The Woodland Park Zoo's draft annual plan is currently available to the public. The annual plan is submitted to the superintendent of Seattle Parks and Recreation as specified by the Zoo Operations and Management Agreement between the city of Seattle and the Woodland Park Zoo Society.
Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting international standards for zoos all over the world. Conservation, education and excellent animal care are at the core of the zoo's mission.
The zoo is helping to save animals and their habitats 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.
The annual plan briefly describes programmatic changes, capital improvements or planned fee changes for the upcoming year. The report is due to the superintendent of parks in the fourth quarter of each year.
Interested individuals may access the draft annual plan 2008 through Woodland Park Zoo's website at www.zoo.org, or by stopping at the Woodland Park Zoo's administrative offices in the reception trailer during regular zoo hours 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The offices are near the zoo's North Entrance off North 59th Street and Phinney Avenue North.
Written comments on the Draft Annual Plan 2008 may be mailed to: Woodland Park Zoo, 601 N. 59th St., Seattle, WA 98103, "Attention: Jim Bennett, Annual Plan Comments."
Comments may also be submitted electronically, accessible from the zoo's website at www.zoo.org. Any public comments must be received by midnight, December 1, 2007.
Woodland Park Zoo encompasses 92 acres and features more than 1,090 individual animals representing nearly 300 species. The grounds are divided into what are known as bioclimatic zones, the unique habitats around the world, from tropical rain forests to the frigid climes of the Far North.[[In-content Ad]]
