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Future Projects: Teton Trek Zambezi River Hippo Camp SPECIAL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ISSUE! Future Projects: Te t o n Tr e k Zambezi River Hippo Camp July/August 2006 PUBLISHED FOR FRIENDS OF THE MEMPHIS ZOO EXZOO- Exzooberance™ is a Memphis Zoological Society publication providing information for friends of the Memphis Zoo. Send comments BERANCE! to MZS, 2000 Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN 38112, call (901) 276-WILD or log onto www.memphiszoo.org. Vol. XV, No. 3 Memphis Zoological Society IN THIS ISSUE: Board of Directors 10 as of July 15, 2005 Officers: Carol W. Prentiss, Chair Special Capital John W. Moore, Vice Chair Gene Holcomb, Treasurer Campaign Issue Joseph C. DeWane, MD, Secretary James B. Jalenak, Past Chair The Zoo has changed a lot over the past Directors: 100 years. Take a look at how we got where Calvin L. Anderson James H. Prentiss we are and what’s next! Shane C. Battier John D. Reier J. Mitchell Collins Karl A. Schledwitz Lisa G. Foley Diane Smith Diana Hull John W. Stokes, Jr. 4 Teton Trek — Fred D. Johnson Kelly Truitt Kevin D. Kimery Steven Underwood Opens spring 2009 and will feature grizzlies, Dorothy Kirsch Joe Warren timber wolves, elk, trumpeter swans and Robert C. Lanier Duncan F. Williams sandhill cranes! Honorary Lifetime Directors: Thomas E. Boggs, Chair, Zoological Council Donna K. Fisher Helen and Jabie Hardin 6Zambezi River Roger T. Knox, President Emeritus Scott P. Ledbetter Hippo Camp Frank M. Norfleet Senator James R. Sasser Opens spring 2010 and will feature hippos, Rebecca Webb Wilson Nile crocodiles, okapi and flamingos Ex Officio: Dr. Chuck Brady, Zoo President & CEO 10 Thanks to Our Donors! Bob Fouche, Dir., Division of Park Services 8 The Community Leaders Scott McCormick, City Council Representative Thomas E. Boggs, Chair, Zoological Council That Brought Us Here Sara Tilson, Docent/Volunteer Representative 12 Creature Feature — Credits: Julie Dodson, Editor / Writer The Memphis Zoo is preparing to open Tracy Carkeet, Editor / Writer a new tortoise exhibit late this summer. Brian Carter, Managing Editor 8 Geri Meltzer, Art Director Learn more about these beautiful, Toof Printing, Printer interesting creatures! Photos by Jay Adkins, unless otherwise noted. Zoo Hours: March - October 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. November - February 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 15 Safari Soirée and • Last admission one hour before close • Zoo Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Zoo Rendezvous Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Exzooberance: The Zoo of tomorrow begins today. Together we are building one of the world’s great zoos! Our friendly staff and volunteers are dedicated to providing a naturalistic and enriching sanctuary for our animals and a clean, friendly, entertaining and educational experience for our guests. The Memphis Zoo, Ya Ya and Le Le are trademarks of the Memphis Zoo. On Memorial Day weekend, the Memphis Zoo celebrated its 100th birthday. Many of you joined us for events that marked this important milestone. Zoom Through the Zoo was a great success with over 500 race-day participants, thousands enjoyed Zoo Grass and birthday cake, and Zoo members swam in the Nile River while listening to The Bouffants. The holiday 16 weekend culminated on Monday with a very special appear- ance from Spider-Man. These events were a wonderful way to commemorate the past 100 years. The biggest thing the Zoo has done to mark the occasion of our 100th anniversary is to open our newest exhibit, North- west Passage. This exhibit has been seen by over half a million visitors, and its opening is the culmination of a decade worth of planning, fundraising, and anticipation to provide a state- of-the-art home for some of the Zoo’s most beloved animals. In May the Zoo announced plans to build its next two exhibits by the end of the decade. The first exhibit to open, Teton Trek, is made possible thanks to a $10 million contribu- tion by Fred and Diane Smith and the Smith family. It will showcase the animals, culture and landscape of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. The second exhibit, Zambezi River Hippo Camp, will trans- DEPARTMENTS: port Zoo visitors to central Africa with new exhibits for hippos, Nile crocodiles and other wildlife of the region. 14New to Zoo This issue of Exzooberance will highlight these two forth- coming projects and honor those who made our Zoo the world-class institution it is today. 16 Special Events By supporting the Memphis Zoo, you are contributing to one of the greatest cultural and educational institutions 17 Education Programs in our region. With your support we’ll continue our efforts into the next century and beyond. 18 Memorials and Honorariums 20 Kids’ Activity Page Dr. Chuck Brady www.memphiszoo.org President & CEO The Memphis Zoo is accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. ©2006 Memphis Zoo 1 H I P P O C A M P Opening Spring 2009 & Opening Spring 2010 A journey through the history, Explore the untamed land culture and wildlife of the surrounding Africa's majestic Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Zambezi River. Featuring grizzly bears, elk, Featuring hippos, Nile crocodiles, timber wolves and waterfowl. okapi and flamingos. 3 Teton Trek will take people of the Mid-South on a journey through TETON the history, culture and wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, TREK which consists of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Opens Spring 2009 These exhibits will join the ranks single, private donor — $10 The 3-acre exhibit will feature griz- of The Commercial Appeal Cat million — for the new Teton zly bears, elk, timber wolves, sand- by Julie Dodson Country, FedEx Once Upon A Trek exhibit. The $12 million hill cranes and trumpeter swans. ore than half a Farm, Primate Canyon, CHINA exhibit is completely funded; Visitors will begin their journey million Zoo visitors and Northwest Passage — all the other $2 million came from in the Old Faithful Entry Plaza. A have enjoyed part of the Zoo’s $77 million in private and corporate donations. 25-foot geyser will greet visitors, watching polar renovation and expansion since and children can play in the water bears “Payton,” the 1990s. Both Teton Trek Teton Trek will take people of among the boulders that sur- M“Haley” and “Cranbeary” swim, and Zambezi River the Mid-South on a journey round Old Faithful. wrestle and dive for fish since the Hippo Camp are sche- through the history, new Northwest Passage exhibit duled to open by the culture and wildlife of the After playing in Old Faithful, Zoo opened in March 2006. Already, end of the decade. Greater Yellowstone Eco- guests will then walk into the plans are underway for the Zoo’s system, which consists Great Lodge, which is replicated next two exhibits — Teton Trek Through these exhi- of Grand Teton and Yellow- after the Old Faithful Lodge in and Zambezi River Hippo Camp. bits, Memphis Zoo visi- stone National Parks. Yellowstone National Park. The tors will soon learn more two-story, multi-purpose building “We are thrilled that Zoo visitors about both the Grand Teton and The 14 million acres that make is 45-feet tall — about the height are enjoying Northwest Passage,” Yellowstone National Parks and up the Greater Yellowstone Eco- of the CHINA pagoda — and will said Chuck Brady, Zoo president the great Zambezi River of Africa. system is sometimes referred to be used for after hour events. and CEO. “We can’t wait to show as “America’s Serengeti.” The There will be a large fireplace in them what we have planned for Frederick W. and Diane Smith area is home to the largest con- the center of the 5,000-square- Teton Trek and Zambezi River and the Smith family gave the centration of large mammals in foot building. The spacious upper Hippo Camp!” Zoo its largest gift ever from a the contiguous United States. mezzanine level will provide addi- 4 The 14 million acres that make up the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is sometimes referred to as “America’s Serengeti.” The area is home to the largest concentration of large mammals in the contiguous United States. tional exhibit space to display pho- The timber wolf exhibit will feature tography and artifacts of the region. a wolf den, where children can get eye-to-eye with these magnificent “Like CHINA and Northwest Passage, animals. A hidden drop moat will Teton Trek visitors will feel like they give the illusion that the wolves are have actually been transported to in the same exhibit as the grizzlies. this part of the country,” Brady said. “It’s more than just an exhibit; it’s Just past Firehole Falls is the elk an experience.” overlook. These members of the deer family are abundant in the Greater Visitors exit the Great Lodge onto Yellowstone Ecosystem, and they are one of several overlooks in the some of the largest antlered animals grizzly bear exhibit. Teton Trek will in the Americas. feature the Firehole River stocked with freshwater fish, so the grizzlies The marsh portion of the exhibit will can fish. feature trumpeter swans, sandhill The trek along the grizzly exhibit cranes and other creatures of the rises in elevation and continues marshlands. along a bridge that places the visitor near the 25-foot-tall Firehole Construction on Teton Trek is set to Falls. From this bridge, you will be start in May 2007, with an opening able to see the entire grizzly and in spring of 2009. timber wolf exhibits. 5 H I P P O C A M P both land and underwater view- ing opportunities for the hippos as well as Nile crocodiles, the design of the exhibit will create the illusion that the hippos and Nile crocodiles are swimming Opens Spring 2010 together.
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