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2006 Conservation Impact Report 2006 Conservation Impact Report conservation impact report Zoos and aquariums accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) are much more than places to see animals – they are leaders in conservation. In the last five years, AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums funded 3,693 conservation projects in more than 100 countries. Annual spending on conservation averages nearly $70 million per year. From endangered species breeding to field conservation to educational programs, zoos and aquariums help maintain our planet’s diverse wildlife and natural habitats while engaging the American public to appreciate and participate in conservation. In this annual report, you will find a summary of the 2006 collective conservation efforts of AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums, as well as a complete list of individual projects broken out by state and by zoological institution. 2006 annual summary Total number of projects reported 1,807 New824 Continued983 Publications AZA experts publish their findings each year to share their wealth of knowledge with their colleagues and the rest of the scientific community. In 2006, AZA zoo and aquarium professionals produced a total of 787 publications. book chapters 57 books 20 conferences/ meetings 270 journal articles 333 posters 94 thesis/ dissertations 13 Information about the 2006 Conservation Impact Report In 2006, AZA had 216 accredited institutions and certified-related facilities. 194 AZA members contributed data to this report. Not all institutions report the amount of money spent on their projects or contributions. Thus, the total expenses reported to AZA are likely to only reflect a subset of the entire impact AZA zoos and aquariums had on conservation that year. The conservation reports in this impact report may be viewed in full at the AZA website: http://members.aza.org/departments/ConScienceMO/ARCS/ 2006 conservation projects Captive breeding of the MIRP (Impact of a visit to a zoo ALABAMA Tarahumara frog. Mexico, or aquarium) ARKANSAS United States Rattlesnake translocation at Birmingham Zoo Captive husbandry & the Arizona-Sonora Desert Little Rock Zoo Aruba Island rattlesnake field educational display of the Museum Analysis of reproductive research. Aruba California floater, a hormones in mongoose freshwater mussel endemic Sonoran Tropical Dry Forest lemurs CBSG/ WAZA Amphibian to the southwest, at the Conservation Initiative. Initiative Arizona-Sonora Desert Mexico Appalachian Bear Center Museum Conservation Endowment Fund Surveys of Coryphantha Arkansas statewide raptor - Contributions Conservation of Arizona Upland robbinsorum and other rare awareness community Elephant Manager's Sonoran Desert Habitat. plants in northern Sonora projects Association Sponsor status and threats of and adjacent Chihuahua. Buffelgrass in Arizona and Mexico Bushmeat Crisis Task Force Feline coronavirus: Sonora. Mexico, United (BCTF). Africa Epidemiology, pathogenesis, States Surveys of Dalea tentaculoides diagnosis, and immunity in and other rare plants in Cheetah Conservation Fund. non-domestic felids Continuing study of a feral Northern Mexico Namibia, Kenya, South population of spiny-tailed Africa International Conservation and iguanas on the Desert Understanding the fall Research Symposium Museum grounds migration of the endangered Chimp Haven lesser long-nosed bat: an Mahouts and their elephants Deciphering Rattlesnake extension of the Arizona- Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife working as conservation Behavior: Do Snakes Sonora Desert Museum's Conservation Fund - Kibale response units in Sumatra Habituate to Human Migratory Pollinator Project Community Fuel Wood Contact? A Telemetric Study Project. Uganda Partnership with the Wildlife of Rattlesnakes at the Use of bat houses in Center at Oak Mountain Arizona-Sonora Desert Southeastern Arizona Conservation Endowment Fund Museum - contributions Rodrigues fruit bat Weeds Across Borders 2006 conservation project. Digital image inventory of the Conference El Valle Amphibian Rodrigues Island Amphibians and reptiles of Conservation Center. the Yécora, Sonora, Mexico Wolf Awareness - Timber Wolf Panama Urban Forestry and Alliance Conservation Fair Extreme local biodiversity of Financial support of the succulent plants in central Conservation Breeding Venomous Snake Workshop Baja California Phoenix Zoo Specialist Group (CBSG) Behavioral responses of Flora and Environmental captive squirrel monkeys Heifer International Education in the Sierra de Montgomery Zoo Mazatán, Sonora. Mexico Behavioral responses of Borderlands Jaguar Detection Little Rock Zoo and Mount captive squirrel monkeys Project Holly Cemetery’s bat and Flora of the Municipio de bird box partnership Yécora, eastern Sonora, Feline coronavirus: Recovery of the endangered Mexico: Grasses and epidemiology, pathogenesis, black-footed ferret Maned wolf educational Legumes. Mexico diagnosis, and immunity in posters non-domestic felids Seafood Watch Habitat use by the endangered Mbeli Bai Gorilla Study. Congo lesser long-nosed bat along military routes in Southern Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Arizona Reid Park Zoo Project Invaders of the Sonoran Desert Butterfly Conservation Initiative ARIZONA Region Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Community conservation of Sanctuary. Uganda Lesser long-nosed bat Grevy’s zebra in northern Arizona-Sonora Desert movements and foraging in Kenya Phase I of the Elephant central-eastern Arizona Museum Survival Center International Tapir Symposium. Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: Flora Lesser long-nosed bat study in Argentina, South America of Southwestern Arizona Riddle's Elephant Santuary - the Ironwood Forest AAZK National Monument for Mass vaccination of Grevy’s ASDM Digital Library Project 2001-2003 for the Bureau zebra against anthrax in Saving Sun Bears Project - of Land Management northern Kenya Bat Species Diversity at the Defenders of Wildlife. Asia Chiricahua National Sex differences in testosterone Local Floras of Sonora: Tónichi Northern Rangelands Trust. Monument and Ft. Bowie concentration across and La Calera. Mexico Kenya National Historic Site in AZ primate taxa Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Securing critical rangeland for Biodiversity of Sonora, Mexico Siberut Conservation Project. Project Grevy’s zebra in northern Indonesia Kenya 2 Association of Zoos & Aquariums 2006 conservation projects SOS Rhino’s Borneo Project. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's Mechanics of sea jelly Charles Paddock Zoo Borneo Royal Caribbean Sea Ranger movement Island Fox Conservation and Program Captive Breeding Program Turtle Survival Alliance. Metabolic muscle biochemistry Worldwide Cryogenic preservation of in juvenile white sea bass Meerkat Nutrition Study grunion sperm and eggs Zoo Conservation Outreach Monitoring of water quality and Coyote Point Museum Group Cryogenic preservation of red related environmental abalone gametes parameters of seashore Island Fox Conservation and Culturing of three microalgae habitats at Cabrillo Beach, Captive Breeding Program species Los Angeles County, CA CALIFORNIA Culturing rotifers in different Pacific sea horse husbandry temperatures and ammonia and development Fresno Chaffee Zoo levels Butterfly Conservation Initiative Parasitology and genetic Aquarium of the Bay DNA sequencing and analysis of invasive ghost Conservation Endowment Fund Seafood Watch identification of shrimp in a salt marsh. development genes in moon Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia Jelly cultures jelly planulae Portals to the Sea Happy Hollow Zoo Seafood Watch Effect of low oxygen Advance Force via Wildlife environment on strength of Raising blue-banded goby Direct Tagging of Pacific Pelagics mussel byssal threads embryos to adulthood Belize Audobon Society. Belize Effect of temperature on Raising California spiny lobster Bushmeat Crisis Task Force Birch Aquarium at growth of moon jelly (BCTF). Africa Scripps Institute of medusae Raising garibaldi from eggs Oceanography Feeding behaviors and Raising grunion embryos to Return the Call of the Wild Cell Phone Recycle Program Early Childhood Classes- A, B, preferences of the red adulthood Sea Club octopus Seafood Watch Family Days Family/Children Field Have Trunk Will Exploration Programs Travel, Inc. Development of Sex Selection Geology Program Protocols for African and Asian Elephant Sperm Grunion Greeter Research Project International Elephant Foundation. Africa, Asia Jelly cultures National Ocean Science Bowl Living Desert red octopus Sarcastic fringehead behavior Basal reproductive biology of the sand cat and black- School Programs footed cat Grunion Greeters Raising purple-striped, lion's Seahorse propagation mane and black jellies Bowling for Rhinos - American Husbandry and conservation of Association of Zoo Keepers Summer Learning Adventures white abalone Raising red rock shrimp from (AAZK) Camp egg to adulthood Jelly cultures Butterfly Conservation Initiative Whale watching Sea Ranger Pier Education on Long-term monitoring of fish contamination and fish Community Conservation of Wyland Ocean Challenge intertidal invertebrates on surveys Grevy’s zebra in northern Curriculum & Workshops the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Kenya Los Angeles County, Sea Ranger tidepool education California Conservation of Sahelo- Cabrillo Marine Seafood Watch Saharan antelope. Niger Long-term population surveys Aquarium of selected intertidal biota Weekly bird survey at Desert Pupfish ex situ refugia Biannual survey of benthic at the Point Fermin Marine manmade salt marsh at management invertebrates and fish at a Life Refuge, Los Angeles Cabrillo Beach, Los Angeles manmade
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