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professional experience

A registered architect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Michael directs all dimensional design aspects of Main Street’s work. He is an experienced designer and project manager who is especially skilled at transforming conceptual directions into buildable designs, and then ensuring that they are properly built. Michael earned his degree in architecture from the University of Notre Dame, where his studies included a year at the University’s architecture program in Rome, Italy. He apprenticed in several architectural oYces before receiving his professional registration, and since 1983 has worked exclusively in the ﬁeld of interpretive exhibit design.

selected projects

Access/Ability, Boston Children’s Museum Aquatics Exhibit Master Plan, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution Arctic Voices, Science North Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, California State Parks

Boston Land and Manufacturing Company Store, Cuyahoga

Valley National Park Buffalo Zoo Master Plan, Zoological Society of Buffalo

Cal. S Taggart Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center, Bighorn Canyon

National Recreation Area Children’s Zoo, Franklin Park Zoo Convoy Point Visitor Center, Biscayne National Park Cumberland Visitor Center, C&O Canal National Historical Park

Early Home, Visitor Center and Homestead, Andrew Johnson

National Historic Site

Entrance and Florida: Mission Everglades, Zoo Miami

Grizzly Ridge, Akron Zoo

Entryway, Western Expansion, American Biome, and

Herpetarium, El Paso Zoo Frazee House, Cuyahoga Valley National Park Giant Panda Museum, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding Grasslands Master Plan, National Zoological Park Gulf Coast Visitor Center, Everglades National Park Habitat Hollow, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Interpretive Master Plan, Fresno Chaffee Zoo

Main Street Design

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Maritime Museum Of Monterey, Monterey History and Art Association McNeil Avian Center, Philadelphia Zoo

Montana Heritage Center Master Plan, Montana Historical Society New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, New Mexico

Ofﬁce of Cultural Affairs Okeeheelee Nature Center, Okeeheelee Park, Palm Beach County Olsen House Visitor Center, Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear Perry’s Victory Visitor Center, Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial Prairie, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution

Research Center and Veterinary Hospital, Chengdu Research

Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

Education Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service San Diego River Discovery Center, San Diego River Foundation San Diego Zoo, Giant Panda Exhibit

Sarah Allison Steffee Center for Zoological Medicine,

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

St. George’s Heritage Interpretation Programme, St. George’s

Foundation

The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Science North

Think Tank, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution

Virginia Zoo Master Plan, Virginia Zoo Visitor Center, Main House and Interpretive Gallery,

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Visitor Center, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management

Welcome Center at Valley Forge, Valley Forge National

Historical Park Wild Like Me, Zoo Atlanta Wildlife Rescue, Science North Zion Visitor Center, Zion National Park

education

1980 1978

University of Notre Dame, Bachelor of Architecture

Rome Studies Program, Rome, Italy

Main Street Design

Recommended publications

THE CASE AGAINST Marine Mammals in Captivity Authors: Naomi A

s l a m m a y t T i M S N v I i A e G t A n i p E S r a A C a C E H n T M i THE CASE AGAINST Marine Mammals in Captivity The Humane Society of the United State s/ World Society for the Protection of Animals 2009 1 1 1 2 0 A M , n o t s o g B r o . 1 a 0 s 2 u - e a t i p s u S w , t e e r t S h t u o S 9 8 THE CASE AGAINST Marine Mammals in Captivity Authors: Naomi A. Rose, E.C.M. Parsons, and Richard Farinato, 4th edition Editors: Naomi A. Rose and Debra Firmani, 4th edition ©2009 The Humane Society of the United States and the World Society for the Protection of Animals. All rights reserved. ©2008 The HSUS. All rights reserved. Printed on recycled paper, acid free and elemental chlorine free, with soy-based ink. Cover: ©iStockphoto.com/Ying Ying Wong Overview n the debate over marine mammals in captivity, the of the natural environment. The truth is that marine mammals have evolved physically and behaviorally to survive these rigors. public display industry maintains that marine mammal For example, nearly every kind of marine mammal, from sea lion Iexhibits serve a valuable conservation function, people to dolphin, travels large distances daily in a search for food. In learn important information from seeing live animals, and captivity, natural feeding and foraging patterns are completely lost.
Wildcare Institute

WildCare Institute Saint Louis Zoo Many Centers, One Goal. The WildCare Institute is dedicated to creating a sustainable future for wildlife and for people around the world. WildCare Institute A Remarkable Journey From an Urban Park, Down the Stream, Around the World ...................... 6 The Story Behind the Saint Louis Zoo’s WildCare Institute ........................................................ 8 Some of the Institute’s Top Achievements ................................................................................ 11 Center for American Burying Beetle Conservation ..................................................................... 16 Center for Avian Health in the Galápagos Islands ...................................................................... 18 Center for Cheetah Conservation in Africa ................................................................................. 20 Center for Conservation in Forest Park ...................................................................................... 22 Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation ..................................................................... 24 Center for Conservation in the Horn of Africa ............................................................................ 26 Center for Conservation of the Horned Guan (Pavon) in Mexico ................................................. 28 Center for Conservation of the Humboldt Penguin in Punta San Juan, Peru ................................ 30 Center for Conservation in Madagascar ...................................................................................
~C~~Ll~~;· Approximately 300 Exotic Birds Will $1 Million

K-Bird& Make Your 8outiqy~~ Bird _,.......~....?-lIlIIIl~-.- -----~- Worth ~~'t/~ More ?et _~"%:'.'~- SurgIcal Sexing Certificate Opening Date Set For With Vet's name and date ....- ......"':n:ated. you will havedocumented Metrozoo's Wings of Asia proofin addition to their tattooing. Also states if mature or not. plus writing area for breeding history and transfer of bird ownership. Certificate is 2 calor. 8)6" x 11". beautifully illustrated with bird design on designer textured stock. Certificates can be designed to incorporate your own business name by special request at additional charge, quantity orders only. Wings ofAsia, the Miami Metrozoo's species making up the landscaping. Ex Single copies @ 25~ Send orders & inquiries to: most spectacular exhibit and perhaps otic fruit plants, including such oddities 12for $2.95 K-Birds Boutique 25 for $5.95 102 W. wmow the most innovative aviaryinthe world, as the ice-cream cone tree, passion fruit plus 50¢ postage Prospect Hts.• lL 60070 opens to the public Friday, December vines and the chocolate pudding tree, Larger quantities call 312·398·0307 28. Rare Southeast Asian birds are being have been strategically placed to elicit introduced into the free-flight aviary natural feeding behavior among the REGISTER NOW daily in preparation for the grand open birds. The overall value oftheaviary, in cf(- ing. Wings of Asia is sponsored by the cluding hard construction, the bird col Zoological Society of Florida. lection and the landscaping, is close to ~C~~ll~~;· Approximately 300 exotic birds will $1 million. "85 make up the Wings ofAsia population, One of the most unusual aspects of Avicultural Federation of living amid tropical trees, shrubs and Wings of Asia is the presence of entire AUSTRALIA ground covers that recreate the forests flocks of birds, which fly as a group 3rd National Convention and marshes of Asia.
List of the Animals in the Gardens of the Zoological Society : with Notices

OF THE ANIMALS i^? IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY; WITH NOTICES RESPECTING THEM. MAY, 1837. THIR TEENTH PUBLICA TION. ^ LONDON: 2948{0 PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 18.S7. ADVERTISEMENT. As the Collection is liable to continual change, from the transfer of specimens to more convenient quarters, from casualties, or other causes of removal from the Gardens, and from accessions; some irregularities may be observed in this List, notwithstanding the ac- curacy of the account at the time of its going to press. These will be corrected in the succeeding Editions, and new ones will be put forth so frequently as to obviate as far as possible the inconvenience alluded to. N.B. It is to be observed that the Council of the Society do not hold themselves responsible for the nomenclature used, nor for any opinions expressed or statements made in this publication. S^^l 0. G 4-2, LIST THE ANIMALS, &c. From the Entrance Lodge ( 1) the Visitor turns to the right hand where will be seen a range of Aviaries (2), in which, besides various Breeds ot the domestic Fowl, there are the following Galinaceous Birds. REEVES'S PHEASANT. (See Page 10.) Hybrids between Reeves's find the common Pheasant. This is the only produce which it has been possible to obtain from the former bird, no female of that species having yet been brought to Europe, or even, it is believed, to Canton, SONNERAT'S JUNGLE FOWL. Gallus Sonnerattii, Temm. This is one of the Indian species of wild or Jungle Fowls, from which some of our various domestic breeds are generally supposed to have been derived.
Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516)

Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516) Collection Number: S0516 Collection Title: Marlin Perkins Papers Dates: 1873-1991 Creator: Perkins, Marlin, 1905-1986 Abstract: The Marlin Perkins Papers consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, zoo animal feeding records, business contracts, equipment lists, maps, archaeological records, publications, and zoological findings, conservation and ecological writings, scrapbooks, photographs, and film. The materials in this collection are related to Marlin Perkins’ involvement in national and international zoos, wildlife and nature conservation, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Zoo Parade, and various other dealings involving wildlife. Collection Size: 17.4 cubic feet (350 folders, 2854 photographs, 32 16mm films, 29 audio cassettes, 14 audio disks, 16 items) Language: Collection materials are in English. Repository: The State Historical Society of Missouri Restrictions on Access: Collection is open for research. This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-St. Louis. If you would like more information, please contact us at [email protected]. Collections may be viewed at any research center. Restrictions on Use: The Donor has given and assigned to the University all rights of copyright, which the Donor has in the Materials and in such of the Donor’s works as may be found among any collections of Materials received by the University from others. Preferred Citation: [Specific item; box number; folder number] Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516); The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-St. Louis [after first mention may be abbreviated to SHSMO-St. Louis]. Donor Information: The papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Carol Perkins on June 27, 1990 (Accession No.
YE2018 Zoologicalsocietyofphil

1/8/2019 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax OMB No. 1545-0047 Form 990 À¾µ» Under section 501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (except private foundations) I Do not enter social security numbers on this form as it may be made public. Open to Public Department of the Treasury I Internal Revenue Service Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for instructions and the latest information. Inspection A For the 2017 calendar year, or tax year beginning 03/01 , 2017, and ending 02/28, 20 18 C Name of organization D Employer identification number B Check if applicable: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA 23-1352298 Address change Doing business as Name change Number and street (or P.O. box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite E Telephone number Initial return 3400 WEST GIRARD AVENUE (215) 243-1100 Final return/ City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code terminated Amended PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 G Gross receipts $ 52,535,359. return Application F Name and address of principal officer: VIKRAM H DEWAN H(a) Is this a group return for Yes X No pending subordinates? 3400 WEST GIRARD AVENUE PHILADELPHIA,J PA 19104 H(b) Are all subordinates included? Yes No I Tax-exempIt status: X 501(c)(3) 501(c) ( ) (insert no.) 4947(a)(1) or 527 If "No," attach a list. (see iInstructions) J Website: WWW.PHILADELPHIAZOO.ORG I H(c) Group exemption number K Form of organization: X Corporation Trust Association Other L Year of formation: 1859 M State of legal domicile: PA Part I Summary 1 Briefly describe the organization's mission or most significant activities: BY CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH WILDLIFE, e THE PHILADELPHIA ZOO, AMERICA'S FIRST ZOO, CREATES JOYFUL DISCOVERY c n a AND INSPIRES ACTION FOR ANIMALS AND HABITATS.
PDF of the Program Guide

program guide WELCOME to RON FORMAN DAN ASHE KELLY FLAHERTY CLARK PRESIDENT AND CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO Audubon Nature Association of Zoos PRESIDENT Institute and Aquariums IMATA Board of Directors VICE PRESIDENT, ZOOLOGICAL OPERATIONS Discovery Cove, SeaWorld Theme Parks & Entertainment NEW ORLEANS AND TO THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE! SEPTEMBER 7 – 11, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 AZA Board of Directors and Staff 19 Green Mission 3 IMATA Board of Directors 23 Sponsors and Acknowledgements 25 Program Schedule 4 Program Committee and Special Events 7 General Information 87 Poster Presentations 13 Maps 97 Exhibitors 47th Annual Conference of 95th Annual Conference of FPO AZA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF OF DIRECTORS AZA BOARD AZA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018–2019 CHAIR DIRECTORS Peggy Sloan Brian Davis, Ph.D. Mark Penning, BVSC Chief Animal Operations Executive Vice President of Operations VP Animals, Science and Environment Ofﬁcer Georgia Aquarium Disney’s Animal Kingdom John G. Shedd Aquarium Chris Gentile Tara Riemer, Ph.D. CHAIR ELECT Director President and CEO Christopher Kuhar, Ph.D. Western North Carolina Nature Center Alaska SeaLife Center Executive Director Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Alejandro Grajal, Ph.D. Adrienne Rowland President and CEO Director VICE CHAIR Woodland Park Zoo Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay Bert Castro President/CEO Steve Marshall Elizabeth Whealy Arizona Center for Nature Conservation/ Vice President and Managing Director President and CEO Phoenix Zoo Audubon Zoo Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History PAST
Aquatic Zoos

AQUATIC ZOOS A critical study of UK public aquaria in the year 2004 by Jordi Casamitjana CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 METHODS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Definition ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Sampling and public aquarium visits --------------------------------------------------------------7 Analysis of the data --------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 UK PUBLIC AQUARIA PROFILE ------------------------------------------------------------------------11 Types of public aquaria ----------------------------------------------------------------------------11 Animals kept in UK public aquaria----------------------------------------------------------------12 Number of exhibits in UK pubic aquaria --------------------------------------------------------18 Biomes of taxa kept in UK public aquaria ------------------------------------------------------19 Exotic versus local taxa kept in UK public aquaria --------------------------------------------20 Trend in the taxa kept in UK public aquaria over the years ---------------------------------21 ANIMAL WELFARE IN UK PUBLIC AQUARIA ------------------------------------------------------23 ABNORMAL BEHAVIOUR --------------------------------------------------------------------------23 Occurrence of stereotypy in UK public aquaria --------------------------------------29
Saint Louis Zoo Endowed Positions and Funds: a Growing Tradition

Saint Louis Zoo Endowed Positions and Funds: A Growing Tradition 1 About this book This book is about our wonderful Zoo donors who have established endowed funds and positions at the Saint Louis Zoo. Most importantly, it tells their stories. Stories about people who worked hard, built successful businesses in St. Louis, and wanted to give something back to their community. Stories about people who lived simply and quietly, and gave generous and unexpected gifts. People who made our city and our Zoo what it is today and whose vision will live on tomorrow. As author Alexander McCall Smith wrote, “A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land.” I am inspired by each of the stories in this book. Some are about people and names who might be familiar, some are less known. But I am struck by how each of these donors was touched by the Zoo at some point in his or her life and how each was inspired to make an investment in our future. As an anthropologist, I have studied landmark learning experiences, those “aha” moments when a spark is ignited and we are inspired to learn more, or a light bulb goes on, and we get it. We have seen something amazing, and we want to know more. For many, a visit to the Saint Louis Zoo is the first encounter with a wild animal. It is something memorable and wonderful, and that has not changed in more than 100 years.
WAZA News 3/12

August 3/12 2012 Arthropods in Zoos | p 2 Atlantic Forest: Corridors For Life | p 14 No Need to Kiss This Frog: HRH Prince Charles | p 22 ). Nicrophorus americanus – Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island Williams Park – Roger American burying beetle ( © Lou Perrotti WAZA news 3/12 Gerald Dick Contents Editorial Arthropods .............................. 2 Dear WAZA members and friends! Invertebrate Conservation ........ 5 My Career: The last months have been amongst Shigeyuki Yamamoto ...............9 the most busy ones for the executive WAZA Interview: office. The exciting programme for Ray Morrison ......................... 12 our 67th Annual Conference has been Brazil’s Great finalized, a CO2 compensation scheme Atlantic Forest ....................... 14 for zoos and aquariums has been put WAZA Elected together and offered to WAZA mem- on IATA’s LAPB ...................... 16 bers, a new edition of the WAZA maga- Book Reviews ........................ 18 zine – entitled fighting extinction – with Announcements .................... 19 a focus on “extinct in the wild” clas- No Need to Kiss This Frog ........22 sified species has been published, the Partnerships to WAZA project in support of the decade Fight Amphibian Crisis .............23 on biodiversity with the survey module Update on awareness has started, WAZA is International Studbooks ......... 24 now represented on IATA’s live animals Help for Illegal Scorpions ........ 24 and perishables advisory panel, WAZA WAZA Projects and the world zoos and aquariums Mono Tocón........................... 25 have been dignified by Jane Goodall Western Derby Eland ............. 26 and HRH Charles, Prince of Whales and Tamanduá ..............................27 WAZA has been gifted a commemora- New Member Applications ...... 29 tive design by Jonathan Woodward, © Carmel Croukamp a commended finalist of the “BBC Wild- Gerald Dick in snakepit at Foz Iguazu.
Download the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Media

MEDIA KIT OVERVIEW The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is home to nearly 10,000 animals representing over 600 species from around the globe. The Zoo complex is a recreational and education destination that includes the 22-acre Zoombezi Bay water park and the 18-hole Safari Golf Club. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium also manages The Wilds, a 10,000-acre conservation center and safari park located in southeastern Ohio. The Zoo is a regional attraction with global impact, annually contributing more than $4 million of privately raised funds to support conservation projects worldwide. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Columbus Zoo has earned Charity Navigator’s prestigious 4-star rating. MISSION Lead and inspire by connecting people and wildlife. VISION The sustainable co-existence of all living things. SIZE The Zoo complex spans 622 acres, more than 200 of which have been developed as animal habitats and public spaces. The Zoo habitats are organized into seven geographic regions: Adventure Cove, Asia Quest, Australia and the Islands, Congo Expedition, Heart of Africa, North America and Polar Frontier, and Shores. Heart of Africa, which debuted in 2014, is designed as a mixed species savanna spanning 23 acres. ATTENDANCE The Zoo serves as one of Central Ohio’s most popular family attractions and hosts more than two million visitors annually. Over the last five years, the Columbus Zoo has welcomed over 12 million visitors. ADMISSION AND MEMBERSHIP RATES In consideration of the Franklin County taxpayers who provide support for the Zoo, a non-profit organization, the Zoo offers these residents special admission prices and membership rates, weekly promotions, and educational programs for free or a reduced price.
The Role of Zoos & Aquariums in the 21St Century

ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY The role zoos play in animal welfare, education and conservation. THE ROLE OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY AIMS To gain a knowledge and understanding of: The role of zoos and aquariums in the 21st Century. The global, national and regional zoo and aquarium communities and their roles. What good conservation is and how it relates to good animal welfare. A zoo's overarching role in education about the natural world, respect for animals and how it contributes to conservation programmes. OBJECTIVES Recognise the history of zoos and aquariums and what a modern zoo and the global zoo community looks like. Recognise the important role zoos and aquariums can play in education, research and conservation. Identify the links between good animal welfare and conservation, education and research. Recognise the role of animal care staff in the modern zoo. Plan what you can do to ensure that your facility contributes towards global conservation and good animal welfare. REASONING Understanding the role of a zoo in the 21st century. Recognising the importance of each zoological collection and their particular role within the global community. Understanding the links between good animal welfare and conservation, research and educational success. Zoos throughout the ages Wild habitats began to be represented within enclosures. Alternatives to Naturalistic enclosures Zoos became cages and bars, such as with high standards of public places moats started to be explored welfare and a conservation (13th - 17th century). (early 20th century). ethos (1970s onwards). TIME Ancient Menageries - Zoological gardens The disinfectant era where Collections of large were formed and easy to clean enclosures mammals kept for zoos started featuring concrete floors and entertainment of royalty becoming places of tiled walls were popular (2,000 BC).