Woodland Park Zoo Press Release

What:
Media are invited to check out The Wyland Clean Water Tour Maze, sponsored by Seattle Public Utilities. It is a great opportunity for kids to learn more about the Earth’s most vital resource through the excitement of play! With graphics created by renowned marine life artist Wyland, the maze gives kids the chance to become actively engaged through play about the importance of water both in their homes and the world’s oceans, rivers, lakes and wetlands.

When:
Media are welcome to check out the maze on their own.
The maze opens September 15-24, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. daily

Info:
Free with zoo admission or current membership. For more information about The Wyland Clean Water Tour Maze, check out the Events section of Woodland Park Zoo’s Web site at www.zoo.org. For general zoo information, log on the zoo’s Web site or call 206.684.4800.

Fall hours: 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. daily. For more information and how to become a zoo member, call 206.684.4800 or 684.4026 (TTY), or visit the zoo’s Web site at www.zoo.org

Zoo admission: Adult (13-64) $10.50; Child (3-12) $7.50; Toddler (0-2) Free. Seniors and disabled receive a discount and zoo members receive free zoo admission year-round.

Parking: $4.00. Parking is limited. Please call Metro at 206.553.3000 for bus service to the zoo.

Other:
Wyland, the world’s premier ocean artist, has been a pioneer in the marine art movement since 1971. This painter, sculptor and muralist is one of the most prolific and celebrated artists of our time. To date, in addition to his spectacular paintings of a wide variety of marine life, Wyland has completed more than 84 of his landmark murals, the renowned Whaling Walls, throughout the United States as well as Canada, Japan, Australia, Mexico, France and New Zealand. It is estimated that more than one billion people are exposed to Wyland’s art each year.

Accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting a standard for zoos all over the world. With conservation, education and excellent animal care at the core of the zoo’s mission, the zoo is helping to save endangered species in Washington state and around the world including tree kangaroos, snow leopards, red-crowned cranes, African wild dogs, western pond turtles and Oregon silverspot butterflies. By inspiring visitors and others to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future.