SSP), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Puerto Rican Depart- ment of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER) for the Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne lemur) for over 25 years, and has resulted in the establishment of three new populations on the island, little systematic monitoring has occurred due to a shortage of resources and personnel, the reclusive behavior of the toad and challenges posed by the cavernous karst habitat in which it lives.

In 2008, recovery group partners began to intensify island- wide monitoring efforts with the support of AZA zoos and the AZA’s Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF). These funds were specifi cally used to develop stronger in-situ monitoring techniques and standardized monitoring plans at all three of our reintroduction sites and the last known wild population site in southern Puerto Rico. This included Comparison of small Nanotec® injector and 6mm the purchase of monitoring equipment such as Passive Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tag (left) and Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags and readers, standard standard 15mm PIT tag and injector (right.) programmable recording devices and fi eld trials of a new “real-time” audio recording system with alert features. CEF Through the use of programmable recording devices funds were also used to employ fi eld technicians at two (Wildlife Acoustic’s Song Meters®) (Photo 3), the presence ponds to determine the presence or absence of P. lemur at of P. lemur was confi rmed in Barinas (Cienagas Pond), the northern population’s last known location. spring 2010. This is the fi rst time toads have been docu- mented in this southern area since drastic land alteration Goal #1: Develop an in-situ monitoring team through per- occurred in 1985. This population is now being monitored sonnel training and equipment purchase and determine and plans are underway to manage the site while options distribution patterns of P. lemur across four study sites: to restore habitat are considered. Local biologist from Liga Tamarindo (location of last remaining wild population) and Ecologica Quebradillana, Inc., were contracted to collect three reintroduction sites: Arecibo, Manglillo and Gabia. data for a 25 week period in Quebradillas at two ponds where the toads were last observed in the north. A P. lemur Team members in Puerto Rico were trained to properly male was recorded in the distance near one of the ponds handle toads, insert Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) in October 2011. This is promising, as the toads have not tags and collect pertinent data at all sites. Programmable been seen or heard in this region since 1992. Searches for a PIT tag equipment (Nanotec®) was distributed to part- viable population in this region continue. Archived weather ners to individually mark and track toads. This technology data is being correlated with reproduction event data to is much smaller than the standard microchips commonly extrapolate optimal conditions when crested toads may used in zoos (Photo 1) and is injected in crested toads as be gathering to reproduce, estimate average population little as 5cm for identifi cation. Documentation of disper- numbers and gage “normal” fl uctuations in size. sal patterns is accomplished through the accumulation of mark and recapture data, GPS/GIS mapping, tracking using Goal #3: Continue health assessments of Puerto Rican fl uorescent powder (Photo 2), audio recordings, systematic amphibian populations. searches and standardized data collection forms. A central database is being developed to store and share these data. Screening for amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), began in 2006 to assess overall health Goal #2: Determine presence/absence at historical sites of P. lemur populations and mitigate threats introduced via and document P. lemur calling characteristics such as disease from other amphibians. Bd was has been con- timing relevant to weather events and temporal pattern- fi rmed in three samples. One was from an Eleutherodac- ing that are critical to determining population status and tylus antillensis collected from a site in Rio Encantado, a dynamics. second was collected from an E. coqui at a current rein-

22 troduction site in Arecibo, and a third has been collected from an E. antillensis in Quebradillas. The susceptibility of P. lemur to Bd is unknown. Studies are currently underway at North Carolina State University using captive P. lemur to determine exposure tolerance to Bd. These ﬁ ndings will have bearing on management decisions for populations in Puerto Rico.

Goal #4: Field-test a state-of-the-art automated data recording system that can be utilized for multiple taxa in Puerto Rico.

In 2009, we started the development of a fully automated recording system that would allow biologists to respond immediately to a site when toads were calling. However our initial prototypes failed. Fortunately, a similar automated recording device was being refi ned by a division of Toadlets are dipped in fl uorescent powder (DayGlo®, the biology department (Automated Remote Biodiversity Blaze Orange). As they move, small particles drop on Monitoring Network, ARBIMON) at UPR-Río Piedras. We leaves which enable them to be tracked with black lights were able use CEF funds as leverage to negotiate a con- at night. The powder is viewable for three to fi ve days tract to test ARBIMON’s fully automated recording system even after consecutive nightly rains. at our release site in El Tallonal (Photo 4). As a result of this collaboration, ARBIMON has joined the PRCT recovery team which will eventually enable us to install their systems at all current toad sites. In addition, this new technology permits us to store, analyze and share countless data with PRCT biologists and those from different disciplines. ARBIMON is interested in expanding their biodiversity monitoring network which can be deployed remotely all over the world. We are confi dent that other AZA institutions and researchers will fi nd ARBIMON a useful resource to study other species of amphibians, birds, insects and mammals in the future.

Now that the framework is established, coordinated monitoring efforts for the crested toad will continue to expand well into the future. CEF funds along with support and do- nations from multiple AZA institutions (Audubon Zoo, Buf- falo Zoo, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Columbus Zoo, Dallas Song Meters® are used for rapid surveys. They are easily Zoo, Denver Zoo, Detroit Zoo, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, hidden in unsecure areas and are deployed prior to, dur- El Paso Zoo, Fort Worth Zoo, Jacksonville Zoo, National ing, and after major rain events to monitor activity levels Aquarium in Baltimore, North Carolina Zoo, Milwaukee Zoo, of male toads and estimate population trends. Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Toledo Zoo, Toronto Zoo and Zoo Miami) played a pivotal role in the development of an island-wide monitoring plan that is essential to the recovery efforts of the Puerto Rican crested toad. Furthermore, exciting new technologies deployed during this project, such as the ARBIMON system, will be used to study other species that cohabitate with the toad and can be utilized by researches for multiple applications.

Diane Barber is the PRCT SSP Coordinator and the Curator of Ectotherms at the Fort Worth Zoo [email protected]

Originally published in the July 2012 issue of AZA’s CONNECT magazine.

ARBIMON’s test system at El Tallonal: The relay antenna is located on the left side of the photo in front of a small release pond. The black Pelican® box containing the recording equipment is located to the right of the pond. A microphone is run from the box to a small citrus tree. The solar panel shown on the right side of the photo powers the system.

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Reintroduction of NORTH DAKOTA Boonshoft Museum of Schweintz’s Sunflower Discovery (Helianthus schweinitzii) Peregrine Falcon Cam and Dakota Zoo to Purgatory Mountain Banding Project Raptor Rehabilitation

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Snare Removal Patrols in OHIO Angel Fund - Cheetah Kibale National Park, Outreach Uganda African Safari Wildlife Angel Fund - CCF Kenya/ Survey of Amphibians and Park Action for Cheetah Reptiles at the North AAZK Carolina Zoological Park Angel Fund - Cheetah IUCN/SSC Conservation Conservation Botswana The Caraway’s Breeding Specialist Group Schweintz’s Sunflower (CBSG) Angel Fund - Niassa (Helianthus schweinitzii) Carnivore Project Mitigation Site AZA's Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF) Angel Fund - Ruaha The Elephants of Carnivore Project Cameroon International Elephant Fund Autumn Buttercup Tooro Botanical Garden (Ranunculus aestivalis) Wild Aid UNITE Conservation Avon Park Harebells Education Project at Akron Zoological Park (Crotalaria avonensis) Community Conservation Uganda's Kibale National Greater Akron Audubon / Resource Center in Park Akron Zoo Christmas Bird Eastern Nepal Count

Uwharries Conservation IUCN/SSC Conservation Partnership IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) Western North Carolina (CBSG)

Nature Center Cumberland Sandwort Animal Rehabilitation Madagascar Fauna Group (Arenaria Training - Western North cumberlandensis) Carolina Region Northern Plains of

Cambodia White Winged Distribution, Habitat Great Smoky Mountains Wood Duck Project Characteristics and All-Taxa Biodiversity Disease Status of the Inventory Project (ATBI) Snow Leopard Trust Black-footed Cat Felis

nigripes in the Northern Indiana Bat Conservation White Winged Wood Monitoring Program Duck Veterinary Medical Cape Province, South Husbandry Research Africa

Earth Expeditions Rhino Conservation Choice of Plants and Education Project – Therapeutic Natural Enhancement of Gorilla Karuma Products in Two Wild Related In Situ Western Gorilla Groups: Conservation Education in Scarlet Macaw Learning Processes and North Congo through a Conservation in the Cultural Differences Collaborative Effort of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve Cincinnati Zoo and the Cleveland Museum of Nouabalé-Ndoki Project Scientists for the Future Natural History Conservation Symposium Fishing Cat Research and Sumatran Rhino Conservation Conservation IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group In Situ Population The Bonobo and Congo (CBSG) Monitoring of the Black Biodiversity Initiative Warrior Waterdog Conservation of Lake (Necturus alabamensis) Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Titicaca frog Peru Acres for the Atmosphere International Elephant - Polar Plot Project Cornell Lab of Foundation Ornithology Andean Bear Kea Conservation in New Conservation Alliance Coyote Diet and Zealand Population Estimates Ape TAG Conservation Based on Scat Deposition Manatee Rehabilitation Initiative in the Cleveland Partnership Metroparks Baobab-Elephant Mermaids of the Amazon Relationships in the Design of a Conservation – Using Amazonia Biosphere Reserve of Landscape for Key Stone, Manatee as a “flagship Pendjari in Benin: Umbrella and Endangered species” for the Assessment and Endemic Species in a Part Conservation of the Implication for the of the Semiarid Lower Rio Negro Region, Species Conservation Argentinean Chaco Brazilian Amazon Bat Monitoring in Design of Corridors: A Northern Wild Monkshood Cleveland Metroparks Strategy to Conserve the (Aconitum Jaguar at the Mayan noveboracense) Big Creek Clean Up Forest Region

Okapi Conservation Fund Building Capacity to Developing a Baseline for Pallas Cat Conservation Manage Captive Amphibian Monitoring Assurance Colonies of through Acoustic Surveys Polar Bears International Amphibians in in Uruguay, South Madagascar America Propagation of Trifolium stoloniferum for Camera Trapping of the Disease Surveillance of Restoration Critically Endangered Cleveland Metroparks Philippine Forest Turtle Deer Herds Red Panda Paintings Chacoan Peccary Education for Nature - Rebuilding the Pride Conservation Vietnam

Effect of Climate Change Investigating the Risk of Overcoming Barriers to on Sex-Ratio Population Disease Transmission Rain Forest Regeneration in Mexican Crocodiles: between Gorillas and in a Mexican Agricultural Implications for People in Gabon Mosaic Conservation IUCN Pacific Wild Alliance Effects of Habitat Degradation on the Kibale Fuel Wood Project Pathogen Transmission Monito del Monte between Wild and (Dromiciops gliroides) Lake Erie Allegheny Domestic Ungulates in and its Consequences on Partnership for Central Kenya the Seed Dispersal Biodiversity (LEAP) Interaction with an PEACE (People and Endemic Mistletoe Lewa Wildlife Elephants Amicably Conservancy Coexisting) Evaluating Conservation Impact - PASA Long-term Butterfly Production of Batagur Sanctuaries Monitoring Project Turtle Shell Casts

Friends of Big Creek Managing Human- Saving the Orangutan Elephant Conflicts with through Sustainable Genetic Structure and Young People in Northern Livelihoods around Variability of the Scarlet Uganda Gunung Palung National Macaw Populations in Park Costa Rica Mbeli Bai Gorillas - Conservation Attitudes Telemetry Study of Gharial Conservation Survey Gharial in the National Alliance Chambal Sanctuary, India Mitigating the Impacts of Identification of Sharks Roads on Tigers and The Pika and the and Rays from Small- Other Large Mammals in Watershed Scale Fisheries and Peninsular Malaysia Bycatch in Peru Using The Rufous-legged Owl in Barcodes Monarch Watch the Temperate Rainforests of Chile: Improving the Captive Monitoring Turtle Habitat Occupancy, Husbandry Protocol for Populations at Ohio & Erie Conservation and its Endangered Turtles at Canal Reservation (OEC) Reliability as an Indicator Garhaita and Deori of Biodiversity for Facilities along National Movements and Survival Sustainable Forest Chambal Sanctuary, North of Saiga Antelope in Management India Western Mongolia The Social Dynamics of International Elephant NestWatch Project African Wild Dog Pack Foundation Formation: Implications Ohio Environmental for Translocation Success International Rhino Council Foundation Tick Survey of Selected Ohio Lepidopterists Cleveland Metroparks Invasive Species Removal Reservations

Tracking the Tiger in Beach Bottle Beads - Conservation and Ecology Fragmented Habitat of Reducing the Slaughter of of the Maroon Langur Terai Arc Landscape: Non Endangered Sea Turtles Invasive Genetic by Providing Rural IUCN/SSC Conservation Approach Communities with Breeding Specialist Group Appropriately Scaled (CBSG) Trumpeter Swan Project Alternative Livelihood Options Conservation Education Western Cuyahoga for Local Communities Audubon Society Bonobo Congo around Sambisa Game Biodiversity Initiative: Reserve for Proper Wild Dog Conservation Livelihoods Assistance Preservation and Program Protection of Fauna and Columbus Zoo and Flora Aquarium Borean Sun Bear African and Asian Conservation Centre Conservation Education Elephant Conservation (BSBCC) for Critically Endangered and Human-Elephant Asiatic Cheetah Conflict Resolution Borneo Carnivore Project Symposium Conservation of Bat Species in Myanmar African Crane Trade Capacity Development Reduction Project Program for Turtle Conservation of Pygmy Conservation Project in Hippopotamus in Sierra American Pikas in Sri Lanka Leone Western Oregon Captina Conservancy; Conservation of the Amphibian Ark Hellbender Research and Eastern Hellbender Assessment Amphibian Conservation Conservation of the Needs Assessment for Central Ohio Vernal Pool Hammerhead Shark and Vietnam, Cambodia and Monitoring Workshop its Critical Habitats in Laos Golfo Dulce CERCOPAN Wildlife Anatolian Shepherd Guard Veterinary Capacity Conservation of the Red- Dog Program Enhancement necked Ostrich

Ape TAG Conservation Cheetah Conservation and Conservation Starts with Initiative Human Impact in Kenya Education: Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the ARCAS Guatemala Chimpanzee Habitat for DRC Conservation and AWF's Congo Heartland - Education Conservation Status of Support to Lomaki Leopard in Safari Hunting Ecoguards for Wildlife Club PAN - A Environments Monitoring and Anti- Conservation Education poaching Patrols Project of the Wild Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Chimpanzee Foundation International around the Tai National Park Distribution and Conservation of Red Panda in Bhutan

Drill Monkey Post-release Exploratory Survey of Habitat Use and Monitoring Telemetry Cetacean By-catches in Movement of Larval Cameroon and Search for Japanese Giant Eastern Massasauga the Atlantic Humpback Salamanders Rattlesnake Species Dolphin Survival Program Human-Wildlife Conflict Exploring Possibilities for Collaboration Eastern Plains Garter Restoring Cheetah and Snake State Recovery African Wild Dog to Human-Wildlife Conflict Program Protected Areas of Malawi Collaboration Marketing - Support for the and Outreach Ecology and Conservation Conservation Planning Development of lions - Studying Factors Process Affecting the Population Improving the Dynamics in Northern Field Techniques and Conservation Status of Kenya Conservation Education Endangered African Wild Training on Chiroptera, Dog in the Zimbabwean Education Outreach Rodentia and Part of the Greater Rubondo Island National Invertebrates with Limpopo Transfrontier Park Emphasis on Pollinators Conservation Area

Effects of Seasonal Fish Migrations and International Elephant Influences on the Home Fishery Resources in the Foundation Range and Behavioral Ishasha River - Ecology of the Bornean Implications for International Iguana Tarsier in the Lower Conservation Foundation Kinabatangan Wildlife Management Sanctuary International Polar Bear Forest Canopies as Safe Conservation Centre - Efforts to Combat Illegal Havens from Amphibian IPBCC Trade on the Frontlines in Chytrid Fungus - Phase 2 Ho Chi Minh City Investigating the Present- Fostering Sustainable Bat Day Ivory Trade in China Elephants for Africa Guano Harvesting for the Conservation of Bats in Kibale Fuel Wood Project Emergency Grant for Southeast Asia Post-Release Monitoring Kinabatangan Carnivore of West Indian Manatee Freshwater Mussel Survey Program Conservation and Emergency Rescue Effort Research Center Kinabatangan Orangutan to Prevent the Extinction Conservation Project - of the Sundarbans Giant Armadillo Project KOCP Mangrove Terrapin Giant Otter of Xixuau - A Limbe Wildlife Centre Expanding the Turtle Distribution Survey in the Survival Alliance's Lower Rio Branco Long-Term Ecological Assurance Colony for Extractive Reserve Study of Snow Leopards Yellow-headed Temple in Mongolia's South Gobi Turtles through Goualougo Triangle Ape Placement of Trade Conservation and Lowland Tapir Seizures in Hong Kong Research Project Conservation Initiative

Making Connections - Promoting the Humboldt Snow Leopard Trust Conservation Corridors Penguin as a Flagship for African Wild Dogs Species in Southern Peru Spatial Distribution of Herpetofauna in Chitwan Manatee Rehabilitation Public Awareness and Partnership Increasing Involvement of Status and Conservation Local People in the Saiga of the West African Manatee Species Antelope Conservation Manatee Recovery Plan; Manatee Program Rehabilitation Partnership Strong Roots Purple Martin and Tree Markhor Conservation Swallow Conservation Sumatran Rhino through Community projects for Columbus Conservation and Participation Zoo Safari Golf Club, Propagation Zoombezi Bay, Mussel Mbeli Bai Study of Facility, Scheeff East Sumatran rhino Western Lowland Gorillas Point Nature Preserve Conservation and Propagation Mexican Gray Wolf Research and Community Recovery Program Outreach to Conserve Supporting the Anti- Threatened Atlantic Snaring Activities of the Monitoring for Forest Birds in Argentina South Luangwa Coexistence Conservation Society Resolving Conflict Mountain Gorilla between Humans and The Effects of Forest Veterinary Project Threatened Carnivores Conversion and around Ruaha National Fragmentation on Sunda National Conservation Park Clouded Leopard Planning Workshop for Cheetah and Wild Dog in Returning the Louisiana The Impact of Ethiopia Pine Snake to Restored Deforestation on Female Habitat Red Colobus Ohio Wildlife Center Reproduction in Kibale Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee National Park Otter Surveys in Asia with Rescue Center Special Reference to The Influence of Patch- IUCN.SSC OSG Action Satellite Tracking and Burn Grazing Plan Social Behavior of the Management on Bornean Elephant in Amphibian and Reptile Pan African Sanctuary Kinabatangan Abundance and Diversity Alliance (PASA) in Tall Grass Prairie Shielding from Extinction Post Release Monitoring the World's Most Travel Grant to Attend the of Released Chimpanzees Endangered Xenarthran - XIth International Otter The Pygmy Sloth of Colloquium SECORE (SExual COral Escudo de Veraguas REproduction) Island Tree Kangaroo Conservation Project Projet Conservation de la Siberian Tiger Project: Foret de Nyungwe Research, Training and Turtle Survival Alliance (PCFN) Conflict Mitigation

Urgent Support for Disease Ecology of Ecology of the Cuban Boa Confiscated African Grey Toxoplasma gondii in on the US Naval Base, Parrots Bobcats Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Verification of Carnivore Health and Stress Great Lakes Piping Plover Use of an Important Assessment in Freshwater Salvage Rearing Wildlife Linkage in Mussels Western Montana Host Plant Selection in the Managing North American Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly Wetland Conservation in Landscapes for Native the Gilchin River Biodiversity International Iguana Watershed for Cranes and Foundation People Native Taxon Inventories Marianas Avifauna Wildlife Conservation and Prairie Establishment and Conservation Environmental Education Land Management for in Amazon Communities - Multiple Ecosystem Nerodio Natutama Foundation in Services Colombia Penguin Conservation Reforestation of Initiatives Wildlife Research and Reclaimed Grasslands Conservation Trust - Coral Polar Bear Conservation Replanting and Reintroduction of Initiatives Restoration in Sri Lanka American Burying Beetles to Ohio Reintroduction of the Workshop for Intensive Karner Blue Butterfly to Management of Testing Prairie for the Oak Openings of Populations for Biomass and Carbon Northwestern Ohio Conservation – CBSG Sequestration on Reclaimed Mine Land Reintroduction of the The Wilds Virgin Islands Boa, Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Wetland Restoration Epicrates monensis granti, Monitoring at the Wilds to Puerto Rico and Beyond via Toledo Zoological Biotelemetry Gardens Sloth Bear Conservation Aruba Island Rattlesnake Initiative Conservation and Ecology Field Research of Sichuan Takin Wyoming Toad Field Cheetah Conservation Surveys Conservation of Saiga Initiative Antelope in Russia OKLAHOMA Conservation of Conservation of the Endangered Frogs of the Oklahoma City Zoological Captina Creek Watershed Dominican Republic Park Demonstration of Multi- Conservation of Bowling for Rhinos Use Prairie/Sustainable Guatemalan Cloud Forest Agriculture Programs Salamanders Cedros Island

Disease Ecology of Conservation of the AZA's Conservation Neospora caninum Kihansi Spray Toad Endowment Fund (CEF)

Horned Lizard of Monitoring a Transplanted Western Pond Turtle Oklahoma Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Headstarting in a Newly Created Inter- Monarch Watch Fund Tidal Habitat PENNSYLVANIA

Northern Rangelands Northwest Coast Reef Trust Conservancies Surveys Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland Komodo SSP Oklahoma Department of Oregon Silverspot Conservation Fund Wildlife Conservation Butterfly Habitat Restoration Elmwood Park Zoo Studying a Living Fossil: ALTA (Amur Leopard Conservation and Ecology Oregon’s Otter Rock conservation) of the Giant Armadillo in Marine Reserve the Brazilian Pantanal Implementation and AZA's Conservation Monitoring Endowment Fund (CEF) Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Sea Otter Disaster Plan Hawk Creek Rehabilitation Program/Pan Eco Wildlife Rehabilitation Northern Jaguar Project Vulture Safe Zone: In Situ Conservation of Critically Oregon Zoo Proyecto Titi Endangered Vulture California Condor Species in Salyan, Nepal Breeding Program SANCCOB

Tulsa Zoo and Living Future for Wildlife Field Skye's Spirit Wildlife Museum Conservation Grant Rehabilitation Center Clinical Wildlife Health Program Initiative Tamarack Wildlife Oregon Silverspot Rehabilitation Center Egyptian Tortoise Butterfly (Speyeria zerene Nutrition Project hippolyta) Cascade Head Erie Zoo Population El Valle Amphibian FrogWatch USA Supplementation Conservation Center (EVACC) Louisiana Pine Snake Oregon Spotted Frog Polar Bears International Reintroduction of the Oregon Spotted Frog Alligator Snapping Turtles Escape Behavior National Aviary Avian Community Saving Oklahoma's Pygmy Rabbit Structure in Polylepis Salamanders (Brachylagus idahoensis) Fragments, Cloud Forest, Captive Care and and Exotic Plantations at OREGON Breeding Cajas National Park, Ecuador Role of Mate Choice in Oregon Coast Aquarium Reproduction of Giant Documenting and Panda Monitoring Invasive Invertebrate Species in Taylor's Checkerspot Oregon’s Coastal Bays Captive Rearing Experimentation

Determining the Borneo Elephant Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Ecological Significance Conservation Unit Aquarium and Conservation Caribbean/Florida Coral Importance of a Unique Cheetah Conservation Rescue and Conservation Habitat for Overwintering Fund Birds: Cenotes of the Conservation Parking Yucatan Peninsula Community Conservation Meters and the Adopt an Grant Program (multiple) Acre® Program Effects of Fragmentation of Polylepis Forest on Bird Diamondback Terrapin Coral Propagation Communities Headstart Program International Elephant Factors Affecting Endangered Primate Foundation Reproductive Success and Rescue Centre Overwintering Survival in Painted Dog Conservation a Neotropical Migratory Fairmount Park Bird, Louisiana Reforestation Partners in Conservation Waterthrush FrogWatch USA Polar Bears International Guam Rail Breeding/Reintroduction Golden Lion Tamarin Reintroduction of for SSP Conservation Project Endangered Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) to Las Cruces Area (Costa Haitian Frog Rescue Pennsylvania Rivers Rica) Avian Monitoring Program Humboldt Penguin Sea Otter and Walrus Conservation Consortium- Rehabilitation Monitoring Peregrine Punta San Juan Reserve Falcon Nesting Sites in Sea Turtle Rescue and Pittsburgh Jaguar Conservation and Rehabilitation - Florida Monitoring in Western Population Declines of the Belize Sea Turtle Second Chance Common Nighthawk Program Madagascar Fauna Group The Dominican Birding SECORE (SExual COral Trail Polar Bears International REproduction)

Zoo Conservation Pride Dynamics and Sponsorship of Outreach Group (ZCOG) Dispersal in the Lion Publication and Population of Ongava Distribution of ‘A Practical Philadelphia Zoo Game Reserve Manual on the Rescue, AMPA/Giant Otter Project Projeto Sauim-de-Coleira Rearing and Rehabilitation of Rhino’ Amphibian Ark Rodrigues Environmental Educator Project Survey of the Eastern Amphibian Conservation Hellbender in Three Center – Mazán Forest Saving Endangered Frogs Tributaries of the of Haiti Allegheny River System in Audubon Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania Partnership Snow Leopard Trust

Tigris Foundation

58 SAVING THE WORLD’S LARGEST BIRD The Ostrich Recovery Project in Niger By Sara Hallager, Bill Houston, Michael Mace and Scott Tidmus he biggest bird on the planet is on the verge of going under in the silent tide of T extinction that has been rolling across the Sahara. Once quite common across the Sahelo-Saha- ran zone, the Saharan race of the red-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus), largest representative of its species, has been extirpated across 95 percent of its range. Niger is an optimal location for breeding and reintroducing ostriches. There remain vast areas of excellent ostrich habitat in many parts of the country. The long-term goal of the Ostrich Recovery Project in Niger is to reintroduce one or more secure, self-sustaining populations of Saharan ostrich back into the wild. The expected conservation beneﬁ ts of the Niger Ostrich Recovery Project are many and include: the recovery and reintroduction of a highly- adapted desert race of ostrich; a model participatory, multi-partner conservation initiative; local skills and capacity development; establishment of a national ostrich breeding facility; improved environmental and conservation education and awareness; and catalytic support for other endangered species and environmental issues. Phases I (emergency support) and II (consolidation, feasibility) of the project have resulted in a number of positive and tangible outcomes: provision of advice on animal husbandry and veterinary care, developing a diet for adults and chicks, purchase of foodstuffs/vitamin supplements and purchase of an incubator, construction/mainte- nance of infrastructure, genetic/health analysis of ostriches, feasibility studies for ostrich reintroduction and a nationwide inventory of managed ostrich.

Fortunately, there are still roughly 100 pure (non- hybrid) S. c. camelus in small privately-held ﬂ ocks scattered across Niger. Niger is an exceptionally poor country, but with some modest assistance the Ni- geriens caring for ostrich can substantially improve the chances of these birds breeding successfully and rearing young. Given how productive ostrich can be, there is every reason to believe that with the technical support, improved management techniques, and proper equipment, Niger can produce desert ostrich and return them to the wild in relatively short order.

59 The AZA Ratite Taxon Advisory Group has been With generous support from the following zoos, we championing the recovery of the Saharan race of the have been able to improve the care for 18 birds but red-necked ostrich in Niger since 2007 in partner- further help is needed. Our immediate goal is raise ship with Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF). Through support for up to 30 birds in Niger and be able to SCF, we are part of a public-private partnership with continue that support on an annual basis. the Republic of Niger and a consortium of private local breeders (CERNK) that was launched in an ef- Contributing zoos to date include: Audubon Zoo, fort to breed these birds with an eye towards pro- Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Dallas Zoo, Fort Wayne ducing chicks for eventual reintroduction. An AZA Children’s Zoo, Franklin Park Zoo, Fresno Chaffee Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF) grant in 2007 Zoo, North Carolina Zoological Park, Omaha’s Henry allowed a team to travel to Niger to conduct genetic Doorly Zoo, Phoenix Zoo, Sacramento Zoo, Safari testing. Signiﬁ cant improvements to the ostrich West, Saint Louis Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, breeding pens in Kellé, Niger, were completed in San Francisco Zoological Gardens, Smithsonian 2010. We are now focusing on substantially improv- National Zoological Park and Woodland Park Zoo. ing the diet and promoting natural incubation until School children have even taken up the cause and such time as we can develop the capacity in Niger to Windermere Elementary school in Windermere, Fla., manage artiﬁ cial incubation and chick-rearing opera- donated a substantial amount. tions. Please consider making a pledge today and add your Zoos are uniquely positioned to assist with resolv- Zoo’s voice to the growing chorus speaking for the ing the crisis facing the world’s largest bird. Let conservation of the Sahara’s Wildlife. Thanks in ad- your Zoo’s ostrich become an ambassador. This is a vance for your support. great opportunity for all of us to make a connection between our zoo ostrich and the conservation of If you are interested in learning more about this proj- this incredible bird. The AZA Ratite Taxon Advisory ect and to obtain a pledge form please contact Sara Group (TAG) has developed its Adopt-an-Ostrich Hallager, AZA Ratite TAG Chair at [email protected]. Program to support the acquisition, care and feeding of Saharan ostrich in Niger; help maintain the Sara Hallager is a Biologist at the Smithsonian ostrich facilities; and improve capacity for ostrich National Zoo management. With your help, we can get Saharan Bill Houston is the Assistant General Curator at the ostrich back on the road to recovery in Niger. $500 Saint Louis Zoo covers the care of one ostrich in Niger for a year. Our Mike Mace is Curator of Birds at San Diego Zoo goal is 100 percent participation by all zoos holding Safari Park ostrich, at whatever level each can contribute. We Scott Tidmus is the Zoological Manager at Disney’s can provide each contributing Zoo with photos and Animal Kingdom background information to help them promote their Originally published in the February 2012 issue of AZA’s CONNECT magazine. ostrich conservation efforts to the public.

ZOOAMERICA North Karner Blue Butterfly SOUTH CAROLINA American Wildlife Park Recovery/Butterfly AZA's Conservation Conservation Initiative: Brookgreen Gardens Endowment Fund (CEF) Partnerships for Recovery Determining the Black-footed Ferret SSP Kibale Fuel Wood Project Distribution of Eastern Spotted Skunks, Striped

Dauphin Wildcare Rescue Landscape Genetics and Skunks, and Long-tailed the Disappearing forests Weasels Regal Fritillary of Our Planet Conservation Greenville Zoo New England Cottontail Addressing High Priority RHODE ISLAND Rabbit Recovery Program Conservation Needs for the Federally Endangered Noninvasive Tracking of Swamp Pink Lily: Roger Williams Park Zoo Jaguars (Panthera onca) Micropropagation and American Burying Beetle and Co-occurring Felids Cryogenic Seed Storage (Nicrophorus americanus) by Combining Molecular Captive Propagation and Scatology, Scat Detector Amur Leopard and Tiger Reintroduction Program Dogs, Remote Camera Alliance Trapping and GIS in Aquatic Ecology, Belize, Central America FrogWatch USA - Environmental Change, Greenville Zoo Chapter and Conservation Polar Bears International Strategy in the Glaciated International Elephant Eastern Himalayan Shielding from Extinction Foundation Headwaters the World’s Most Endangered Xenarthran: Native Plants and IUCN/SSC Conservation the Pigmy Sloth Biodiversity Breeding Specialist Group (Bradypus pigmaeus) of (CBSG) Escudo de Veraguas Panama Amphibian Island, Panama Rescue AZA's Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF) Supporting the El Valle Proyecto Titi- Cotton Amphibian Conservation Topped Tamarin Environment Council of Center Feeder Insect Conservation Rhode Island Propagation Wildlife Rehabilitators of FrogWatch USA Tarangire Elephant Greenville Project Increasing Capacity in Zoo Conservation Chile with a Breeding Timber Rattlesnake Outreach Group (ZCOG) Facility for Endangered Recovery Program Chilean Amphibians Ripley's Aquarium

Tree Kangaroo Beach Sweep International Elephant Conservation Program in Foundation Papua New Guinea Sea Turtle Reproductive

Physiology Jane Goodall Institute Zoo Conservation

Outreach Group (ZCOG) Seasonal Movement Patterns of Sand Tiger Sharks

Riverbanks Zoo & Garden Ecological Evaluation of Riverbanks in Ape TAG Conservation Roatán’s Spiny-Tailed Conservation Partnership Initiative Iguanas (Ctenosaura with the World Wildlife oedirhina) Fund (WWF) in Suriname Caribbean Flamingo Wildlife Research Ecological Responses of Spatial Demography and Stream Salamanders upon Animal Health of Coastal Columbia Basin Pygmy Disturbances in the Rattlesnakes in Rabbit Reintroductions Watershed Areas in the Fragmenting Landscapes; and Recovery Montane Temperate Implications for Habitat Areas Management and Species Comparison of White Conservation Blood Cell Count Tests in Development of Assisted Wild Ring-tailed Lemurs Reproductive Techniques Sumatran Elephant (Lemur catta) for Three Endangered Conservation Response North American Units in Bengkulu Conservation of the Amphibians of the Province, Sumatra Eastern Diamondback Southeastern United Rattlesnake (Crotalus States The Serengeti Giraffe adamanteus) and its Project: Ecological Imperiled Habitat Ecology and Conservation Analysis of a Population in of King Cobras in the Decline Conservation Project for Western Ghats of India Pygmy Sunfishes To Purchase Automated (Elassoma sp.) Evaluation of Urine Recording Devices for Parameters in Wild Ring- Surveys of the State Developing a Long Term tailed Lemurs (Lemur Endangered Carolina Monitoring Program for catta) Gopher Frog in Particular Eastern Indigo Snake and Frog Breeding (Drymarchon couperi) Herpetological Survey of Assemblages in General Occupancy in the Lower the Congaree Creek Altamaha River Drainage Heritage Preserve South Carolina Aquarium Ambush Posture Behavior Development of Assisted Kibale Community Fuel of Two Sympatric Reproductive Techniques Wood Project Rattlesnake Species for Three Endangered Found within Inland North American Long-term Monitoring of Coastal Habitat in South Amphibians Eastern Indigo Snake Carolina (Drymarchon couperi) Determination of Carrier Occupancy in the Lower Barnacle Growth as an States of Morbillivirus Altamaha River Drainage Indicator of the Onset and (Canine Distemper) in the Duration of Clinical African Wild Dog (Lycaon New Scientific Methods Symptoms of Debilitated pictus) for Old-world Raptors Turtle Syndrome

Direct & Indirect Effects Nutritional Evaluation of Bird Monitoring of Exurbanization on the Free-Ranging and Assistance Program E. Diamondback Rehabilitated Sub-Adult Rattlesnake (Crotalus and Adult Loggerhead Cape Island Turtle Project adamanteus) Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta)

Distribution and Health SOUTH DAKOTA Zoo Conservation Assessment of Red Drum, Outreach Group (ZCOG) Sciaenops ocellatus, Exhibiting External Bramble Park Zoo Knoxville Zoological Lesions within South Bird of Prey Rehab Gardens Carolina Estuaries Banding and Netting of Trumpeter Swan Release Birds at Knoxville Invasive Species Program Zoological Gardens, Great Awareness and Smokey Mountains Monitoring Great Plains Zoo & National Park, and Seven Delbridge Museum Islands Wildlife Refuge Nesting Site Survey for African Predator the Swallow-Tailed Kite Conservation and Bog Turtle In Situ Project Research Organization Population and Habitat (APCRO) Center for Ecosystem Monitoring of Various Survival- Rainforest Meter Species of Conservation AZA's Conservation Concern Endowment Fund (CEF) Conduct the Cades Cove and Newfound Gap Robust Redhorse International Rhino Breeding Bird Surveys Conservation Committee Foundation within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park SCDNR Marine Resources IOWA DNR Trumpeter and Blue Ridge Parkway Division In-Water Sea Swan Restoration Project Turtle Study Turtle Survival Alliance – Native Raptor Madagascar Fund Sea Turtle Stranding Rehabilitation Pathology: Formalized FrogWatch USA Data Collection and Savenature.org Disease Surveillance Movement, Diet and Snow Leopard Trust/ Microhabitat of Larval South Carolina Aquarium Natural Partnership Cryptobranchus Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Program alleganiensis in the Great Program Smoky Mountains TENNESSEE National Park South Carolina Oyster Restoration and National Research and Enhancement Program Chattanooga Zoo at Development Center of Warner Park Wild Fauna and Flora- South Carolina Chattanooga Zoo Chinese Academy of Phytoplankton Monitoring Conservation Award Forestry Network Chilean Flamingo Memphis Zoo Survey of Freshwater Conservation Monitoring A Novel Method for Bd Mussels in Select Streams Program Detection and Prevention of South Carolina in Amphibians

Hellbender Conservation The Relationship between Bonobo Conservation Unwanted Pet Fish Kihansi Spray Toad Species and Invasive Fish Holding Species in United States Water Ways Save Nature

Conserving the World’s Orangutan Conservation Emory River Fish Largest Amphibian: Community Health Reintroduction and Returning the Louisiana Translocation of the Pine Snake to Restored Freshwater Information Chinese Giant Salamander Habitat. Phase 1: How are Network: Conservation into the Wild Post-Release Survival and Planning for Imperiled Dispersal Affected by Pre- Fishes of the Mobile Basin Developing Assisted Release Management? and Cumberlandian Reproduction Region Technologies for Snow Leopard Trust Salamanders in Support of Preventing Extinction: Several Reintroduction Nashville Zoo, Inc. Conasauga Logperch Programs Community For Coastal & Propagation and Genetics Cassowary Conservation Development of Assisted (C4) Rearing Barrens Reproductive Topminnows, Fundulus Technologies for Conservation Biology of julisia, for Conservation Endangered North Hellbenders Purposes American Amphibians Hamish Campbell Serve & Protect: Development of Novel Cassowary Research Supporting Sustainable Technologies for Remote Seafood Sensing of Wildlife Giant Galliwasp Conservation Initiative Southeastern Fishes Forest and Bamboo Council Annual Meeting Restoration in China Lowland Tapir Fieldwork Tennessee Lake Sturgeon Forest Management Project MIKE Reintroduction Program Practices and Climate Change Rainforest Rescue TEXAS

Forester Exchange TSI -Nashville Crayfish Abilene Zoological Program (Tennessee Streams Gardens Initiative – Nashville Attwater's Prairie Chicken Giant Panda Conservation Crayfish) Recovery Program

International Elephant Ripley's Aquarium of the Coqui Conservation Conservation Smokies Project Apex Predator Tagging Jaguar Conservation in Study Brazil Caldwell Zoo

Conservation Genetics of Sea Turtle Reproductive Mammalian Biodiversity the North American Box Physiology and Habitat Modeling in Turtles the Qinling Mountains of Central China Tennessee Aquarium Cameron Park Zoo Colvard Spring Habitat Ape TAG Conservation Restoration Marianas Island Initiative

Conservation Program: Conservation Genetics of Translocation of Birds Cameron Park Zoo Flame Chubs from Saipan to Sarigan Amphibian Conservation

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Checkered Garter Snake, IUCN/SSC Conservation Burrowing Owl T. m. marcianus Breeding Specialist Group Conservation Reintroduction Project (CBSG) Donate-a-Phone Project Zoo Conservation Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund to Aid Sumatra's Tesso Outreach Group (ZCOG) International Nilo's Elephants & Their Ecosystem Dallas World Aquarium Earthwatch Amazon Rescue Center Keystone Heritage Park Elephants for Africa Andean Birds Large Carnivore Great Ape Conservation Conservation Project Brazilian Rhamphastids Fund Lion Tamarins of Brazil Fund Butterfly Conservation Horned Lizard Management Project Mexican Wolf Caribbean Manatee Conservation Fund Conservation International Elephant Foundation Northern Jaguar Project Colombian Hummingbirds Conservation International Rhino Orangutan Foundation Foundation International Costa Rican Sloths Conservation Jane Goodall Institute Proyecto Titi

Harpy Eagle Conservation Komodo Dragon Puerto Rican Crested Conservation Fund Toad Hornbill Conservation Mabula Ground Hornbill Thick-billed Parrot SSP: Horned Guan Project Project Support Conservation Okapi Conservation - The Tiger Conservation Global Jabiru Stork Ex Situ Epulu Project Conservation Turner Conservation Fund Tarangire Elephant Bolson Tortoise Orinoco Crocodile Project Conservation Conservation Program El Paso Zoo Wildlife Rehabilitation Panamanian Raptors American Association of Support Zoo Keepers Project: Red Uakari Monkey Rainforest Conservation Working Towards the Conservation Parking Meter Development of a Big Bend International Park, Resplendent Quetzal Amphibian Ark TX Conservation Ape TAG Conservation Ellen Trout Zoo Turtle Conservation Initiative Black Bear Task Force

Dallas Zoo Black-footed Ferret Croc School Scholarship Cheetah Conservation Waystation Fund Great Ape Conservation Initiative

Louisiana Pine Snake Monitoring Brazos Water Mexican Wolf Conservation Initiative Snake Population on the Conservation Assurance Brazos River Population Zoo Conservation Outreach Group (ZCOG) Mountain Bongo Native Grassland Repatriation to Mount Restoration Fort Worth Zoo Kenya World Heritage Arthur A. Seeligson Jr. Site Red Wolf Assurance Conservation Fund Population Puerto Rican Crested Bonobo Conservation Toad SSP Sahara Conservation Fund

Botanical Conservation in Rescue and Relocation Scimitar-Horned Oryx Jamaica Program for the Critically Conservation Assurance Endangered Turks and Population Caribbean Wildlife Caicos Iguana Conservation Gladys Porter Zoo Rhino Conservation Ape TAG Conservation Chelonian Medicine Initiative Workshop Texas Horned Lizard Reintroduction Health Screening – Chiricahua Leopard Frog Ocelots Rescue and Texas Turtle Watch Reintroduction International Iguana Turtle and Tortoise Foundation Conservation of the Conservation Critically Endangered International Rhino Anegada Iguana Fossil Rim Wildlife Center Foundation Addax Assurance Cryptobranchid Interest Population Mexico/U.S. Kemp's Group Ridley Sea Turtle Attwater's Prairie Chicken Recovery Program Eagle Conservation Captive Breeding and Release North American Philippine Elephant Conservation Crocodile Cooperative Attwater's Prairie Chicken Breeding and Hellbender Cloacal Microbial Study Conservation Program

Houston Toad Rescue and Attwater’s Prairie Chicken Oiled Wildlife Reintroduction Database Rehabilitation

Iguana Conservation Fecal Collection for Sea Turtle, Inc. Nutrient Analysis- International Conservation Wildebeest and Zebra Houston Aquarium, Inc. Bowling for Rhinos Jamaican Iguana International Rhino Kickady SCUBA Conservation and Foundation Reintroduction Project National Marine Fisheries Masked Bob White Quail Louisiana Pine Snake SSP Recovery Team Houston Zoo, Inc. Reintroduction Participation Art of Conservation

Australian Rainforest International Rhino Translocation of Foundation Foundation Threatened Species and Collection of Additional Banteng Population IUCN/SSC Asian Wild Birds for Captive Ecology Cattle Specialist Group Breeding Programs in the Commonwealth of the Cambodian Vulture Jane Goodall Institute Northern Mariana Islands Program Katy Prairie Conservancy Wildtracks: Belize Howler Cheetah Conservation, Monkey Release Botswana Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Awareness Zoo Conservation Clouded Leopard Project Outreach Group (ZCOG) Kinabatangan Orangutan Clouded Leopard Field Conservation Program Zoos and Aquariums Research, Crocker Range, Committing to Malaysia Lewa Wildlife Conservation Conservancy Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Landry’s Downtown International GRACE Lowland Tapirs as Aquarium Center Landscape Detectives for Houston Audubon Society the Atlantic Forest: A New Elephant Conservation Conservation Approach NOAA Unit Mountain Gorilla SECORE (SExual COral El Valle Amphibian Veterinary Program REproduction) Conservation Center (EVACC) Niassa Lion Project Trash Fest

Faleme Chimpanzee Pharmacokinetics of Wild Aid Conservation Project Enrofloxacin in Headstarted Houston Wildlife Alliance Herpetology of Toads (Bufo Tamaulipas, Mexico houstonensis) World Parrot Trust

Houston Toad Habitat Painted Dog Conservation San Antonio Zoological Restoration in Cat Spring, Gardens & Aquarium Austin County, Texas Penguin Foundation Andean Bear

Conservation Alliance Houston Toad Headstart Philippine Eagle and Recovery Foundation Ape TAG Conservation

Initiative Human Wildlife Conflict Polar Bears International

Collaboration Colobus Trust Red Panda Network

Impacts of Oil Palm IUCN/SSC Conservation Plantations on Tropical Satellite Tracking and Breeding Specialist Group Frog Community in Social Behaviour of the (CBSG) Borneo Bornean Elephant in the

Lower Kinabatangan Ducks Unlimited, Inc. International Elephant Wildlife Sanctuary

Foundation

Gilman International Engaging Central New Strengthening Conservation Epulu Okapi York Students and Ecosystems in Eastern Project Volunteers in Native Trout Green Belt: Coral Conservation Replanting Program in Habitat Restoration Arugam Bay around Bracken Bat Cave Guayaquil Macaw (Ara ambiguus guayaquilensis) Working with Local International Elephant Ex Situ Conservation Communities to Evaluate, Foundation Project Test and Implement Potential Bushmeat International Rhino Hawksbill Turtle Alternatives in Equatorial Foundation Conservation in El Guinea Salvador: Moving from Jack Judson Nature Trail Hatcheries to In Situ Nest Texas State Aquarium Habitat Restoration Protection Adopt-A-Beach

Madagascar Fauna Group Inspiring Conservation AZA Amphibian Fund Stewards and Protecting Snow Leopard Trust Biodiversity in Costa Rica AZA's Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF) Turtle Survival Alliance Mabula Ground Hornbill Research and Marine Mammal Rehab Universidad Autonoma de Conservation Project Facility Upgrades Nuevo Leon Alligator Lizard Study Mangrove Curriculum South Texas Oyster Transfer for China Restoration and Zambian Carnivore Awareness (STORA) Programme Partnership for Conservation in Sunset Lake Invaders Zoo Conservation Galapagos Invasive Species Outreach Group (ZCOG) Monitoring Protecting Loggerhead SeaWorld San Antonio Turtle (Caretta caretta) Wildlife Rehabilitation Bat Ambassadors: Nesting Beaches on Program Education and Outreach Boavista Island, Cape Verde UTAH Bracken Bat Cave

Restoring Coastal Tracy Aviary Community Education to America City Creek Citizen Science Conserve Critically Project Endangered Ridgway's Scarlet Macaw

Hawk Conservation Education in Conservation Program the Osa Peninsula Grant Fund EDGE Coral Reefs:

Building Capacity for SECORE (SExual COral Rainforest Meter Conservation in the Coral REproduction)

Triangle Region Tracy Aviary’s South Texas Sea Turtle Conservation Program Eliminating Poaching of Nest Conservation Project

Eastern Pacific Hawksbill in El Salvador

Utah's Hogle Zoo National Fish and Wildlife Eastern Hellbender Action for Cheetahs in Foundation - Emergency Population & Habitat Kenya Prescott Stranding Grant: Survey in North Carolina Building a New Stranding Boreal Toad Surveys Network in Northern Elizabeth River Project North Carolina Defenders of Wildlife Orangutan Foundation NOAA John H. Prescott International HawkWatch International Stranding Grant: Processing Archived Phragmites (Wetlands Kinabatangan Orangutan Samples from Stranded Invasive Grass) Control Conservation Project Tursiops in Virginia Population Survey of Landscape Genetics of Sea Turtle and Marine Diamondback Terrapin in the Armenian Viper Mammal Stranding Virginia Network Maternal Den Study Thailand Hornbill Project Sea Turtle Health Maternal Den Study on Assessment Wetland Floating Islands North Slope for Bioremediation for the Stranded Sea Turtle Elizabeth River Sage Grouse Fenceline Surveys of Virginia’s Collisions Eastern Shore WASHINGTON

Snow Leopard Trust Supporting Expert Response to Stranded Northwest Trek Wildlife Sonoran Arthropod Marine Mammals in Park Studies Institute Virginia in 2011 Oregon Spotted Frog Rearing/Release Program Tiger Research and Virginia and Maryland Sea Conservation Trust Turtle Research and Pierce County Habitat Conservation Initiative Monitoring VIRGINIA Yayasan Ulin Foundation, Pygmy Rabbit Initial Field Survey in Rearing/Reintroduction Virginia Aquarium & Support of Conservation Marine Science Center Project in Mesangat, Trumpeter Swan 2011 Pound Net Leader Borneo Reintroduction Project Study Virginia Living Museum Point Defiance Zoo & Evaluation of Marine Red Wolf SSP Aquarium Mammal Strandings for Aerial Surveys of Sea Signs of Human Sea Turtle Head Start Otters in Washington Interactions Program 2012 Red Wolf SSP Impact of Climate Turtle Census Education Summit Warming and Ocean Carbonation on Eelgrass Virginia Zoological Park Asian Elephant/Human (Zostera marina) Ape TAG Conservation Conflict Assessment for Initiative Thap Lan National Park, Thailand Clean the Bay Project

Bornean Clouded Leopard Status and Conservation NOAA Marine Mammal Programme: Ecology and Needs of the Sunda Workshop Conservation of a Clouded Leopard Sympatric Tropical Forest (Neofelis diardi) on NOAA Ocean Felid Guild Borneo: A Acidification Comprehensive Threat & Clouded Leopard Distribution Assessment, Northern Fur Seals Breeding in Khao Kheow Including Implications for Zoo Regional and Olympic Sculpture Park Transnational Habitat Monitoring Developing Conservation Connectivity Response Units in Puget Sound - Sixgill Sumatra Survey for Small Felid Shark Research and Species in Select Thailand Conservation Project Heart of Borneo: Reserves and Evidence Assessment of the Impact for Competitive Exclusion Sea Otter Conservation of Hunting on the by Larger Felids Conference Clouded Leopard and its Prey and Felid Population Tiger Conservation in the Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Status in and around Bukit Greater Leuser Landscape Conservation Batikap Protection Forest, and the Greater Bukit Endocrinology Central Kalimantan, Baresan Selatan Indonesia Landscape of Sumatra Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Population Genetics Inbreeding Depression, Seattle Aquarium MHC variation, and Mate- Beach Naturalist Program Sea Turtle Rehabilitation choice in Wild Red Wolves (Canis rufus) Cedar River Naturalist Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus Program griseus) Diver Sighting Oregon Spotted Frog Database Headstarting and Release Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Influences Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus Project Seahorse from Land and Sea griseus, Acoustic Tagging

Red Wolf Program Harbor Seal Surveys Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus Brochure Update griseus, Visual Marker Hawaii Reef Study Tagging Red Wolf Zoo-based Breeding & Recovery Loss of Genetic Diversity Washington Sea Otter in Sea Otters (Enhydra (Enhydra lutris) Annual Rockfish Surveys lutris) Associated with the Census Documenting Shifting Fur Trade of the 18th and Ecosystems 19th Centuries Woodland Park Zoo A Captive Breeding & Sabangau Felid Project Marine Mammal Breeding Husbandry Research Programs Center for the Amphibians Sabangau Gibbon Project of Andasibe, Madagascar Mussel Watch Amphibian Monitoring Neah Bay Reef Video Survey

AZA-Endorsed SSP / TAG Partnerships for the Install and Monitor Projects - WPZ World: International Field Eastern Bluebird Conservation and Training Programs in Nestboxes Education Grants Conservation Biology Monarch Watch Budo Hornbill Partula Snail Recovery & Conservation & Education Reintroduction Project Participate in West Center, Tapoh Village, Virginia Winter Bird Count Narathiwat Province, Partulid Global Species Thailand Management Programme Raptor Rehabilitation

Elephant Health Camp at Raptor Ecology of the Status Assessment of the Sonpur Mela Shrub-Steppe (formerly Eastern Hellbender in Ferruginous Hawk West Virginia Grizzly Bear Outreach Satellite Tracking Study) Project Surveillance for White- Silverspot Butterfly Nose Syndrome in West Hornbill Nest Adoptions in Conservation Project Virginia Thailand Small Grants – Jaguar Hutan (KOCP) Elephant Conservation Fund WISCONSIN Conservation Tarangire National Park Henry Vilas Zoo Hutan/Hornbill Rapid Elephant Project Costa Rican Amphibian Assessment Research Center Tree Kangaroo International Snow Conservation Program Henry Vilas Zoo UW Leopard Trust Madison Vet School Field Washington Wolf Scholarship Licton Springs Awareness Conservation and Red Panda Network Restoration Project Washington Wolf Recovery & Management SANCCOB Mbeli Bai Gorilla Study Western Pond Turtle Saving Orangutans - Field Muraviovka Park for Recovery Project Project - Graham L. Banes Sustainable Land Use Wildlife and People in Wisconsin Dept of Natural Northern Spotted Owl Kenya: Waterholes Resources (DNR) Ornate Species Recovery Project Box Turtle Headstart Program Program WEST VIRGINIA NW Amphibian Recovery Wisconsin Dept of Natural Project Resources (DNR) Wood Oglebay's Good Zoo Turtle Headstart Program Orangutan Habitat Captive-Rearing of Protection and Patrolling Eastern Hellbenders International Crane in Gunung Palung Destined for Foundation Reintroduction National Park African Crane Trade

Project

Aransas-Wood Buffalo Declining Wildlife Phoenix Fund Amur Tiger Whooping Crane Conference Project Conservation Fennec Fox Conservation Piping Plover Recovery Crane Conservation in the DMZ/Han River Basin of Great Apes Survival Polar Bears International Korean Peninsula Partnership Puerto Rico Crested Toad Cranes and Agricultural Grenada Bank Tree Boa Recovery Program Landscapes in Africa Study Red-necked Ostrich Cranes and Their Key Grenada Frog Study Conservation Wetlands in the Amur/Heilong River Basin Grenada Reef Monitoring Rock Iguana Conservation

Cranes, Wetlands, and Humboldt Penguin Salango National Park Communities in Africa Artificial Burrows Bonobo Project

Eastern Sarus Cranes and Humboldt Penguin Census Snow Leopard Trust Their Key Wetlands in the – Chile Lower Mekong River Tarangire Elephant Basin Humboldt Penguin Guano Project Harvest Monitoring Poyang Lake Tree Kangaroo Conservation in the Humboldt Penguin SSP Conservation Yangtze River Basin International Elephant Turtle Survival Alliance Whooping Crane Eastern Foundation Partnership Whooping Crane International Rhino Recovery Project Zambezi River Basin Foundation Wetlands Conservation Wisconsin Bureau of and Environmental Flows IUCN/SSC Conservation Endangered Resources Partnership Breeding Specialist Group Herp Fund (CBSG) Milwaukee County Northeastern Wisconsin Zoological Gardens Lola ya Bonobo (NEW) Zoo AZA Ape TAG AZA's Conservation Madagascar Fauna Group Endowment Fund Berggorilla and Regenwald Direkthilfe Migratory and Resident Conservation Grant Gorilla Project Avifauna Study Programs

Bonobo & Congo Orangutan Conservancy Creation of Safe Haven for Biodiversity Initiative Great Apes through (BCBI) Orangutan Outreach Sustainable Cocoa Cultivation Butler’s Garter Snake Ornate Box Turtle Conservation Headstart Program Ecology and Conservation of the Endangered Chilean Penguin Penguin TAG Rothschild's Giraffe in Education Program Kenya

Identifying Routes of Pathogen Transmission among Wild and Domestic Ungulates in Central Kenya

Iowa Trumpeter Swan Restoration Program

Jane Goodall Foundation

Survey of Otters in Parsa Wildlife Reserve

Racine Zoological Gardens Andean Bear Program

Andean Condor Conservation Program

Butler’s Garter Snake Demographic Study

Chilean Flamingo Conservation Monitoring Program

Ornate Box Turtle Headstart Program

SSP Mark/Recapture Study on a Michigan Population of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes

The Effects of Invasive Species and Interspecific Competition on the Endemic Grenada Frog and Possibilities for Captive Propagation

Tree Boa Demographic Study

Zoo Conservation Outreach Group (ZCOG)