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As resources become increasingly scarce, the zoo is taking action to preserve and sustain our natural environment. We practice sustainability as we preserve the planet’s wildlife and habitats.Zoomazium is the nation’s first LEED Gold certified building in a zoo, utilizing a green “living” roof, and sustainable and recycled materials. The Zoo Doo composting program creates more than 1 million pounds of compost and saves $60,000 in disposal costs every year. Woodland Park Zoo practices sustainable purchasing, waste-free events and recycling, saving more than 1 million pounds of materials in 2007. The zoo incorporates “green” practices into daily work, including energy efficient lighting, wise paper purchasing and use, and inter-office composting.
From our backyards to our back country, Woodland Park Zoo protects the environmental health of the Pacific Northwest.“Green infrastructure” improvements in the new Humboldt penguin exhibit will save 3 million gallons of water and reduce energy consumption by 75 million BTUs, or the equivalent of 24 million pints of drinking water and heating five two-bedroom houses, each year. The zoo’s local conservation has brought Washington state’s native western pond turtle population back from near extinction. New conservation programs are aimed at preserving Oregon spotted frogs and northern spotted owls. Woodland Park Zoo’s tree canopy has more than quadrupled in the last 50 years, creating habitat for urban wildlife and absorbing millions of pounds of greenhouse gases.
Woodland Park Zoo supports wildlife and habitat preservation through conservation leadership around the world.The zoo supports 38 field conservation projects, ranging from butterflies to elephants, in more than 50 countries about the world. The Partners for Wildlife program supports field research, habitat preservation and community involvement to protect species as diverse as wild dogs in Africa, cranes in Russia and the rare silverspot butterfly in the Northwest. The zoo participates in Species Survival Plans for 35 endangered animals. Of the 300 species represented at Woodland Park Zoo, 50 are endangered or threatened. The zoo connects with hundreds of wildlife scientists, veterinarians, zoos and universities, creating a global network of conservation professionals.
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