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@ th e Zoo Officers and Board Members Lake Area Zoological Society Donna Schoenbeck President Dale Christensen Vice President Steve Hageman Secretary/Treasurer Jeanne Flaherty Board Member Dean Gackstetter Board Member Georgia Fishman Board Member Lorraine Rittmann Board Member Brian DeBoer Board Member Dave Todd Board Member Will Morlock Board Member Mike Vener Board Member Susan Munger Board Member

Park and Recreation Director Terry Jorgenson

Park and Recreation Board Jean Doyen Heidi Stoick Jim Stoudt Mike Danforth Scott Johnston Dennis Murphy Kim Bellum

Bramble Park Zoo Staff Dan Miller Zoo Director Jim Lloyd General Curator John Gilman Zookeeper LeAnn Stavig Zookeeper Bill Gallagher Zookeeper Michelle Miller Zookeeper Joe Jipp Maintenance Kim Konrad Office/Visitor Services Manager zoo hours Jaime Stricker Educator We are now on our Summer Hours Memorial Day-Labor Day Barb Struwe Roots & Shoots 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Daily Coordinator admission fees 2 and under – Free Accredited by the 3-12 years old – $5.00 + tax 13 and over – $7.00 + tax Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

2 Director’s Report

Dear Zoo Members and Friends, Get ready for another season of family fun at YOUR Zoo…The Wildest Place in Watertown! Come for an hour or all-day, but be sure to “Come Closer” to wild animals, wild prairie gardens and wild adventures. There are many new wild animals to see including the forest dwelling fishers & pine martens. These amazing mammals have many adaptations allowing them to agilely move through the trees. Some notable wild animal births include black & white ruffed lemurs, ring-tail lemurs, a capuchin monkey, colobus monkey, American bison, Bactrian camel, reindeer, swift fox, kangaroos and goats. Some of Bramble Park Zoo’s wild adventures include Breakfast with the Bears at 10:30am daily; Penguin Feedings daily at 11:00am & 3:00pm; Animal Encounters on the weekends at 2:30pm and Primate Feedings on the weekends at 3:30pm. Wild native prairie plants at the zoo include the State Pasque flower, the amazing prairie smoke flower and the colorful wild iris. These wild plants make up part of the local tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The tallgrass prairie is one of the most complex and diverse ecosystems on our planet. Consisting of anywhere from 400 to 1500 different wild species, the associations and interactions between different wild species may never be fully understood. This is especially true when we consider that the tallgrass prairie once covered 250 million square acres of the United States and is now but a fraction of that amount. You have our commitment to continue to create the wildest place in town and wonderful zoo adventures for you to enjoy now and in years to come. Due to your continued support, guests will find affordable family fun and see how the Bramble Park Zoo provides the highest quality care for all species here. We hope you take time this summer ---at the zoo, throughout , or wherever you may travel---to appreciate the wild faces and wild places around us and encourage all to act wisely on their behalf. We look forward to sharing the excitement of creating one of the region’s best zoos, right here in northeastern South Dakota.

Thank you for all your support.

Dan Miller Zoo Director

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4 GIRLS RULE RECAP

Roots & Shoots Girls Rule Junior members (4-5th graders) attended 8 meetings this spring. They had an opportunity to do many things such as help with Roots & Shoots Free Day; volunteer at the Humane Society by giving baths and walking dogs, visit the Codington County Heritage Museum to learn about Frank Bramble and to complete a scavenger hunt; go behind the scenes at the zoo to learn about the inner workings of a zoological facility; learn animal handling skills and show animals during an outreach program at Jefferson Kidscope; be a part of the clean-up Making Watertown a Litter-Bit-Better; and celebrate the earth at Joy Ranch with buggy rides and a campfire.

GOING GREEN: Animal Chatter, the quarterly Adrian Gilman (son of Shawn and John Lake Area Zoological Society Gilman, Watertown) plays in an egg in the Going Newsletter, is GREEN! If you Children’s Zoo. would like to help us save GREEN money on printing and postage . . . at the Zoo! costs and help the environment, please drop us an email at [email protected] with the words “It’s Easy Being Green” in the subject line and we will start sending your newsletter electronically. You’ll get the same information and pictures, without wasting paper and money. You’ll even get the news sooner if you choose to receive Animal Chatter via e-mail!

Note: Some editions will still be mailed via the US Postal Service due to important inserts located in the newsletter. Pearl Janet Brage is 2 years old and daughter of Darin Brage and Jodi Borns of Aberdeen, SD. 5 Pine martens are members of the weasel family. Once keepers’ common in North American forests, these small mammals were hunted and trapped by colonists until their populations declined drastically. Pine martens are listed as threatened in some areas. korner Pine marten habitat includes lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, spruce, and mixed hardwood forests. Destruction of forest PINE MARTENS & FISHERS habitat greatly reduced their former populations. Pine martens are omnivorous and prefer mice, red squirrels, chipmunks, birds and eggs, and other small animals. They also eat berries, nuts and carrion. They are in the Mustelidae (or weasel-like mammal) family and are related to mink, otters, badgers, wolverines, weasels, and skunks. Pine martens nest on the ground, in hollow logs or brushy undergrowth. Although females may be pregnant for nine months, 2 to 4 kits develop only in the two months before birth due to delayed implantation.

The fisher is an aggressive predator found in the northernmost forests of North America. It is at home on the land or in the trees, being so capable of moving about in the branches that it has gained a reputation as one of the fastest animals in that environment. Fishers are also known as pekans, tree foxes, black cats and as fisher cats. These last two names cause confusion about its family roots.

The fisher is not a member of the cat family by any means, nor does it eat a large number of fish. The fisher also belongs to the Mustelidae family and is a large weasel. It may have garnered its name from the early French settlers in the regions where it was common, as the European polecat species was called a “fitch” and the hides of those animals were referred to as “fichet”, which probably morphed into fisher and fisher cat.

FUN FACTS: • Martens in captivity may live 15 years • Martens are generally solitary except during breeding season • Fishers have few predators aside from man • There is evidence that ancestors of the fisher migrated to North America during the Pliocene era (2.5-5 million years ago) • Fishers have five toes on each foot with unsheathed, retractable claws • Fishers have extremely mobile ankle joints, which can rotate their hind paws almost 180 degrees, allowing them to agilely move through trees and climb down a tree head first. • Fishers are one of the few predators that seek out and kill porcupines • Fishers are most active during dawn and dusk hours of the day • Although fishers are great tree climbers, they spend most of their time on the forest floor 6 The Lake Area Zoological Society’s Endowment Fund What is an endowment fund for a non-profit? A fund that is made up of gifts and bequests that are subject to a requirement that the principal be maintained intact and invested to create a source of income for an organization. Why is it important to build an endowment fund? bramble park zoo There are several reasons to start an endowment. The campaign wins first is to have a source of funds to bridge the gap during cyclical variances in income. That way, an organization won’t have to cut programs and staff during difficult 10 addy awards! times. Sioux Falls, S.D. (March 26, 2013) – Bramble Park Zoo along with Caliber Creative received 10 ADDY Awards for their “Come And if you’ve identified new programs and services you’d Closer” Campaign at the South Dakota Advertising Federation’s like to launch, but don’t have the resources you need to (SDAF) ADDY Awards show on March 15th at the Orpheum start them, an endowment can provide you with the Theater in downtown Sioux Falls. resources you need until you’re up and running. In addition to the silver and gold awards won, Bramble Park Zoo For some organizations, it might be a resource pool for and Caliber Creative took home three Best of Class awards in times of emergency - like a flood or a tornado - whether the integrated campaign, non-traditional advertising and out of those emergencies have affected the people the non- home categories. They were also recognized for the most profit serves or the non-profit itself. prestigious award of the night, Best of Show, for the “Come And for other organizations, an endowment might serve Closer” Campaign. as a resource pool for innovation and planning, allowing “We’re very excited to receive the awards and recognition,” a non-profit to evolve to meet the changing needs of the Dan Miller, director at Bramble Park Zoo said. “We’ve had a great people it serves. year – one of the best in many. We truly appreciate all of the work And, of course, an endowment can help ensure long-term Caliber Creative has done for us, and we look forward to continuity and sustainability. Help the Lake Area Zoological partnering together on future projects.” Society and the Bramble Park Zoo by contributing to this Caliber Creative’s winning entries for Bramble Park Zoo have now important fund. advanced onto the regional level to compete against market- ing campaigns in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. If they continue to win at the regional level, they will move on to the national competition hosted by the American Advertising Federation. “I grew up coming to this zoo with my family from Watertown so we were excited to be recognized alongside Bramble Park Zoo for this campaign developed for their 100th anniversary,” Brad DeVille, partner at Caliber Creative said. “It included billboards, print ads and other collateral, a new website and a fun wild food facts grocery game that was held at Watertown Hy-Vee and County Fair Foods last spring.”

To learn more about Bramble Park Zoo, go to www.brambleparkzoo.com or call 605.882.6269. For more information about Caliber Creative or to view their portfolio, please visit www.thinkcaliber.com.

Serving clients throughout the Midwest, Caliber Creative is currently a team of six focused on providing effective communication through strategic development and high-quality design. Partners Brad DeVille and Casey Schultz founded Caliber Creative in 2008.

7 Curator’s Comments By Jim Lloyd The wildest place in town is truly wild.

wild refers to the wild animals that make up the collection, but to animal staff it refers to change. The large collection of animals that call Bramble Park Zoo home is a living, breathing, ever changing entity that demands constant attention. This spring has brought an enormous amount of change to all sections of the zoo.

Primates: There is something in the water! It has been a baby boom that has not happened in many years. The black and white ruffed lemurs had triplets, two ring-tailed lemurs are mothers, the capuchins have given birth, the colobus parents have brothers to keep track of and the Debrazza’s monkeys have kids of all ages. It’s nice to see baby primates because it is a true sign that they are healthy and happy. It will be fun to watch them grow.

Carnivores: The big news is the pine martens and fishers. They are a species that is native to the Midwest but very few people ever see them. They are not common in captivity and for the short term may not be real common at the zoo while they adjust to strange surroundings. Be sure to make several passes by the exhibit so you are sure to get a glimpse. As time passes they will become more and more visible to visitors. The other comment zoo staff hears is that the “tiger cubs are huge”. They are huge being that only one year ago you could hold them in one hand. It is unbelievable that they could gain two hundred pounds in a year. They are at a playful age and still have to grow into their feet. They are anything but graceful. You will be amazed that they are the same animals as last season.

Birds: No matter what the weather does, the birds nest. Some birds have better success than others, but that instinct to nest is one of the strongest instincts we see at the zoo. Days and days of courtship take place long before the weather gets nice. The sun comes out and the days get longer and everything changes if you are a bird. They are no longer in flocks, but are now found in pairs. Each species becomes vocal and territorial. Nesting begins when we are not looking. I am always amazed at how much work it must be for a bird to make a nest. Nests of all size and shapes are found throughout the zoo. Nests get destroyed and by the next day they are rebuilt. Egg clutches of all sizes and colors appear in the weirdest places. The eggs get destroyed and the bird lays more eggs. There is nothing more amazing than bird behaviors in the spring. How do they find the time?

Program animals: We are bursting at the seams. The zoo has an entire animal collection that is devoted to educational programming. They are housed separately from the rest of the collection and do all the work. They go out to schools, nursing homes, and other off-site functions. They are also the animals that thousands of children and adults touch, enjoy and learn about through countless programs at the zoo. Because of the large volume of work these animals do on a daily basis, we need to have several individuals of each species. This allows adequate rest times for all animals. The variety of animals is impressive and ranges from tiny insects to large boa constrictors. We have recently added several species which definitely puts our designated room at capacity. New additions include prairie dog pups, marine toads, Great Plains toads and more of the popular hedgehogs. These animals are in addition to the already 60 program animals that are always going somewhere. We look forward to spreading out the space for these animals in our new children’s zoo barn which will include two climate controlled rooms just for them.

Hoofstock: Did I mention there is something in the water? A baby Bactrian camel hit the ground in a snow storm and has proven to be a strong healthy survivor of the never ending chilly weather. The next snow storm brought a reindeer calf that spent days huddled under mom to stay warm. When the weather broke, baby goats began to fill the children’s zoo. Although kangaroos are not hoofstock, the red kangaroos have babies of all sizes. We have 5 female kangaroos and each of them have two babies (1 in the pouch and one youngster out of the pouch). The walkthrough kangaroo exhibit is a baby factory. What a change from a year ago.

8 edzoocation in action 6th Grade Days Poster Competition Winners

Mackenzie McClemans – Lincoln Elementary Kourtney Trautner – Roosevelt Elementary 6th Grade – Teacher: Ms. Tammi 6th Grade – Teacher: Mrs. Krause

Lydia Bunkowske – St. Martin’s Lutheran School 6th Grade – Teacher: Mr. Fritze

Maria Socha – Jefferson Elementary 6th Grade – Teacher: Mr. Sanden thank you to the Watertown Chapter of the Izaak Walton League for supplying the winners with a Bramble Park Zoo t-shirt, Ike’s canvas bag, and information and a magazine about their mission.

Gisell Chavez – McKinley Elementary 6th Grade – Teacher: Mrs. Beutler

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R&S Day Over 900 visitors kicked off the zoo’s busy season during R&S Free Day at the Zoo. This event was sponsored by the Watertown Community Foundation’s Youth Council.

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memorials animal update In Memory of: Contributed by: 3.2.1 = 3 males, 2 females, and 1 unknown sex. To save space when ImoJeanne Oliver Kory & Pam Kirschman communicating with other zoos, we use this system to indicate the Richard Duke Jim & Francene Spies number and sex of each group of animals. JoRita Gullickson Shirley Benthin

ACQUISITIONS DEATHS BIRTHS & HATCHES 0.3 Black-tailed prairie dogs 0.0.1 Tiger Oscar (disease) 0.0.2 Swift fox 0.1 Spider monkey 1.0 Taveta weaver 0.0.1 Ring-tailed lemur 0.0.2 Domestic geese (killed by cage mates) 0.1 American bison 0.0.3 Marine toads 0.1 American bison 0.0.1 Bactrian camel 0.0.25 Rainbow trout (killed by longhorn) 0.0.2 Ring-tailed lemurs 0.0.30 Perch 1.0 Black-footed penguin 0.0.1 White throated capuchin 1.1 Pine martens (Aspergillosis) 1.1 Fishers 0.1 Red kangaroo Salt water fish (GI upset, kidney failure, sec. Pneumonia) rehab DISPOSITIONS 0.0.1 Sun conure (unknown) 0.0.8 Prairie dogs 1.0 Silver pheasant (unknown) Zoo staff has been very busy this winter and spring 1.2 Goeldi’s monkey 0.0.1 Arowana (unknown) with the bird rehabilitation and release program. 0.1 Siamang 1.0 Impeyan pheasant (unknown) 0.0.1 Screech owl 0.0.8 (Pseudomonas) Pictured here is a that was taken in and 1.0 Von Der Decken’s hornbill 0.0.1 Inland bearded dragon eventually released. Zoo staff called her “Liberty” 0.1 Bison calf (broken jaw) during her stay here. 2.0 Longhorn cattle

REHAB BIRDS STATUS Double crested cormorant Euthanized—missing wing Bald Eagle Euthanized—very thin, large mass before stomach Kingfisher Euthanized—broken humorous 0.0.2 Great-horned owls Hand raise—placed at Carvalho’s Friends of a Feather Cooper’s hawk DOA Red-tailed hawk Released Kestrel Died Red-winged blackbird Euthanized Bald Eagle Released Bald Eagle Euthanized—poisoned

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