October
October 30, 2003 - Zoo Receives $300,000 Murdock Challenge Grant For Condors
October 23, 2003 - Smithsonian Scientist Shares Conservation Success Story
October 20, 2003 - Wilderness Conservationist Legend Dave Foreman to Speak at Oregon Zoo
October 15, 2003 - Oregon Zoo Hosts Howling Good Time
October 14, 2003 - Tour Dracula's Haunted Castle At Oregon Zoo
October 13, 2003 - $50,000 Federal Grant Helps Oregon Zoo Elephants
October 10, 2003 - Zoo's Halloween Events offer Something For Everyone
October 10, 2003 - Zoo Hosts Baby Panda Event, Oct. 23
October 7, 2003 - Oregon Zoo's Eagle Canyon Nearing Completion
October 3, 2003 - Wells Fargo Summer Concerts Raise More Than $1 Million For Zoo's Education, Conservation Programs
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Zoo Receives $300,000 Murdock Challenge Grant For Condors.
Condors return to Oregon after a near 100- year absence with the help of a challenge grant.
PORTLAND, Ore.-The Oregon Zoo's new condor breeding facility in Clackamas County has received a $300,000 challenge grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The Oregon Zoo is only the nation's third zoo to join the prestigious condor-breeding program. To fulfill the grant requirements the zoo must secure an additional $300,000.
"Murdock's $300,000 challenge grant is a great milestone in helping bring condors back to Oregon after nearly 100 years," said Tony Vecchio, Oregon Zoo director.
The zoo has raised $1.2 million for the condor-breeding center- the first phase of which is nearly complete. Twelve condors from the San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo and the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise will arrive at the breeding facility on November 20.
The Murdock grant is designed to help the zoo raise additional funds to complete the breeding center construction. The zoo must secure an additional $1.8 million to finalize the last two phases, which will include more holding space, a separate flight aviary, a veterinary clinic, and an educational condor exhibit at the zoo- only the third zoo in the world and the first in the Pacific Northwest.
Condors have a long history in Oregon. Many Native American tribes in the northwest have used the image of the 'Thunderbird' in art and myths, for hundreds of years. "Lewis and Clark wrote in their journals about condors flying high above the Columbia River during their trek to find the Northwest Passage," said Vecchio. "This is the first step in realizing our dream of seeing condors flying free in Oregon."
The zoo has received support from a variety of sources. The zoo's governing agency, Metro provided a secluded piece of property for the breeding facility and The Oregon Zoo Foundation's board of trustees made a commitment of $450,000. Significant investments by corporations, foundations and individuals have included:
· In kind donations of construction materials, equipment and services from Portland General Electric, Hoffman Construction, DeWitt Construction, Portland Fence Company and Banfield, The Pet Hospital;
· Funding from Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, Standard Insurance Company, Wells Fargo Bank and Wendy's Operators of Portland;
· Grants from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Foley/Frischkorn Wildlife and Conservation Fund, The Kenneth Jonsson Family Foundation and The Bridges Foundation;
· Proceeds from Zoolala 2003 - the Zoo's annual fundraising event; and
· Major contributions from two anonymous individuals, Jim and Jenny Mark, Eric Parsons, and many zoo members and friends.
Secretary of the Interior Gayle Norton and Senator Gordon Smith announced the zoo's acceptance into the California Condor Recovery Program in late 2001. The California Condor Recovery Program reflects a partnership of public agencies and private organizations with a common goal to remove America's largest bird from the federal list of endangered species.
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Smithsonian Scientist Shares Conservation Success Story
Costa Ricans are saving rainforests through sustainable butterfly farming
PORTLAND, Ore. - Renowned Smithsonian Entomologist Nathan Erwin will lecture at the Oregon Zoo about Costa Rican butterfly farmers who are saving rainforest habitat through sustainable farming practices. The lecture, slated for Saturday, Nov. 8 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., is free with zoo admission. Erwin will bring unusual insects to help illustrate his lecture.
"Costa Rican butterfly farmers are helping the environment because they're saving tropical rainforests," says Tony Vecchio, zoo director. "This is a win win; farmers protect habitat while they support their families by selling tropical butterflies to zoos and aquariums."
Currently butterfly farmers in Costa Rica farm butterflies and then sell the chrysalides to butterfly gardens in zoos. Chrysalides are the cryptically colored pupas in which caterpillars transform into butterflies. Butterfly gardens can order these chrysalides on a weekly basis from butterfly farmers to create their own butterfly exhibits such as the one the Oregon Zoo displayed last summer.
Erwin's lecture will focus on butterfly farming in Costa Rica and how he is encouraging farmers to expand their techniques to include other insects such as katydids, praying mantises, millipedes, and other large arthropods.
According to Erwin, insect zoos have few sources of farm-raised insects from which to order. Diversifying butterfly farming to include other insects and arthropods will benefit butterfly farmers and the environment.
"Saving rainforests and the insects that live there is critical to our planet's health," says Vecchio. "Of the more than ten million known animal species on earth, 85 percent of them are insects. Approximately 80 percent of the world's plant population would die without insects to pollinate them," added Vecchio.
Erwin will also talk about how insects help clean up the earth by feeding on dead matter, and how he believes that preserving insects can protect the planet.
"People have negative impressions of bugs that are based on TV commercials telling us to get rid of bugs," says Erwin. "But less than one percent of the insect species cause harm to humans. And the rest are what keep the world ticking."
However, Erwin is encouraged by insects' growing popularity as seen in the recent star roles in movies such as "Antz" and "A Bug's Life."
Erwin is the manager of the Smithsonian Institution's Otto Orkin Insect Zoo in the National Museum of Natural History. In addition, he has taught at the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States and the USDA Graduate School. He has been published in the Environmental Entomology journal.
The lecture, Farming for Butterflies: Nature's Crop, is free with zoo admission and will be held in the Cascade Crest Banquet Center (by main entrance). This lecture is brought to you by Smithsonian Magazine's CultureFest. For information or tickets call 503-525-4281.
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Wilderness Conservationist Legend Dave Foreman to Speak at Oregon Zoo
Director of The Rewilding Institute wants to "Rewild North America"
PORTLAND, Ore. - Dave Foreman, honored by Audubon Magazine as one of the 100 Champions of Conservation of the 20th Century, will present his visionary concept to "rewild" North America in a zoo lecture on November 4, at 7 p.m.
A wilderness conservationist, Foreman envisions currently existing wilderness areas so broadly linked, that he hopes to one day see wolves roam from Mexico to Alaska and cougars inhabit a region from Florida to Maine.
"The scientific approach of rewilding is based on three Cs: Carnivores, Cores and Connectivity. Large carnivores are important to healthy ecosystems, they need secure wilderness core habitat, and they need landscape connectivity between cores," says Foreman. "If we are to protect and restore wild nature, we must be guided by a vision that is bold, scientifically credible, practically achievable, and hopeful."
According to Tony Vecchio, director of the Oregon Zoo, "Dave Foreman's plan provides a new, positive approach to improving the big picture, rather than trying to save species and habitats individually. For those who have been working defensively to save individual species, Foreman's vision provides hope that things can truly be better."
Foreman's presentation at the Oregon Zoo will feature a slide show on an international project, featuring four "MegaLinkages" to connect wild areas of the North American continent. His focus is to benefit large animals because, as Foreman puts it, "Current scientific research around the globe shows that large carnivores are essential to healthy wild ecosystems. Remove them, and the ecosystem begins to unravel. Restore them, as we've done with wolves in Yellowstone, and the ecosystem begins to heal."
Foreman believes that the current wildlife refuges are not adequate to support the larger, carnivorous species that are native to North America. "Even Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area is too small to maintain viable populations of grizzly bears or gray wolves," says Foreman.
The answer to this problem, according to Foreman, is to close the gap between preserves, establishing corridors between nationally recognized ecosystems. For example, the Yellowstone National Park ecosystem should be linked with the Glacier/Bob Marshall ecosystem in Montana, and the central Idaho ecosystem should be linked with the Canadian Rockies. Foreman adds, "In Oregon, we need to be sure that wolverines can move between Crater Lake National Park and Mt. Hood Wilderness Area."
In Foreman's words, "In the east, we want a connected chain of wilderness areas from the Everglades to northern Maine and into Canada, so the Eastern Cougar and the Florida Panther will be once again connected." The same would be true in the west, according to Foreman's vision."
Some may dismiss rewilding as romantic dreaming. But it is being done in the West," comments Foreman on rewilding victories. "For example, Caltrans (the California Transportation Department) recently closed an on-off ramp on the Riverside Freeway in Southern California and restored it as a mountain lion corridor between habitats on either side of the 12-lane freeway. In Washington, the Cascades Partnership has raised millions of dollars to acquire private lands along Interstate 90 through Snoqualmie Pass to protect and restore linkages for wolverine, lynx, and other species between Mt. Rainier National Park and Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area."
In recent years, Foreman has been at the forefront of conservation theory and action. Not only is he the co-founder of the Wildlands Project, he is now director of the Rewilding Institute, an organization committed to the advancement of ideas for conservation on a continental scale. Foreman is the publisher of Wild Earth magazine and has published several books including Confessions of an Eco-Warrior and a novel, The Lobo Outback Funeral Home. His new book, Rewilding North America, will be published in 2004.
The Wildlife Conservation Lecture Series is hosted by the Oregon Zoo and The Audubon Society of Portland. The lecture will be held in the Oregon Zoo's Cascade Banquet Center. Cost for each lecture: $10 general admission, $8 for members of host organizations, students and seniors. Series Tickets: $32 general admission, $25 for members of host organizations, students and seniors.
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Oregon Zoo Hosts Howling Good Time.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Families can trick-or-treat and learn more about wildlife during Howloween at the Oregon Zoo on October 25 and 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In keeping with the zoo's mission, this event is educational as well as fun. An intriguing scavenger hunt directs trick-or-treaters to easily accessible activity stations located throughout the zoo in order to collect candy or prizes.
" Kids of all ages can hunt for candy and prizes while in the company of some of the world's most exciting and exotic animals," said Tony Vecchio, zoo director. "When children and adults visit the zoo, we hope they make a connection with the animals that promotes caring about their future."
Howloween is presented by Meier & Frank, which is operated by Robinsons-May, a division of May Department Stores, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The group operates 73 stores, including 57 Robinsons-May stores in California, Arizona and Nevada, and 16 Meier & Frank stores in Oregon, Utah and Washington.
The first 500 zoo visitors attending Howloween activities will receive cooler bags donated by Subway. Other prizes will also be available.
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Tour Dracula's Haunted Castle At Oregon Zoo
PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon Zoo wants its visitors to enjoy a good scare this Halloween season on their new thrill ride, Dracula's Haunted Castle. The frightening feature, which is produced by SimEx-Iwerks, opens on Saturday, October 18 and runs through Sunday, November 2.
Riders begin their terrifying tour on a dark stormy night outside a foreboding castle. Two huge, wooden doors creak open and an eerie looking butler appears. After an ominous warning, the audience is transported through secret passageways where their worst nightmares come to life.
The ride continues down dark, lantern-lit hallways at break-neck speeds. Horrifying skeletons jump out of nowhere to attack with swords, while packs of flying bats head straight for riders' faces. Tumbling backwards down an enormous staircase, riders dodge disembodied creatures and narrowly avoid a head-on crash.
"The ride is filled with terror and excitement; scary images pop up from every direction," says Tony Vecchio, Oregon Zoo director. "You really feel every turn, drop and fall."
Dracula's Haunted Castle is the zoo's latest simulator ride. The simulator premiered in May with Deep Sea, which according to Vecchio was a "tremendous success." Proving to be even more popular is Dino Island, which debuted in August and will return to the simulator on November 3. Revenue from the simulator helps pay for many conservation and education programs at the zoo.
Dracula's Haunted Castle plays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the SimEx-Iwerks simulation theater located on the former entry plaza directly across from the Amur Tiger exhibit, close to the Zoo Railway Station. In addition to regular zoo admission, a $4 ticket ($3 for members) is required. Due to the limited number of seats, a maximum of 800 visitors per day are able to experience the ride.
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$50,000 Federal Grant Helps Oregon Zoo Elephants
PORTLAND, Ore. - Elephants at the Oregon Zoo are stepping more easily these days with the recent installation of new rubber flooring. The floor was made possible by a $50,960 Conservation Project Support grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
"The new rubber floor will not only improve their lives, it may save them," says Oregon Zoo Director Tony Vecchio. "Foot diseases in elephants can be fatal. This grant pays for floor improvements that may relieve some foot care issues."
The elephants are already showing preference for the new floor, playing, exercising and sleeping more easily on the soft surface compared to the old concrete floor. Camie Meichsner, an OSU graduate student, is observing and analyzing the elephants' reaction to the new floor. While elephant keepers have reported an obvious preference for the rubber floor, the Oregon Zoo is the first in the world to do scientific research on foot-friendly flooring and its prevention of potentially deadly foot problems.
Meichsner's short-term study of elephant behavior on concrete versus rubberized surfaces will attempt to demonstrate any behavioral changes and/or flooring preferences. In addition to supporting the flooring installation, the IMLS grant will fund updates to an existing educational display, incorporating data from this project and adding part-time interpretive staff in the elephant viewing room to discuss the flooring project and elephant foot care with visitors.
The research of the elephant flooring will include a medical history for each elephant. The elephants' feet are inspected for visible foot sores or injuries, which are documented. Their feet are also x-rayed on an annual basis. All of these records will be used to detect any change after extended exposure and use of the rubber floor.
Over the course of the installation of the rubber floors, closed circuit cameras monitor the behavior of the elephants. The video is then viewed by a team of researchers, headed up by Meichsner, who look for behavior changes and reactions to the rubber floor. They also check for preference between the foot-friendly floor and the standard concrete. "We're done with the video recording stage," says Meichsner, "now we're collecting the data to be analyzed."
The Oregon Zoo added the new flooring in the elephant barn as part of its proactive role in preventing foot disease and foot injuries. "With the softer surface, the elephants don't get the blunt impact of a cold, concrete surface," says Elephant Keeper Jeb Barsh.
"The floors are a way to take better care of the elephants through early intervention."
IMLS is a federal grant-making agency located in Washington, D.C. that fosters leadership, innovation and a lifetime of learning by supporting museums, zoos and libraries. IMLS Conservation Project Support awards fund a wide range of projects to help museums safeguard their collections, including conservation training, surveys, and treatment. The Oregon Zoo was one of six U.S. zoos to receive a Conservation Project support grant in 2003. For more information on IMLS, visit their web site at http://www.imls.gov.
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Zoo's Halloween Events Offer Something For Everyone
Kids attend sleepover, while parents dance at Tiger Ball!
PORTLAND, Ore. - Halloween celebrations at the Oregon Zoo cover all bases this year. On Friday, October 31, adults are invited to the Tiger Ball, a dance party from 8 p.m. to midnight, while the kids can enjoy a special Halloween ZooSnooze.
"This is a great opportunity for parents and children to get in costume, go trick-or-treating and then come to the zoo-kids to the Halloween ZooSnooze and parents to the Tiger Ball," said Tony Vecchio, zoo director.
Tiger Ball attendees will be greeted by spooky décor and DJ spun dance music in the zoo's Cascade Crest Banquet Center. A costume contest will be held with prizes such as a behind-the-scenes encounter with the tigers. Admission is $35 per person in advance, or $40 at the door. Admission includes heavy hors d'oeuvres, 2 drink tickets (wine or beer) and a ticket to ride the zoo's simulator thrill ride, Dracula's Haunted Castle. Additionally, some sections of the zoo will remain open for guests, including Cascade Crest, Steller Cove, leopards, tigers, Tiger Plaza, which hosts a jack-o-lantern display, as well as the simulator theater's Dracula's Haunted Castle.
Tiger Ball attendees must be 21 years of age or older. Tickets are available at the zoo. Those purchasing tickets before October 20 will be entered into a drawing to win an exclusive Zoo Director's Tour, and lunch for four.
The zoo is also offering a special Halloween ZooSnooze. Children age seven to eleven will enjoy a pizza dinner, experience the simulator theater's Dracula's Haunted Castle and go on a nighttime safari tour featuring bats, elephants, bears, tigers, wolves, as well as a candy treasure hunt. After a continental breakfast and a visit to the birds of prey, kids will have a front row seat to watch the keepers give the animals special treats.
Cost for the Halloween ZooSnooze is $40. A $10 discount is available if the child's parent is attending the zoo's Tiger Ball. Children may wear their Halloween costume to the ZooSnooze. Children must be pre-registered to attend. For further information or to register, call 503-220-2781.
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Zoo Hosts Baby Panda Event, Oct. 23
Join GLOBIO's Gerry Ellis as he shares Pandas' first birthday and seven new births
PORTLAND, Ore. - A lecture titled Baby Pandas: A Journey Into China will be presented by GLOBIO (the Foundation for Global Biodiversity Education for Children) at the Oregon Zoo's Cascade Ballroom on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m. for refreshments and a hands-on Pro Photo display of the cutting edge digital photography used during the documentary project.
"GLOBIO will present the most comprehensive collection of photos ever created of the initial days of a panda's life," says Tony Vecchio, zoo director. "It's during these first days that the sightless infants are at their most fragile."
GLOBIO celebrates the first birthday of panda cubs TeeOh and Xiao Lei Lei, who live in China and were introduced to Portland in a multimedia presentation last June when the cubs were only a few months old. The two pandas, whose lives GLOBIO is documenting in a new book on rare animals, were born at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China's remote Min Mountains. The reserve, located 1,000 miles southwest of Beijing, is one of the last strongholds for the endangered giant panda.
"Our hope is to offer people a rare glimpse at baby pandas in China and an even rarer glimpse into the extraordinary lives of people working to save this incredible creature from extinction," says Gerry Ellis, GLOBIO's executive director and photographer.
GLOBIO will show new video and photos highlighting the first year of the cubs' lives. Ellis will immerse the audience in still and video imagery of the remote mountain forests of Wolong, including use of 360-degree QuickTime VR technology and never before revealed scenes inside the reserve's famous conservation center and nursery.
The 2003 birthing seasons has been one of the most successful in Wolong's long history. After modest success in the past few years, the 2003 birthing season started off with a boon of newborns. By the end of September, seven baby pandas were born. GLOBIO documented the critical first days as each baby received undivided attention by staff and mother panda.
"The result of GLOBIO's groundbreaking work is a wealth of new photos that will astound Oregonians," says Vecchio.
Pandas are endangered, despite substantial international support and intense effort by researchers at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in the Wolong Nature Reserve.
Baby Pandas: A Journey Into China is sponsored by Pro Photo Supply and hosted by Oregon Zoo and the Portland Chinese Classical Garden. Tickets are $15 general admission or $10 for members of the Oregon Zoo and Portland Chinese Classical Garden. Tickets are available at the door (subject to capacity) or in advance at the zoo or any TicketsWest ticket outlet. Proceeds from the event support GLOBIO's panda project and Oregon Zoo's field conservation efforts.
The Oregon Zoo is a charter member of GLOBIO, which is an international children's environmental education organization based in Portland, Oregon. The zoo supports GLOBIO's mission of teaching children about the richness of the world's biodiversity through rare baby animals. The panda project documents the reserve's unique biodiversity of wildlife, plants and indigenous cultures. The result is an opportunity to share with children a glimpse of rare animals and the fascinating world in which they live.
For information about the panda project or lecture tickets, please visit http://www.globio.org/news/public/Pandapg2/index.shtml.
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OREGON ZOO'S EAGLE CANYON NEARING COMPLETION
The Eagle Has Landed
PORTLAND, Ore. - Animals are arriving and construction is well underway on the Oregon Zoo's newest exhibit Eagle Canyon. Bold features such as 40-foot poles and mesh to showcase bald eagles in flight will be installed over the next week. Large acrylic panels to view endangered salmon swimming in a swift-moving stream will be added tomorrow.
Eagle Canyon, the latest element to the Great Northwest exhibit will tell the story of eagles and salmon and their role in the ecosystem. It will explain how salmon travel to sea as fingerlings and after three years return to the tributaries of their birth; and will explore how eagles and other species rely on salmon for their survival. The exhibit will expand upon the existing Cascade building that displays local animals such as river otter, beaver and other native watershed species.
"We are constantly striving to educate the public about caring for local wildlife," according to Tony Vecchio, zoo director. "This new exhibit will focus on the plight of the salmon and other animals found in our own backyards."
Upon completion in late spring 2004, visitors will walk along a wooded path and watch a bald eagle gliding among the trees. Visitors will stop on a covered bridge and enjoy a scenic view of the wooded ravine. Nearby, children will climb into a monstrous artificial eagle nest that gives them a glimpse of what life as an eagle is like. Visitors will be able to view videos of nesting eagles and migrating salmon-captured by remote cameras in the wild. Further down the path, interactive displays and naturalists will tell the story of the salmon's struggle to survive. Visitors will make a connection with the eagles and the salmon and realize the importance of the conservation of these two species.
Further along the trail, parents and children will come along a hollow log that kids can scramble through as a shortcut to the salmon stream. Parent can follow through the log or along side on a boulder staircase. If one isn't in such a hurry, a less steep walk can be enjoyed to the stream. Visitors will walk behind a cascading waterfall and can place their hands in the rushing stream to manipulate salmon sculptures to better understand the streamlining of the fish. Visitors will also have a chance to feel immersed in the stream, while remaining dry, through a large acrylic dome and come face to face with salmon as they swim in for a closer view.
Through this exhibit, the zoo hopes visitors will learn about bald eagles and endangered salmon and the integral part they play in the Northwest ecosystem.
"Through these key species, we hope people will be inspired to care about both these Northwest animals and their habitat," said Vecchio. "The exhibit will explain how people can help wildlife and the environment through the choices they make in their daily lives."
Funding for the $2.4 million construction project was a public and private venture. Part of the funding came from the 1996 bond measure, and the rest was raised through The Oregon Zoo Foundation. Spirit Mountain Community Fund provided a lead gift of $150,000. Other major contributors include The Collins Foundation, USDA Forest Service and the Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation.
The zoo's commitment to local animals is reflected in the Great Northwest exhibit. Since 1997, the zoo has completed the first three phases of the exhibit. The total project cost for Great Northwest is $37 million, of which the Oregon Zoo Foundation has raised more than 3.2 million. The Foundation plans to secure the final $800,000 needed to complete the Great Northwest exhibit through individual, foundation, and corporate sources. For more information about donor opportunities, call 503-220-5770.
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WELLS FARGO SUMMER CONCERTS RAISE MORE THAN $1 MILLION FOR ZOO'S EDUCATION, CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Wells Fargo commits another $220,000 to sponsor series for next two years
Portland, Ore. - The 2003 Wells Fargo Summer Concert Series at the Oregon Zoo - Portland's longest running outdoor concert series - attracted 60,373 visitors and helped generate nearly $1,060,000 for the zoo. Proceeds from the concert series, which ran June 29 to Aug. 31, support education and conservation programs that benefit a variety of threatened and endangered species.
In addition to funding the series, Wells Fargo team members also donated a total of 600 hours of volunteer labor to the Oregon Zoo during the concerts.
Wells Fargo has supported the concert series since 1997. The company recently committed $220,000 to sponsor the series for the next two years.
"Through Wells Fargo's generous support, the zoo is able to bring a variety of nationally renowned musicians to Portland," said Tony Vecchio, zoo director. "But what's especially important is that the concert revenue helps support a variety of endangered species, including ones found here in the Pacific Northwest."
This year's Wells Fargo Summer Concert Series featured 26 performers, including Aimee Mann, Roseanne Cash, Asleep at the Wheel and Bela Fleck.
"It's a great opportunity to sponsor the Wells Fargo Summer Concert Series every year," said George Passadore of Portland, Wells Fargo's chairman for Oregon. "These concerts bring world class musicians to our local residents at affordable prices for local residents. They also benefit the Oregon Zoo, one of our state's leading educational institutions and a strong cultural resource for our community."
In 1979, the Oregon Zoo became the first zoo in the nation to host a summer concert series. The concert series generated additional revenue to help the zoo fulfill its mission of conservation and education.
Next year's summer concert series will begin in June and run through August. Concert organizers plan to feature diverse music, including folk, jazz, country, blues, salsa and world music.In addition to Wells Fargo's assistance, the concert series receives support from The Oregonian A&E section.
The non-profit Oregon Zoo Foundation coordinates all private fund-raising efforts on behalf of the Oregon Zoo, including a membership program, animal sponsorships, corporate and foundation support and major gifts. The Oregon Zoo Foundation shares the Oregon Zoo's mission: "Inspiring our community to create a better future for wildlife."
Founded in 1852, Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $370 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance from more than 5,800 stores and the Internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and elsewhere internationally.
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