2012 Annual Report on Conservation Science

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conservation science

2012 Annual Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

3 Introduction

5 BACK FROM THE BRINK

Blue Iguanas

8 SCIENCE SAVES SPECIES

10 FIELD CONSERVATION PROJECTS—International

13 RESTORING A FRESHWATER NATIVE

Southern Appalachian Brook Trout

15 FIELD CONSERVATION PROJECTS—UnitedStates

56 A DISEASE-FREE FUTURE FOR ETHIOPIAN WOLVES

A Wolf Vaccine in Sheep’s Clothing

58 JAVAN WARTY PIG

Conservation and Recovery

CoverPhoto:Attwater’sPrairieChicken©StephanieAdams,HoustonZoo

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INTRODUCTION

The 2012 Annual Report on Conservation Science

ZoosandaquariumsaccreditedbytheAssociationofZoosandAquariums(AZA)serve

asconservationcentersthatareconcernedaboutecosystemhealth,takeresponsibility

forspeciessurvival,contributetoresearch,conservation,andeducation,andprovide

communitiestheopportunitytodeveloppersonalconnectionswiththeanimalsintheir

care.Whetherbreedingandreintroducingendangeredspecies;rescuing,rehabilitating,

andreleasingsickandinjuredanimals;maintainingfar-reachingeducationalandoutreach

programs;orsupportingandconductingin-situandex-situresearchandfieldconservation

projects,accreditedzoosandaquariumsplayavitalroleinmaintainingourplanet’sdiverse

wildlifeandnaturalhabitatswhileengagingthepublictoappreciateandparticipatein

conservation.

The2012AnnualReportonConservationScience(ARCS)focusesexclusivelyonthose

conservationprojectsthathaveadirectimpactonanimalsinthewild.Thereportisbasedon

surveydatasubmittedby179ofAZA’s223accreditedzoosandaquariumsand15certified-

relatedfacilities.Eachofthemorethan2,700projectsubmissionslistedinthisreportwere

reviewedbyatleastonememberofAZA’sFieldConservationCommittee(FCC)toensure

thattheprojectmetthecriteriaofhavingadirectimpactonanimalsinthewild.Basedon

thissurvey,AZAfacilitiescollectivelyspentapproximately$160milliononfieldconservation

in2012,providingfurtherevidenceofthesignificantroleAZA-accreditedzoosandaquariums

playinsavingtheworlds’species.

A GLOBAL EFFORT

AZA-accreditedzoosandaquariumsservedasactiveconservationleadersforprojectsin

theirownbackyards,throughouttheUnitedStates,andglobally–reachingover115countries

in2012alone.Whilemostactivities(~1,000)tookplaceintheUnitedStates,facilitiesreported

workingbetween50-105timesineachofthefollowingcountries:Indonesia,Kenya,China,

Congo,Madagascar,andMexico.

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SPECIES AND HABITATS

AZA-accreditedzoosandaquariumssupportedbothspecies-specificandhabitat-focused

conservationprojects.Projectsfocusedonconservingecosystemsoftensupportedavariety

ofanimals,whilespecies-specificprojectstargetedover650individualspecies,over200of

whicharelistedundertheUSEndangeredSpeciesActandabout200ofwhicharepartof

anAZASpeciesSurvivalPlan®(SSP).Ofthespecies-specificprojects:

•60%focusedonmammals,includingcheetah,elephant,rhinoceros,chimpanzee,

snowleopard,orangutan,giantpanda,Grevy’szebra,jaguar,polarbear,andokapi

•13%focusedonreptiles,includingseaturtles,easternMassasaugarattlesnake,

anddiamondbackterrapin

•13%focusedonbirds,includingHumboldtpenguin,red-neckedostrich,African

penguin,Californiacondor,andpipingplover

•6%focusedonamphibians,includingeasternhellbender,Oregonspottedfrog,

Panamaniangoldenfrog,PuertoRicancrestedtoad,andWyomingtoad

•4.5%focusedoninvertebrates,includingelkhorn,staghorn,andothercoral;horseshoe

crabs;monarchbutterfly;andKarnerbluebutterfly

•3.5%focusedonfishes,includingwhaleshark,bluerockfish,andCaliforniagrunion

Theremainderofthis2012AnnualReportliststhenamesofallprojectsincludedinthe

annualsurvey,byinstitution.

ThisreportwascompiledbyShellyGrow(AZADirectorofConservationPrograms)

withsignificantdataentryandclean-upbyAZAConservationandScienceInterns

ArslanAhmad,KathrynJuliano,ZacharyPage,KathrynRedeen,andVanessaHensley.

Thisreport,alongwiththosefrompreviousyears,isavailableontheAZAWebsiteat:

www.aza.org/annual-report-on-conservation-and-science/.

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“ThisisGorgonzola’sterritory.She’susuallyrightaroundhere,”

saysDougBell,ashiseyesfollowathick,dustytrailaround

afruittreeintheQueenElizabethIIBotanicGardensonthe

islandofGrandCayman.

Iamthinkingthatisaninterestingnameforthelizardweare

lookingfor–aspecialone–aGrandCaymanblueiguana,

areptilesorarethattenyearsago,therewerefewerthana

dozeninthewildontheplanet.

Isitbecausethiscerulean-sprinklediguanalooksliketheblue-

veinedcheese?

Instead,thisparticularfemalewasnamedforherfavorite

indulgence,thenonifruitfromthetreewejustpassed,which

hasapungent,cheese-likeodor.Apparently,shegotherlabel

becausesheenjoysthisfruitsooftenthatshehasbeenknown

tosmelllikegorgonzola.

Gorgonzolaisanimportantanimalinthissmallgroupthat

camesoclosetoextinction.Shewasamongthefirstcaptive-

bredanimalstobereleasedintotheparkin2001.Gorgonzola

BACK FROM THE BRINKBlue IguanasBy Julie Larsen-Maher OriginallypublishedinCONNECTJanuary2012

isusuallyinthesameplace,easytofindandstudy,andhas

consistentlyusedthesamesoilpatchtolaybetweenfive-and-

teneggsayearsince2003.

Bell,whohasbeeninvolvedasavolunteerwiththeBlue

IguanaRecoveryProgram(BIRP)since2004,isfieldspecialist

andall-aroundexpertonblueiguanas.Heispartofasmall

staffinthisbare-bonesorganizationconsistingofadirector,

twowardens,andvariousvolunteersfromaroundtheglobe

whosemissionitistobringthesereptilesbackfromthebrink.

“Itwasaclassicendangeredspeciesstory,”saysFredBurton,

directoroftheBIRP,themanwhoinitiatedtheirrescueand

continuesastheirchampion.

ThelargestnativelandanimalonGrandCaymanhadevolved

withoutworriesaboutpredators.Therewerenocarnivorous

mammals.Theiguanasbaskedonpristinebeaches,andtheir

habitatattheinterioroftheislandwaslargelyinhospitableto

mostlife,sotheyflourished.

Then,thetidesliterallyturnedfortheblueiguanas.

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Photos©JulieLarsen–Maher,WCS

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Onceplentifulalongthecoast,theiguanasthatpreferredthe

shorewerehuntedoutbyearlysettlers.Thosethatremained

inlandfairedbetterandwereprotectedwithintherazor-sharp

edgesoferodedkarstandthornyshrubthatmakeupiguana

paradise.

Timepassed,andpeopledidn’tknowmuchabouttheiguanas

thatsharedtheirisland,andtheydidn’tgolooking.

Then,thehumanpopulationsprangupwithnumbersmore

thandoublingevery12yearsorso,bottleneckingtheiguanas,

andsystematicallytakingovertheirlandscape.

“TheenvironmentonGrandCaymantookseveralmillion

yearstoevolve,”saysBurton,“yetabulldozercandestroythis

habitatintenminutes.”

Theiguanashadnoadaptationforallthatcamewithhuman

expansion.Bigbuildings,dogs,cats,insects,rodentsandfast

carswereallintroducedtotheirislandhome.Hotasphalt

highwaysthatwebbedthroughtheirlandmadegoodbasking

spotsfortheheat-lovingreptiles,andmanybecamevictims

ofroadkill.Theseroads,andthenhotels,coveredtheiguanas’

nestingsites.Non-nativefireantsandratsattackedthe

iguanas’nestsanddestroyedtheireggs.Youngiguanaswere

pickedoffbyferalcats.Dogskilledadultiguanas.

Ultimately,blueiguananumbersplummeted.

Inthe1990s,bysomecounts,therewerehundredsinthe

wild,butby2002,itseemedfewerthanadozeniguanashad

endured.

“Iguanasaresurvivors.Theyaresmart,buttheyhavehadto

learnbyexperience,”saysBurton.

Bringingbackaniguanapopulationwouldtaketheright

animalsandhealthyones.Burtonandhisteamputforthan

epicefforttosavethosethatremained.

“Blueiguanaswereimpossiblyrare,”saysBurton,“sorarethat

wecouldn’tlearnaboutthemtotrytosavethem.Therewas

asheerlackofinformation.Howmanywereleft?Wherewere

they?Whatweretheirconservationproblems?”

TheBIRPwatchedwildiguanasontheeastendoftheisland

tolearnwhattheycouldoftheirbehaviorsinthewildandthen

determinetheiguanas’needsforspaceandsurvival.Theybuilt

acenterattheQEIIBotanicGardenandsetupasafezone

forapreciousfew“founders”(geneticallyunrelatedanimals

withrootsfromwildpopulations)andatinycaptivebreeding

programbegan.

Blueiguanasareslowbreedersandnotthemostprolificof

reptilianegglayersatoneclutchperyearof10-to-20atthe

heightofafemale’smaturity.Iwatchedwithfascinationasan

iguananestwasexcavatedatthebreedingcenter,eachegg

sorareandprecious,itwasasifwehaddiscoveredthoselaid

byadinosaur.Theroundish,leatheryeggs,alittlelargerthana

chicken’s,gotoBurton’shomefor70daysinanincubatorina

climate-controlledroomthatdoublesashisoffice.

Thenewhatchlingsarethenmovedtothebreedingfacility

attheQEIIBotanicGarden,andafteratwo-yearheadstart,

theyoungiguanasarebigenoughtoholdtheirownagainst

predatorsandarereadyfortheirreleasetothewildsofthe

island.

“Nowthatwehaveanestablishedpopulationbackinthe

wildandcanfinallystudyhowtheiguanasliveintheirnatural

environment,wearebetterabletounderstandtheirneedsas

wellasthepressuresonthepopulation,”saysBell.

Startingin2001,WildlifeConservationSociety(WCS)health

experts,includingveterinariansandtechnicians,partneredwith

BIRPtoensurethatthetwo-year-oldiguanaswereintopform

beforetheirrelease.Dr.PaulCalle,Dr.BonnieRaphael,and

variousmembersoftheirstafftookturnsworkingonlocation

inGrandCaymanwheretheysetupprotocolsandperformed

iguanahealthassessmentsincludingweighing,measuring,

bloodsampling,andtaggingthejuvenileblueiguanas.

“Blue iguanas were impossibly

rare,” says Burton, “so rare that

we couldn’t learn about them

to try to save them.”

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“Itisincrediblyenablingtohavethetopzoovetsinthe

worldworkingwithus.Theirexpertiseandresourceshave

broughtsuccessfasterandmoreeffectively.Weneededthese

importanthealthscreensfortheiguanastomoveforward,”

saysBurton.

ThecollaborationbetweenBIRPandWCShascontinuedfor

thelasttenyears.

Calleadds:“Wecanaccomplishourconservationgoalsforthis

criticallyendangeredspeciesthroughapartnershipofgood

science,husbandry,commitment,andhealthcare.”

Duringtheirhealthcheckups,thejuvenileiguanasaretagged

withindividualcombinationsofcolorfulbeadsthatshowon

eithersideoftheircrests.Thisbitofiguanajewelry,likea

piercedearring,servesasidentificationandavisualcodefor

thestaffthatreleaseandobservetheiguanasintheirnew

homes.

“Itisremarkabletobepartofthisgreatconservationsuccess

story.In2011,weexaminedandtaggedmoreblueiguanasin

onemorningthanexistedinthewildtenyearsago,andwedid

itdayafterday,”saysCalle.

Thelong-termoutlookforblueiguanasismostpositivein

threeprotectedareasontheeasternsideofGrandCayman.

QEIIBotanicGarden,SalinaReserve,andColliersWilderness

Reserveareallhotandhumidspotswiththecraggiestof

substratesthatseemsounwelcomingonlyaniguanacould

lovethem,andtheydo.

Retreats,orhousesforherps,aredesignedandbuilt,then

airliftedtotheseprotectedareareservesandplacedaccording

BLUE IGUANA RECOVERY PROGRAM

TheBlueIguanaRecoveryProgramgetssomuch“bang

forthebuck”byrelyingveryheavilyonvolunteersand

institutionalpartnershipstogetalotoftheworkdone.

Localvolunteersareaneverydaypartofthesceneatthe

breedingfacility,andlocalcorporationsprovideasignificant

proportionoftheprogram’sannualfunding.

InternationalvolunteerswhohavevisitedGrandCaymanto

workwiththeBIRP,numbersome200bynowandmore

signupeveryyear,withvisitsrangingfromtendaysupto

threeorevensixmonthsatatime.

CoreinstitutionalpartnersincludetheInternationalReptile

ConservationFoundation(Arizona,USA)andtheDurrell

WildlifeConservationTrust(Jersey,U.K.).However,many

otherzoos,particularlyintheAZAnetwork,alsoprovide

significantsupport.Notablesovertheyearshaveincluded

thezoos(andtheirvariousfundingfoundations)atSan

Diego,MilwaukeeCounty,FortWorth,CentralFlorida,

Disney,theSmithsonianNationalZoo,andtheWildlife

ConservationSociety.

toaplanthatincludespredeterminingtheiriguananeighbors

forbestgeneticpotentialinfuturepopulations.

“Wehavetriedmanydifferentstylesandmaterialsforthe

iguanaretreats,buttheirpreferenceisfortheoriginalwooden

design,”saysBell,whohasconstructedover300oftheseherp

housesinthelastsevenyears.

Eachretreat,withvariousanglesandentrances,weighs

upwardsof40lbsandhastobecarriedonthebacksofvery

determinedandsweatyvolunteersfromtheairdropspottoits

specificlocationinthesharp,shrubbyforest.

“Ittakesanunbelievableefforttomaneuvertheretreatsover

theviciousrockandthroughthethick,andoftenpoisonous,

scrub,”saysBell,whospendstendaysataclipmovingand

placingtheiguanaretreatsinthethick,stickytropicalclimate

ofthereserves.

AsofAugust2011,thereareover100retreatshousingthe

blueiguanasreleasedintotheprotectedareasoftheSalina

andCollierReserves.Ifallgoeswell,thetotalnumberof

blueiguanasreleasedintothewildbytheendof2011willbe

over630.Inafewmoreyears,thepopulationrecoverygoal

of1,000iguanasatthreesiteswillbemet,allowingtheblue

iguanatobereclassifiedasEndangeredandofftheCritically

Endangeredlist.

“Thisisaspeciesthatwealmostlost.Now,throughthe

cooperativeeffortsofBIRPandWCS,theblueiguanaiswell

onitswaytorecovery,”saysCalle.

Aspeciesisbackfromthebrink.

Julie Larsen-Maher is the Staff Photographer at WCS and a member of CONNECT’s Editorial Board

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Whileconservationresearchhasalonghistorywithin

AssociationofZoosandAquariums(AZA)institutions,a

numberofnewinitiativesdemonstratetheimportantrole

zoo-basedresearchplaysinwildlifeconservation.By

employingbothcuttingedgetechnologyandawiderange

ofzoo/aquarium-basedexpertise,scientistsand

conservationistsareworkingtomakein-situconservation

effortsmoreeffective.Byusingquantitativedatatohelp

guidedecisions,zoo/aquariumconservationandresearch

staffarehelpingtoensurethefutureofendangeredspecies

aroundtheworldandinourownbackyards.Hereweprovide

afewexamplesofconservationscienceinaction.

North Carolina Zoo – Answering Questions for the Conservation of Africa’s Most Endangered Ape

TheCrossRivergorilla,endemictotheremotehighlandsof

theNigeriaCameroonborder,isthemostendangeredofthe

Africanapes.Yearsofhuntinghavemadethesegorillas

extremelyreclusive,andmanyaspectsoftheirbiologyand

ecologyarepoorlyunderstood.However,theNorthCarolina

SCIENCE SAVES SPECIESBy Richard Bergl, Tara Harris, Stuart Wells and Joanne Harcke OriginallypublishedinCONNECTMay2012

Zooanditspartnershavedemonstratedalong-term

commitmenttotheconservationofthisspecies

andareintegratinginnovativetechnologiesintoour

researchapproachestobetterunderstandthiscritically

endangeredape.

WorkingwiththeWildlifeConservationSocietyand

governmentalpartnersinNigeriaandCameroon,North

CarolinaZooputinplaceamobilecomputer-basedmonitoring

systemforrecodingandanalyzingdatarelevantforCross

Rivergorillaconservation.Thissystemallowsrangersto

quicklyandaccuratelyrecordinformationinthefieldand

providessemi-automatedanalysisofdatabymanagement

staff.Satelliteimageryhasbeenavaluabletooltopredict

gorillahabitat.Usingthesemaps,wehavesearchedforgorillas

inremoteforestareaswheretheyhadnotpreviouslybeen

recorded,andbetween2007and2010wefoundover70

separatesignsofgorillapresence,expandingtheknownrange

oftheCrossRivergorillaover200percentandidentifyinga

numberofimportanthabitatcorridorareas.Finally,DNA

extractedfromgorillafecalsampleshasallowedustobetter

understandpatternsofgeneticdiversityandmigrationinthe

SCIENCESAVESSPECIES

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CrossRiverpopulation.Wearecurrentlyinvestigating

theuseofDNAasatooltocensusofalltheCrossRiver

gorillas,somethingthathasnotbeenpossibleusing

traditionalapproaches.

Minnesota Zoo – Research on Animal Movement Informs Conservation Planning

Combiningzoo/aquariumexpertise,suchasanimal

immobilizationmethods,andtheuniquelivinglaboratory

thatzoos/aquariumsprovidewithnewwildlifetracking

technologiesisanotherwayinwhichAZAresearchers

contributetoin-situconservation.Thisapproachhasbeen

appliedbytheMinnesotaZooinresponsetoa50percent

declineinmoosepopulationsinnortheasternMinnesotasince

2005.Ourstaffbeganbytestingtrackingandactivitycollars

onzooanimals,providingvaluablebackgrounddataand

essentialvalidationsofthesetechnologies.Wearenowhelping

trackandanalyzemovementandactivitydatafromover50

wildmooseinMinnesota.Amongthequestionsweare

attemptingtoanswerishowtemperatureinfluencesmoose

habitatuse.Resultsfromthisresearchwillbeusedtoidentify

importantmoosehabitatinMinnesotaandtodevelop

managementrecommendationsthatwillhelppreventfurther

lossesofthisiconicnorthernmammal.

HalfwayacrosstheworldinNamibia,MinnesotaZoo

conservationbiologistsareemployingsimilartracking

techniquestoinformconservationeffortsforthecritically

endangeredblackrhinoandthreatenedHartmann’smountain

zebra.Workingcloselywithlocaldecision-makers,weare

providingscience-basedhabitatmapsbasedonlong-term

researchthatareusedtoinformconservation-compatible

landuseplans.

Phoenix Zoo – Using Scientific Data to Help Native Species Recovery Efforts

WeatthePhoenixZoo’sJohnsonFoundationConservation

Centerareusingresearchtoimproveconditionsforthenative

speciesinourcare,focusingonenvironmentalparameters,

behavioralindices,andoptimumconditionsforreproduction.

WeworkinclosecollaborationwithpartnersattheArizona

GameandFishDepartmentandU.S.FishandWildlifeService

topropagateanimalsfortheirin-siturecoveryefforts

throughoutourregion.

Recentresearchprojectsatthezooincludeastudyexamining

howtemperatureaffectstherateofdevelopmentoftadpoles

inourChiricahualeopardfroghead-startingprogram.Wewere

abletodetermineanoptimaltemperatureforrearingthefrogs

whichmaximizesproductionofmetamorphosedfrogs,rather

thanlate-stagetadpoles.Thesesub-adultfrogsarelessreliant

onwaterbornnutrients,canmoreeffectivelyescapepredators

thantadpoles,andcanbereleasedearlyintheyear.Anearlier

releasealsogivesthefrogsmoretimetoacclimatetothe

releaseenvironmenttohelpreducemortalityduringthewinter.

AnotherPhoenixZoostudyhelpedtodeterminethe

environmentalparametersnecessaryforraisingPage

springsnails.InArizona,the12knownpopulationsof

springsnalisareallindeclineandclassifiedasaspecies

ofgreatestconservationneed.In2010,wedevelopeda

monitoringandassessmentsystemthatallowedusto

trackthespringsnalisresponsestoimprovementsintheir

aquatichabitat.Thissystemhasallowedestablishmentof

areproducingpopulationofspringsnailsattheJohnson

FoundationConservationCenter.Thisisthefirsttimethis

specieshasreproducedoutsideofitsnaturalhabitat.Data

fromourpopulationisprovidinginformationtobiologists

workinginthefieldaboutthedevelopmentrateandspecific

environmentalconditionsthatthesesnailsrequire.Our

colonywillalsoserveasasourceforindividualstobe

released,allowingaugmentationofwildpopulationsofthis

endangeredgastropod.

North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher – Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sea Turtle Rehabilitation

TheNorthCarolinaAquariumsareextensivelyinvolved

withtherescueandrehabilitationofloggerheadseaturtles.

Throughseveralresearchprojects,wehavebeenableto

monitortheefficacyandimpactsofourprograms,which

aimtopreserveandprotectloggerheadsinthewild.

Weusedsatellitetransmitterstotrackthemovementsof

cold-stunned(hypothermic)juvenileloggerheadswhichhad

beachedthemselvesandthatweretreatedbytheaquariums

andreleased.Byfollowingpost-releasemovements,wewere

abletodemonstratethatrehabilitatedanimalssurvived,

exhibitednormalbehaviors,andwerenotpronetorepeat

strandingevents.Further,since2007,wehaveusedsatellite

telemetrytotrackthepost-releasemovementsofloggerheads

excavatedfromtheirnests.Thesehatchlingsaretypicallyheld

fortwo-to-fouryearsbeforebeingreleased.Post-release,maps

createdusingsatellitepositiondataindicatethatreleased

animalssurviveandbehavenormally,evenafterseveralyears

ofcareinanaquariumsetting.Datacollectedarealsobeing

usedtohelpdetermineoptimalreleaselocationsfor

loggerheadsofthisageclassforfuturereleases.

ThesearejustafewamongmanywaysinwhichAZA

institutionsaredirectlyapplyingresearchtotheconservation

ofanimalsinthewild.Manyzoo/aquarium-basedconservation

initiativesareconductingscience-basedconservationprojects

focusedonavarietyofspecies,habitats,andconservation

challenges.

Richard Bergl is the Curator of Conservation and

Researchat North Carolina Zoo

Tara Harris is the Director of Conservation at the Minnesota Zoo

Stuart Wells is the Director of Conservation and Science at

the Phoenix Zoo

Joanne Harcke is the Conservation & Research Coordinator

at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher

SCIENCESAVESSPECIES

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ARGENTINA

Fundacion Temaiken

ConservationofOsununuNatural

ReserveProject

LowlandTapir(Tapirus terrestris)

ConservationProject

ManedWolf(Chrysocyon brachyurus)

ConservationProject

ParanaPine(Araucaria angustifolia)

EcosystemConservationProject

ThreatenedSpeciesRecoveryProgram

BAHAMAS

Atlantis, Paradise Island

CetaceansofBangladesh:Conserving

aRegionalHotspotofSpecies

DiversityandAbundancewithLocal

CommunitiesandInstitutions

CoralReefMonitoringandRestoration

inTheBahamas

PromotingtheExpansionofAndros

WestSideNationalParkonAndros

Island,TheBahamas

TheBlueProject

BERMUDA

Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and

Zoo

BAMZ/BZSResearchGrantsand

Support

BermudaAmphibianProject

BermudaEndemicLandSnailSurvey

BermudaKillifishProject

BermudaMangroveResponsetoSea

LevelRise

BermudaMarineMooringsInitiative

BermudaReefEcologyAssessment

andMapping(BREAM)

BermudaTurtleProject

DiamondbackTerrapinProject

GrouperProject

HumpbackWhaleProject

InternshipProgramme

MadagascarLearningCentre

MarineWildlifeRescueand

Rehabilitation

CANADA

Vancouver Aquarium Marine

Science Centre

BCCetaceanSightingsNetwork

BritishColumbiaNorthernLeopard

FrogRecoveryProject

CetaceanPopulationGenetics–

HarbourPorpoise

CetaceanPopulationGenetics–

KillerWhale

DolphinEcholocationandNet

Avoidance

FieldStudyofDemography,Population

StatusandNaturalHistoryofBritish

ColumbianandAlaskanKillerWhales

FurSealandSeaLionProjects

MonitorGlassSpongeReefs

MonitorLingcodSpawnDemography

MonitorSpotPrawnNurseries

OregonSpottedFrogRecoveryProject

RecoveryofRockfishinRockfish

ConservationAreas

RockfishWinterHiding

Zoo de Granby

AmurLeopardConservation

AZA’sConservationEndowmentFund

(CEF)

ConservationofGorillas

ConservationofRedPanda

ConservationofSouthernFlying

Squirrel(Glaucomys volans)inQuebec

EnhancingtheConservationofthe

Geoffroy’sPiedColobusmonkey

(Colobus vellerosus)inBrong–Ahafo

Region,Ghana

Follow–UponEggLayingandtheUse

ofPikeRiverbytheSpinySoftshell

Turtle(Apalone spinifera)

InternationalElephantFoundation

InventoryandEnhancementofthe

NaturalHabitatonSaint-QuentinIsland

(Trois-Rivières,Quebec)

ProgramCarboneBoréalde

l’UniversitéduQuébecàChicoutimi,

(Québec)

SnowLeopardEnterpriseExpansion

HONGKONG

Ocean Park Corporation

2011HunchunAmurTigerFestival

2012InternationalSeafoodSummit

FellowshipProgramme

3rdSouth-EastAsianTraining

WorkshopinMarineMammalResearch

Techniques

AFutureforWildChineseGiant

Salamanders

AMini-MarineSpecimenBankfor

Sousa chinensisConservationinthe

PearlRiverEstuary

Field Conservation ProjectsINTERNATIONAL

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AnEcologicalStudyofHorseshoe

CrabSpawningandNurseryBeach

Habitat

AnInvestigationoftheEcologicaland

BehaviouralConstraintsontheHainan

Gibbon

AssessmentofGiantPandaCorridors:

RoadEffect,CorridorEffectiveness

andCorridorRestoration

AssessmentoftheIrrawaddyDolphin

PopulationanditsHabitatinWestern

Negros

BambooandVegetationRecoveryof

GiantPandaHabitatafterWenchuan

Earthquake

BambooCorridorDesignPlanand

ManagementStrategyofGiantPanda

HabitatatXiaoxianling

BuildingCapacitytoSaveAsia’s

ThreatenedWildlifeandHabitats

CambodianCrocodileConservation

Program:EnsuringtheFutureof

theCriticallyEndangeredSiamese

CrocodileintheWild

ChangesinPopulationSize,Social

OrganizationandResidencePatterns

ofSousa chinensis inZhanjiangWaters

CharacterizingPesticidesExposureto

theCriticallyEndangeredIndo-Pacific

HumpbackDolphins

CoastalMarineMammalsalongthe

EasternGulfofThailand

CombatingTradeinNatureReserve

ProductstoProtectGiantPandasand

RedPandas

CommunityEducationSponsorship

Programme

ConservationCapacityTrainingand

EvaluationforEducatorsinChina

ConservationofBlue-Crowned

LaughingThrush(Garrulax courtoisi)in

Wuyuan,JiangxiProvince

ConservationofEndangeredPrimates

inLaoPDR

ConservationofHorseshoeCrabsinHa

PakNai,HongKong:BridgingScience

andCommunityParticipation

ConservationoftheChineseGiant

Salamander(Andrias davidianus)

PhaseII:AStudyofFactorsImpacting

ThisSpecies’Reintroduction

ConservationoftheChinesePangolin

(Manis pentadactyla)intheEastern

HimalayasofNepal

ConservationoftheYellow-

CrestedCockatoo

ConservingtheLargestSalmoninthe

World

ConservingtheWorld’sLargest

Amphibian:Reintroductionofthe

ChineseGiantSalamanderintothe

Wild

DevelopingReleaseProtocolsfor

Trade-confiscatedSundaPangolinsin

Vietnam

DiscoveringAmphibianDiversityand

BuildingConservationCapacityin

Vietnam

DistributionPatternandFoodChoice

StudyofPost-ReleasedCaptiveGiant

Panda

DNABankforSousa chinensisinAsian

Waters:APreliminaryApproachof

SpecimenBanking

DownstreamMigrationofCaptive

Sub-AdultChineseSturgeon

EastKalimantanCetacean

ConservationProject2011–2012

EcologyandConservationofSmooth-

CoatedOtters

EcologyandDistributionofHose’s

CivetandOtherSmallCarnivoresin

aLoggingConcessioninSarawak,

Borneo

EDGECoralReefs:BuildingLocal

CapacityforCoralReefConservation

EducationInterpretiveatGPEducation

CentreinDujiangyanwithKangmei

EffectsofForestLossandDegradation

onLowlandAmphibiansofHongKong,

Singapore,andThailand

EmpoweringLocalCommunityto

ConservetheCriticallyEndangered

ChineseCrestedTerninZhejiang

Province,China

EstablishingStudbookforCaptive

SpottedSeals

FactorsofEstablishingEcological

CorridorforGiantPanda

FeedingEcologyandHabitatChoiceof

SichuanSnub-NosedMonkeyinChina

FieldEnforcementCapacityBuilding

ofNewly-BuiltGiantPandaNature

ReserveinGansu

FromNearingExtinctiontoFlagship

Species–theEndemicPalawanForest

TurtleSiebenrockiella leytensis

GeneticStructureofGiantPandaSmall

PopulationsatLizipingNatureReserve

GroupDensityofNepaleseAssamese

MacaqueusingMultipleCovariate

DistanceSamplinginEasternNepal

HowtoReintroduceaCrocodile?

AssessingtheEffectivenessof

DifferentReleaseStrategiesforthe

PhilippineCrocodile

HumanOrangutanConflictResponse

Unit(HOCRU)

IdentifyingPriorityAreasfor

ConservationofSaola(Pseudoryx

nghetinhensis)UsingLocalEcological

Knowledge

ImpactofSea-LevelRiseonProtection

andManagementofCoastalMangrove

Wetland

ImpactofTrafficNoiseonSpottedSeal

(Phoca largha)

ImpactonBiodiversityfromAcute

HighTouristFlowinNatureReserves

In-DepthMonitoringofGiantPanda

PopulationsinWanglangState

NationalNatureReserve,Sichuan

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InformationandInvestigative

ServiceforIllegallyTradedWildlife

inGuangzhou

InvestigatingtheStatusofthe

Indo-PacificHumpbackDolphinand

Orcaellasp.

MarineDolphinsConservationthrough

CommunityEducationandCapacity

Building

MarineMammalStrandingResponsein

HongKong

Mark-RecaptureandHabitatSelection

StudyofCaptive-ReleasedHorseshoe

Crabs

MitigatingHumanElephantConflict

ThroughResearchandCommunity

InterfaceinGolaghatDistrict,Assam

MonitoringTiger(Panthera tigris tigris)

anditsPreyinBarandabharCorridors

ofTeraiArcLandscapeofNepal

MonkeyContraceptionProgramin

HongKong

NewInsightsintoBlueWhales,theSri

LankanEnigma:LinkingOceanography

andBlueWhaleDistributioninan

EcologicalCul-De-Sac

Photo-IdentificationResearchof

CriticallyEndangeredWesternGray

Whale

PlanningofManagementCapacity

BuildingforNatureReservesin

Sichuan

PopulationDynamicStudyofChinese

WhiteDolphinsinthePearlRiver

Estuary:2ndYearDataCollectionand

PreliminaryAnalysis

PopulationDynamicsStudyofChinese

WhiteDolphininthePearlRiver

Estuary:DataCollection

PopulationEcologyofChineseWhite

DolphinsinthePearlRiverEstuary.

Phase1:EstablishingBaselineModels

PotentialImpactofClimateChangeon

SexRatioofJuvenileChineseAlligator

RecoveryofCoral-ReefHabitatsin

Community-ManagedReserves

Rehabilitation,Reintroductionand

ConservationPlanningofConfiscated

JavanSlowLorises

Rehabilitation,Reintroductionand

ConservationPlanningofConfiscated

SlowLorisesinIndonesia

ReintroductionExperimentof

Captive-BredRed-NeckedPondTurtle

(Mauremys nigricans)

RestorationandUsageofHabitat&

FoodResourcesofGiantPanda

SeahorseSurveyandReefCheckin

HongKong

SHRDesignforGPEducationCentre

inDujiangyan

SoutheastAsianMarineMammal

StrandingNetworkSymposiumand

Workshop

StudyoftheNon-BreedingDistribution

ofSpoon-BilledSandpiper

SurveyofPotentialReintroduction

SitesforRehabilitantOrangutans,and

AReintroductionPilotProject

SurveyonPorpoiseBycatchby

FisheriesinDongtingLake,China

SurveyonPorpoiseBycatchby

FisheriesinPoyangLake,China

SurveyingtheWatersOffGreenIsland

(Taiwan)forBeakedWhales

TacklingIllegalWildlifeTradein

Guangdong,ChinathroughCommunity

TaxonomicStatusandPopulation

StructureofFinlessPorpoiseinthe

PearlRiverEstuary

ThePatternofAbundance,Social

StructureandHabitatUseofChinese

WhiteDolphinsinBeibuBay

ThePopulationEcologyTarimRiver

SystemEndemicFish(Schizothorax

biddulphi)

TrainingtheNextGeneration:Tortoise

andFreshwaterFieldSkillTraining

CourseandStudentResearchProjects

inVietnam

UniversityStudentSponsorship

Programme(USSP)

UnravelingtheBlue:Determiningthe

RelationshipBetweenBlueWhalesand

OceanicProcessesoffSouthernSri

Lanka

WhaleSharkandMarineMammalsin

theNorthernBoholSea,Philippines:

StatusAssessmentandConservation

WhaleSharkandMarineMammals

oftheNorthernBoholSea,Building

theFoundationforLong-Term

Conservation

MEXICO

Africam Safari Park

AmphibianHealthAssessment–

Bacalar

CrestedToadRecoveryPlan

Masked-BobwhiteRecoveryProgram

TuxtlaGroundDoveHabitatand

PopulationAssessment

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OfallthewateravailableonEarth,only0.01percentofitis

thefreshwaterweusefordrinking,bathing,growingcrops,

industry,andallofourotherdailyactivities.Wesharethat

tinyfractionofwaterwithaquarterofallthevertebrateson

Earth.Unfortunately,thecompetitionforthisscarceresource

meansthatfreshwaterecosystemsandtheanimalsthatlive

inthemfacethehighestratesofimperilmentworldwide.In

thesoutheasternUnitedStates,thesehabitatsarealsoglobal

biodiversityhotspots.Morethanathirdofthecountry’s

freshwaterfishesarefoundintheSoutheast,includingcolorful

fisheslikeminnows,darters,andtheSouthernAppalachian

brooktrout.

SouthernAppalachianbrooktroutareoneofthemost

beautifulaquatictreasuresthattheAppalachianMountains

havetooffer,withbrightredbelliesandyellowwavymarkings

ontheirbacks.PopulationsintheSoutheastlookverysimilar

tobrooktroutinthenorth,buttendtobesmallerandare

geneticallydifferent.Unfortunately,thesedistinctpopulations

intheSouthhavebeenunderthreatformanyyears.Dueto

poorlandusedecisionsforloggingandtheintroductionof

RESTORING A FRESHWATER NATIVEThe Southern Appalachian Brook TroutBy Kathlina Alford and Dr. Anna George OriginallypublishedinCONNECTJune2013

rainbowandbrowntrout,nativeSouthernAppalachianbrook

troutarenowfoundinlessthanthreepercentoftheirhistoric

rangeinTennesseeandNorthCarolina.

Fortunately,bothanglerandconservationgroupsareworking

togethertoreversethisdeclineintheSouthernAppalachian

brooktrout.Jointprojectsinournationalforestshaverestored

riparianzonestoshadethecreeksandremovedinvasivetrout

abovebarrierslikewaterfalls.SouthernAppalachianbrook

trout,however,aren’tjustgeneticallydistinctfromnorthern

populations;eachpopulationintheSouthisoftendistinct

fromitsneighbor,evenamongshortdistances.Webelieve

thatbecausethisspeciesisfoundinhigh-altitudeheadwater

streams,eachpopulationbecameisolatedanddifferentiated

throughouttheregion.Forthisreason,weneedtobe

extremelycautiouswithreintroductionprogramstoavoid

disruptinganylocaladaptations.

SouthernAppalachianbrooktrouthadonlybeensuccessfully

raisedincaptivityafewtimespreviouslyattheTellicoFish

Hatchery,buttheywereabletouseconstantlyflowingwater

RESTORINGAFRESHWATERNATIVE

Photos©ToddStailey,TennesseeAquarium

14

fromthesourcestreamwherethetroutlived.TheNational

FishandWildlifeFoundationawardedagranttotheTennessee

AquariumConservationInstitute(TNACI)in2012sothatwe

couldtrytoreplicatetheirsuccessinaclosedsystematthe

Aquarium.Thistechniquecouldthenbeusedtorestoretrout

fromanywhereintheirrange,sincewehavealmostnoriskof

escapedfishordiseaserisks.

Wecollected50adultSouthernAppalachianbrooktroutin

October2012tostartthisnewcaptivebreedingprogram.With

thehelpofTennesseeWildlifeResourcesAgencyandU.S.

FishandWildlifeServicetroutexperts,wewereabletocollect

morethan1,000eggsfromthesebroodfish.About20days

laterweknewthatmorethan400eggshadbeensuccessfully

fertilizedwhenweobservedwhatiscalled“eye-up,”wherethe

eyesofthedevelopingbabytroutcouldbeseenwithinthe

fertileeggs.“HatchDay”finallycameon29Novemberasthe

babytroutoutgrewtheireggsacsandbeganwigglingout.

Atthispointtheyarecalled“sacfry”becausetheystillhave

ahugeyolksactofeedthem.Theywereabletostretchtheir

bodiesoutandcontinuetogrow,buttheydidn’teatforseveral

moreweeksuntiltheiryolkwascompletelyabsorbed.Likeany

growingbaby,oncetheywerereadyforrealfood,thesefish

werehungry.Finelydicedbloodworms,powderedeggyolk

andlivebrineshrimpwereontheirmenu.Bythetimethey

startedeating,theylookedliketinyversionsoftheirparents,

measuringaboutone-halfofaninch.

Wewillraisethesebabytroutthroughlatespringuntil

theyreachthreetofourinchesinlength.Thentheywillbe

reintroducedintothesamestreamwherewecollectedtheir

parentssoastudentfromTennesseeTechUniversitycan

examinethesurvivalofthetroutinthewild.Theresultswillbe

usedtohelpusmakemoreinformeddecisionsabouthowto

continuewiththisreintroductionprogram.Wearesothankful

forourgreatpartners,especiallytheanglersintheregion,who

providesomuchsupportforprojectslikethese.Together,we

canhelpprotectandrestorethisamazingbiodiversityinour

ownbackyards.

Kathlina Alford is a Conservation Associate, at the

Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute

Dr. Anna George is the Director at the Tennessee Aquarium

Conservation Institute

RESTORINGAFRESHWATERNATIVE

This technique could then be used to

restore trout from anywhere in their

range, since we have almost no risk of

escaped fish or disease risks.

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ALABAMA

Birmingham Zoo

AAZKBowlingforRhinos

DianFosseyGorillaFundInternational

OperationMigration

OrangutanOutreach

RedPandaDay

TheNatureConservancy’sPartnership

toProtecttheHirola

WCSTarangireElephantProject

ALASKA

Alaska SeaLife Center

AlaskaRegionStrandingNetwork

AnnualMeetingsandTraining

AlaskaRegionStrandingNetwork

Enhancement

AlaskaSeaLifeCenterMarineMammal

ResearchProgram2009–2013

ArcticWildlifeOilSpillResponse

CapacityEnhancement

BelugaWhaleHealthandStranding

Project

BIOMapAlaskaatAlaskaSeaLife

Center

ComparativeStudyoftheMetabolic

EffectsofRadio-Transmitter

AttachmentMethodsonWintering

Steller’sEiders

COSEEAlaska:PeopleinaChanging

Climate

DevelopmentandTestingof

AlternativeMethodsforSatellite

TaggingofBelugaWhales

Eider2012–2017

EiderResearchandConservation

Program

EvaluatingInjurytoHarlequinDucks

CausedbyHydrocarbonExposure

ImprovingAttachmentsofRemotely-

DeployedDorsalFin-MountedTags

Long-TermMonitoringinPWS

MarineDebrisInvestigationand

Outreach

MarineInvasiveSpeciesConsistent

Messaging

MarineWildlifeCapture&

RehabilitationServices

MonitoringforMarineInvasiveSpecies

Non-IndigenousMarineSpecies

MonitoringProgram

PacificWalrusHauloutAttendanceand

Disturbance

ResponseandPost-ReleaseMonitoring

ofStrandedMarineMammalsin

Alaska–2012

StrandedMarineMammalsas

IndicatorsofOceanHealth2008

SupportoftheAlaskaSeaLifeCenter

Stranding(RescueandRehabilitation

Program)

TheImpactofPredationonJuvenile

SurvivalandPopulationRecoveryof

StellerSeaLions

ThermoregulationinFree-Living

AntarcticSeals:TheMissingLinkin

EffectiveEcologicalModeling

ARIZONA

Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum

AssurancePopulation:GilaTopminnow

AssurancePopulation:Quitobaquito

MudTurtles

AssurancePopulation:Quitobaquito

Pupfish

AssurancePopulation:SonoraChub

BatSpeciesRichness&Abundanceat

theChiricahuaNationalMonument

BatSpeciesRichness&Abundance,

WinterSurveyattheChiricahua

NationalMonumentfor2010–2011

BuffelgrassBusters

MigratorySpeciesBatResearch&

Education

Propagation:MexicanGartersnake

Propagation:TarahumaraFrog

Propagation:YaquiCatfish

RoostMonitoringfortheEndangered

LesserLong-NosedBatinNorthern

Sonora,Mexico

Salvage:Rucker/Turkeycreekfire

Salvage:TortoiseAdoptionProgram

SkyIslandBiodiversity

Phoenix Zoo

AProactiveApproachtoHorned

LizardConservation

AfricanWildlifeConservationFund&

SAVEValleyConservancy

AguaFriaandLasCienegaNational

ConservationAreaandMonument

ResourceManagementPlan

ArizonaForestPlanningInitiative

ArizonaGameandFishBlack-Tailed

PrairieDogReintroduction

ArizonaGameandFishHeritage

AdvisoryCommittee

Field Conservation ProjectsUNITED STATES

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ArizonaGameandFishWildlife

CorridorsandConnectivity,Countyby

County,FourtoDate

AZAKomodoDragonConservation

SSPConservationFund

BiodiversityandLeopardStudyofthe

MatoboHills

Black-FootedFerret(Mustela nigripes)

–Propagation&ReleaseProgram

CaliforniaCondorNestGuarding

Program

ChiricahuaLeopardFrog(CLF)

(Lithobates chiricahuensis)

HeadstartingandReleaseProgram

CommunityEngagementin

ConservationofNandaDeviBiosphere

ReserveintheIndianHimalayas

ContinuingtoResolveConflictThrough

Communication:UsingDVDShowsto

HelpReduceHuman-CarnivoreConflict

aroundRuahaNationalPark,Tanzania

DesertTortoisePopulationMonitoring

Program

DeterminingBiologicalFactors

thatInfluenceMateChoiceinthe

EndangeredBlack-FootedFerret

Eco-EthologicalObservationsof

OrangutansattheLowerKinabatangan

WildlifeSanctuary

EcologicalandGeneticEvaluation

ofRoatin’sSpiny-TailedIguanas

(Ctenosaura oedirhina)

EcologyandConservationofthe

EndangeredRothschild’sGiraffe

(Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi)in

Kenya

HealthAssessmentofanEndangered

PopulationofBlackHowlerMonkeys

(Alouatta pigra)inMexico:Implications

forConservation

HomeRange,SocialBehaviorand

EcologyoftheBorneanTarsierandthe

BorneanSlowLoris

HornbillNestProject

HornbillResearchandConservation

In-SituConservationoftheGreater

BambooLemurUsingNon-Invasive

GeneticTechniques

IznachiAndeanBearSanctuary

JordanPhoenixZooMETIProjectfor

PreservationoftheArabianOryx

LasCienegaWatershedPartnership

MarianaAvifaunaConservation(MAC)

Project

MaskedBobwhiteQuailSpecies

RecoveryPlan

MexicanWolfRecoveryinUSand

MexicoRegionalCollaboration

MountGrahamRedSquirrel

PropagationandReleaseProgram

Narrow-HeadedGarterSnake

(Thamnopsis rufipunctatus)

PropagationforRelease

NationalParkSystemProject

NativeFishSpeciesReintroduction:

DesertPupfish

NativeFishSpeciesReintroduction:

GilaTopminnow

NativeInvertebratesSpecies

Husbandry&ReleaseProgram

NorthernJaguarProject

PantanalGiantArmadilloProject

PathogenTransmissionamongWild

andDomesticUngulates

PhilippineBiodiversityConservation

Programme

SantaRita&ChiricahuaMountainLand

ManagementProject

SavingtheOrangutanofIndonesian

Borneo

SonoranPronghornRecoveryTeam

SupportofOngoingTrainingfor

LocalStaffinSumatranElephant

Conservation

SupporttoOrangutanConservation

throughResearchintheLower

Kinabatangan,Sabah,Malaysia

TurtleSurvivalAlliance

WesternGovernorsAssociation

ClimateandWildlifeCorridorand

ConnectivityProjects

Reid Park Zoo

Grevy’sZebraTrust

ARKANSAS

Little Rock Zoo


AppalachianBearCenter

ArkansasNaturalHeritageCommission


(CEF)

CheetahConservationFund(CCF)


GoualougoTriangleApeProject

(GTAP)

InternationalBearAssociation


IUCN/SSCConservationBreeding

SpecialistGroup(CBSG)

KibaleCommunityFuelWoodProject

MadagascarFaunaGroup

PartnersinConservation

RainforestAlliance

SouthernAfricanFoundationfor

theConservationofCoastalBirds

(SANCCOB)

TheCloudedLeopardProject

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CALIFORNIA

Aquarium of the Bay

BayRestoration

CoastandOcean

RiversandDelta

UndariaRemovalatFisherman’s

WharfinSanFrancisco,CA

Aquarium of the Pacific

AbaloneSurveyswithCalifornia

DepartmentofFishandGame

KelpRestorationProject

MonitoringSeaTurtlePresenceand

ActivityWithinAlamitosBayChannel

andtheSanGabrielRiver

B. Bryan Preserve

Hartmann’sMountainZebra

Conservation

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution

of Oceanography

SeadragonConservation

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

BiannualSurveyofIntertidalMarine

LifeatPointFerminMarineLife

Refuge,LosAngelesCounty,CA

CabrilloSaltMarshSurvey

ChrysaoraSeaJellyFarming

CopepodAquaculture

GaribaldiAquaculture,Territorial

Behavior,andConservation

GrunionAquaculture

GrunionGameteCryopreservation

InnerCabrilloBeachSurvey

PacificSeaHorseHusbandryand

Development

PeninsulaShorewatch

RedAbaloneLarvalSettlement

RedRockShrimpAquaculture

RotiferAquaculture

WeeklyBirdSurveyatManmadeSalt

MarshatCabrilloBeach,LosAngeles

County,CA

WhiteAbaloneHusbandryand

Conservation

California Science Center

SurveyofSouthernSteelhead

CuriOdyssey

CoyotePointBeachCleanUp

FrogWatchUSA

PacificTreeFrog(Hyla regilla)Garden

HabitatProject

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

CaliforniaCondorNestGuarding

Program

Community-BasedGrevy’sZebra

ConservationinNorthernKenya

ConservationofCriticallyEndangered

AmphibianSpeciesinFragmented

AfromontaneForestsofSoutheast

Ethiopia

ConservationoftheNorthernMuriqui

PopulationsinSimonesia,MinasGerais,

Brazil

ContinuingIn-SituConservationofthe

BurmeseRoofedTurtleintheChindwin

River,Myanmar

Determining,Distribution,Ecology,

BiologicalNicheandConservationof

TreeRoostingBatsintheTanaRiver

ForestsinKenya

FriendsoftheIslandFoxSupportfor

ChannelIslandsNationalParks

KibaleFuelWoodProject

LakeOkuClawedFrogRecovery

Program

OliveRidleySeaTurtleResearchand

ConservationProgram

ShieldingfromExtinctiontheWorld’s

MostEndangeredXenarthran:The

PygmySlothofEscudodeVeraguas

Island,Panama

WorldBirdSanctuarySongbird

PopulationStudy

Happy Hollow Zoo


HeartoftheCongo

JaguarConservation

SantaClaraValleyAudubonSociety–

BurrowingOwl

SaveNature.Org:ConservationMeter

Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical

Gardens

ATradeStudyoftheSerowin

SoutheastAsia

Abundance,PopulationDensityand

GeneticDiversityoftheRedUakari

(Cacajao calvus)inthePeruvian

Amazon

AsianRhinoConservation

AsianVultureConservation

Black-WingedStarlingConservation

inIndonesia

BushMeatEducationatLimbe

WildlifeCenter

CaliforniaCondorRecoveryProject:

RearandPrepareforReleasetothe

Wild

CaribbeanFlamingoConservation

ComparingMonitoringMethodsto

InfertheConservationStatusofthe

KomodoDragonPopulation


Amphibian

DrillConservationontheIslandof

Bioko

DrillRehabilitationandBreeding

Center

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FindingandProvidingAppropriate

ConditionsunderwhichtoHoldthe

EndangeredMountainYellow-Legged

Frog

HarpyEagleConservationand

Research

HealthintheRedUakari(Cacajao

calvus)

HumanElephantConflictinCambodia

JavanWartyPigRecoveryProject


MinimizingtheConflictbetweenAsian

ElephantsandLocalVillagers

OkapiConservationProject

PasodelIstmoJaguarConservation

Project

PeninsularPronghornRecoveryProject

PhilippineEagleConservation

PhylogenyofPygmyAlligatorLizards

intheSierraMadreOriental

ProyectoTagua-ChacoanPeccary

ConservationProject

SaolaConservationProject

SonoranPronghornRecoveryProject

Steller’sSeaEaglePopulation

Research

SurveyofInvasiveSpeciesonAruba


Yellow-FootedRockWallaby

Reintroduction

Monterey Bay Aquarium

AtlanticBluefinTuna

ConservationResearchProgram

Administration

Movements,Distributionand

HusbandryRequirementsofLarge

ElasmobranchFishesofKaneoheBay,

Hawaii

NaturalHistoryofMobulidRaysinthe

GulfofCalifornia

OceanSunfishResearch

PacificBluefinTuna

PolicyWork

SeaOtterResearchandConservation

SevengillSharkResearch

ShorebirdandSeabirdRehabilitation

SustainableSeafoodInitiative

WhiteSharkResearch

Oakland Zoo

AfricaMatters

AmboseliElephantResearch

AmericanBirdConservancy

AnimalsAsia

ARCAS

ArroyoViejoCreekRestorationProject

(OnSite)

BayAreaPumaProject–Felidae

ConservationFund

BorneanSunBearConservationCentre

BudongoSnareRemovalProject

ButterflyConservationInitiative(BFCI)

GiraffeConservationFoundationand

Rothchild’sGiraffeProject

HornbillNestProject

KeystoneConservation


LubeeBatConservancy

ProjectGoldenFrog

ProjectTamarin

SaveNature.Org:ParkingMeter

Collection

SavingWildTigers


UgandaCarnivoreProgram

VentanaWildlifeSociety

WCSTigerProject

WesternPondTurtleHeadStart

Program(OnSite)

AmphibianArk

Sacramento Zoo

AZAApeTAGConservationInitiative

AZATigerSSP’sTigerConservation

Campaign:SumatranTiger

BurrowingOwlConservation

CaliforniaRaptorCenter

FoodProcurementforRehabilitation

Centers

FriendsoftheIslandFox

GeorgiaTurtleCenter

GrevyZebraHealthDatabase

Development

Grevy’sZebraTrust

HornbillResearchFoundation




LewaWildlifeConservancy

MabulaGroundHornbillProject


MasaiGiraffeConservation

Demography


OrangutanOutreach

OSAWildlifeSanctuary

PanAfricanSanctuaryAssociation

ConservationEducatorsworkshop

PangolinTAG

PopulationMonitoringProgramto

StudyWaterHoleUseoftheNubian

IbexinEgypt

RedPandaNetwork

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RiparianBrushRabbitRecovery

Program

SaharaConservationFund

SeafoodWatch

SharedConservationBiologist

SharkPopulationMonitoring

SierraWildlifeRescue

SnowLeopardTrust

SumatranOrangutanOutreach

Program

SurveyofOttersinParsaWildlife

ReserveofNepal

TanaRiverForestBatSurvey

VoltaWaterProjectImpactStudy

WildlifeCareAssociation

ZooConservationOutreachGroup

(ZCOG)

Safari West Wildlife Preserve

ActionforCheetahsinKenya

AfricanWildlifeFoundation

BongoSurveillanceProject

CheetahConservationBotswana


ElephantVoices

Grevy’sZebraTrust

NorthernCaliforniaBats


PaintedDogConservancy

ProjectSurvival

ProyectoTiti

TheBirdRescueCenter

TheFeatherDistributionProject

WorthADam–MartinezBeavers

San Diego Zoo Global

AmphibianVeterinaryOutreach

Program

AmphibianVeterinaryOutreach

Program

AnAdaptiveManagementApproachto

RecoveringburrowingOwlPopulations

andRestoringaGrasslandEcosystem

AndeanBearConservationResearch,

BuildingCapacityinPerú

AndeanCondorRecoveryinColumbia,

SouthAmerica

AnegadaIguanaProject


AZAOkapiSSPConsortium

BarcodingforSpeciesConservation

Behavior,EcologyandConservationof

AsianLeaf-EatingMonkeys

Behavior,Ecology,andConservationof

GeladaBaboons

BehavioralAssociationsinOld

WorldMonkeys:AnAidtoCaptive

Management

BonoboandCongoBiodiversity

Initiative

Bulgaria/U.S.Red-BreastedGoose

ConservationProject

CaliforniaLeastTernandWestern

SnowyPloverConservationProgram

CaptiveBreedingandReintroduction

oftheSanClementeLoggerhead

Shrike

CentralAfricaProgram

ChacoanPeccaryProject-Paraguay

CheetahConservation

CloudedLeopardConservation

Program

CoastalSageScrubBiodiversity

MonitoringattheSafariPark

ConservationandEcologyofWild

GiantPandaPopulations

ConservationBreedingand

ReintroductionoftheCritically

EndangeredPacificPocketMouse

ConservationBreedingoftheGiant

Panda

ConservationPartnerships:Bicultural

ConservationinSouthernCalifornia

DesertTortoiseConservationCenter

DevelopmentofTechniquesfor

ReproductiveAssessmentofCaptive

andWildBrownKiwi

EffectsofWindTurbinesonGolden

EaglesandCondorsinNorthernBaja

California,Mexico

EnhancingCaliforniaCondorGenetic

Management

FeedingEcologyofDoucLangursat

SonTraNatureReserve,Vietnam

GeladaEcologyandConservation

GharialConservationFund

Grevy’sZebraTrust

HawaiiEndangeredBirdConservation

Program



InternationalRhinoFoundation

InvestigatingtheRoleofDisease

inDecliningThick-BilledParrot

PopulationsinNorthernMexico



IUCN/SSCTapirSpecialistGroup

JaguarCostaRicaCorridorResearch

Light-FootedClapperRail

ReintroductionProgram


ManagementoftheCochaCashu

BiologicalStationinManu,Peru

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MolecularConservationGenetics:

DevelopmentandApplicationto

ManagementofCaptiveandWild

Populations

MountainYellow-LeggedFrog

RecoveryProgram

NorthernRangelandsTrustIshaqbini

HirolaCommunityConservancyProject

OkapiEpuluProject

PandrillusDrillRehabilitationand

BreedingCenter,Nigeria

PandrillusFoundation

PeninsularPronghornRecovery

Program

PolarBearConservationResearchand

EducationalOutreach

PopulationHealthandGeneticsof

Black-FootedCatsandInfectious

DiseasePrevalenceinSympatric

Carnivores

PopulationManagementforCaribbean

RockIguanaSSPRecoveryPrograms

PreservingtheEndangeredDrill

In-Situ:UtilizingGeneticTools

forEcologicalandConservation

Assessments

Purple-FacedLangurConservation

RecoveryoftheCaliforniaCondor

RedPandaNetwork

Red-NeckedOstrichRecovery


SaigaConservationFund

SanDiegoZooPalmConservation

Initiative

SeedsofSuccess

SnowLeopardTrustNatural

PartnershipsProgram

SouthernAfricaElephantConservation

Program

SwazilandAfricanElephantParks

Support

TasmanianDevilGenotyping

TheRegionalDynamicsofInsect-

TransmittedDiseases

TranslocationBiologyofEndangered

HeteromyidsinSouthernCalifornia

TreeKangarooConservationProgram

TurksandCaicosBoaProject

TurksandCaicosIguanaProject


UsingGenomicAnalysestoEnsure

SustainabilityofGlobalElephant

Populations

WestGateCommunityConservancy,

NorthernRangelandsTrust,Kenya

White-BelliedHeronReintroduction

WildlandsNetwork

Yellow-FootedRockWallaby

ZAANativeConservationProgram

ZSSDKoalaManagement,Education

andConservationProgram

San Francisco Zoological Gardens

AndeanCat


Campaign

ConservationGeneticsandEvolution

oftheSnowLeopard

ConservationStrategyFund


EarthwatchInstitute

Fauna&FloraInternational/Francois

Langur



JaneGoodallInstitute

LakipiaPredatorProject


MountainYellow-LeggedFrog

PenguinProject

ConservationFund

FranciscoGarterSnakeProject

LeopardConservancy

WesternPondTurtleSex

DeterminationandHeadStarting

Studies

WildlifeHealthNetwork

WordParrotTrust

Santa Ana Zoo

DonationforOophaga lehmanni

Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens

AmazonConservationTeam

AmphibiansoftheLosPadresNational

Forest

CaliforniaCondorConservation

Program

CenterforSnakeConservation:Snake

Count

ChannelIslandFoxConservation

Program

CoalOilPointHabitatRestoration

EastAnacapaIslandRestoration

Project


SantaBarbaraZooWetlandMargin

EnhancementProject

SouthernSeaOttersintheSanta

BarbaraChannel

WesternSnowyPloverNestingHabitat

Restoration


(ZCOG)

SeaWorld San Diego


CetaceanResponseforInvestigation

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ConservationofHawksbill,Green

andLoggerheadSeaTurtlesthrough

Research,ParticipatoryMonitoring,

BeachPatrolling

ConservationStrategyforJaguarsand

PumasinNorthernSonora,Mexico

withaRadioCollaringProject

ContinuingDevelopmentofa

PhilippineMarineMammalStranding

Network

DerelictFishingNetRemovalinPuget

Sound

EjidoCommunitiesFuelWoodProject

EradicatingChemicalFishing

&TrainingLocalFishermenOn

SustainableFishingTechniques

Hubbs-SeaWorldResearchInstitute

IdentifyingSharkNurseryArea

withCommunityinvolvementinthe

ColombianPacificCoast

IncreasingPublicParticipationin

StoppingIllegalWildlifeTradein

Vietnam

InvestigationsinPathologyofMarine

MammalsandBirds

Light-FootedClapperRail

MarineMammalClinicalPathology

MexicanWolfFund

PinnipedRescueandRehabilitation

PolarBearsInternational

RallyingtheWorldtoAction:World

OceansDayastheNexusforOcean

ConservationAction

Response&Post-ReleaseMonitoring

ofStrandedMarineMammalsinAlaska

–2012

SavingSeaTurtleswiththeNext

Generation

SeaTurtleRescueandRehabilitation

SeabirdandRaptorFoodfor2012



(SANCCOB):AfricanPenguinand

SeabirdRehabilitation

TheBeaverSolution

TheCriticallyEndangeredWestern

LowlandGorillaisHeavilyHuntedfor

BushmeatTradeintheKouilou

UgandaFuelReductionProject

WildlifeRehabilitation&Conservation

WildlifeRescueandRehabilitation

Sequoia Park Zoo

CenterforEcosystemSurvival:

RainforestParkingMeter

ChimpCents

CoastalBullfrogLifeHistory

andCompetitionwithNorthern

Red-LeggedFrog:AProposed

ManagementStrategy

ForestMonitorsRedPandaHabitat

VisionsoftheNorthCoast:Healthy

Ecosystems

Steinhart Aquarium


(CEF)

CitizenScience:IntertidalBiodiversity

SurveyatPillarPoint

CoralandMangroveConservation:

Florida

MedicalTreatmentforBirdsofGolden

GatePark

SECORE(SExualCOralREproduction)



(SANCCOB)

TRAFFIC/EnvironmentCanadaCoral

IdentificationWorkshop

The Living Desert

DesertPupfishEx-SituRefugia

Management

DesertTortoiseConservation

EducationProgram

MeccaAsterPropagationandHabitat

RestorationProject

MexicanWolfRecoveryPlanning

MexicanWolfReintroductionProject

PeninsularPronghornRecoveryProject

RebuildingthePride


SaharanOstrichConservation

TermitCarnivoreProject

UrbanBeeSurvey

YucatanJaguarProject

COLORADO

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

AfricanPenguinConservation

AZAApeTAGConservationInitiative:


Black-FootedFerretRecovery

DevelopingAssistedReproductionin

MountainTapir

EndangeredColoradoButterflies

HelpStopElephantPoaching

HelpingColoradoMigratoryBirds

InternationalElephantFoundation:

AfricanElephantFieldSupport

PalmOilCrisisandOrangutan

Conservation

PanamaAmphibianRescueand

Conservation(PARC)

SilkySifakasinPeril

TheEpuluOkapiProject

WildAfricanVultureConservation

WyomingToadRecovery

22

Denver Zoo

AmphibianArk

AnniversaryofTonkinSnub-Nosed

MonkeyConservationinKhauCa,

Vietnam

Blakiston’sFishingOwlProject

BotetiLionConservationProject

BotswanaPreySurvey

BotswanaVetAssistance

BreedingSuccessofCinereous

VulturesinIkhNart,Mongolia

BrownHyeanaConservationinthe

Makgadikgadi,Botswana

CentralKalahariLionConservation

ProjectinBotswana

CheetahsoftheKalahariintheCentral

KalahariGameReserve

CitizenSciencePikaMonitoring

PrograminColorado’sFrontRange

CloudedLeopardConservationin

Borneo

ComparativeEcologyofAfricanWild

DogsintheOkavangoDeltaandthe

CentralKalahari

ConservationAssurancePopulationof

theAndeanCondor,PanamaGolden

FrogandBorealToad

ConservationGeneticsofGrevy’s

ZebrainKenya

ConservationoftheLesserFlamingoin

theGreatRiftValleyLakes,Kenya

DeterminantsofGrasslandDynamics

inTibetanHighlandsintheQinghai

AlpineGrasslandsofChina

DevelopingaModelforLocal

ManagementofProtectedAreasin

Mongolia


EcologyandConservationofArgali

Sheep

EcologyandConservationofWild

BactrianCamelsinMongolia

EcologyandSocialBehaviorof

White-TailedPrairieDogs

EffectsofBisononPlantandAnimal

CommunitiesintheSouthernGreat

Plains

ElephantConservationinVietnam

ElephantSurveysandTrainingin

TamanNegaraNationalPark,Malaysia

EvaluationofHumanConservation

BehaviorandTonkinSnub-Nosed

MonkeyPopulationStatusinNorthern

Vietnam

GeneralBotswanaConservation

ProjectSupport

GeneticTestingofBisononWindRiver

Ranch

GreatLakesPipingPloverProjectin

NorthernMichigan

Grevy’sZebraConservationEducation

inKenya

Grevy’sZebraPopulationDynamicsin

Kenya

HedgehogResourcePartitioningin

Mongolia

HirolaAntelopeConservationinKenya

IdeaWild

IkhNartEducationandOutreach

Program

IkhNartisourFutureWomen’s

CooperativeinMongolia

InfluenceofPreyDistributiononLion

MovementsInKenya



LakeTiticacaFrogConservationin

Peru

LakeTiticacaFrogEducationinPeru

Lappet-FacedVultureFeasibility

AssessmentStudyinBotswana

LesserKestrelBreedingEcologyin

Mongolia


LivingwithLions–KilimanjaroLion

Project

MalagasyFishConservation

ManagingCanineDistemperinWild

Dogs

MandrillEnhancementinGabon

MarmotsasKeystoneSpeciesStudyin

Mongolia

MongolianNomadicConservation

TrunkProgram

MovementsofGrevyZebrasinKenya

PallasColuberSnakeEcologyinIkh

NartNatureReserve

ProvidingEnrichmenttoOrangutansin

RehabilitationCentersinBorneo

RaisingElephantAwarenessamong

theLocalCommunitiesinandaround

VinhCuuNatureReserve,Vietnam

TheEcologyandConservationofSmall

CarnivoresintheSemi-DesertSteppes

ofMongolia

TonkinSnub-NosedConservation

Education

UndergraduateKenyanConservation

Scholarship

WildebeestConservationinthe

Kalahari

WitnessforWildlifeatHermanGulch

WildlifeCorridorinColoradothrough

Patagonia’sFreedomtoRoam

Campaign

WolvesinMongolia

Landry’s Downtown Aquarium –

Denver

HoustonAudubonSociety

NOAA

TrashFest

WildAid

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WildlifeAlliance–Tigers

WorldParrotTrust

Pueblo Zoo


(CEF)

RodriguesFruitBatPopulationCount

SaveNature.Org



(SANCCOB)

SwiftFoxConservationTeam

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo

AndeanCondorRadioTelemetry

Project

ChacoofParaguay

ConnecticutAmphibianMonitoring

Program

TigerAntiPoachingSupport

TigerHealthSupportProgram


Mystic Aquarium

AmphibianMonitoring

AssistingwiththeAfricanPenguin

ChickBolsteringProjectinSouth

Africa

BehavioralEcologyofBelugaWhales–

APartnershipwithArcticWatch

CoastalMarineDebrisRemovalEvents

DetectionofInfluenzaAVirusesfrom

SealsStrandedintheNortheastern

UnitedStates

HealthAssessmentofBelugasinthe

ChukchiSeaandBristolBay

HealthSurveyofFree-Livingand

CaptiveSeabirdsinSouthAfrica

HorseshoeCrabMonitoring

InvestigationofthePhysiological,

BehavioralandVocalResponsesof

BelugaWhales

LongIslandSoundCoastalField

Studies

MysticAquarium Rescueand

RehabilitationofStrandedMarine

MammalsandSeaTurtlesalong

theConnecticutandRhodeIsland

Shorelines

SnappingTurtleHealthAssessment

andFreshwaterEducationalStudy

UsingAnimalBorneImagery

DELAWARE

Brandywine Zoo

AndeanCondorConservationProgram



Campaign

DelawareWildlifeRehabilitators

Association



TheLionTamarinsofBrazilFund

DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA

Smithsonian National Zoological Park

ABehavioralStudyofKoriBustard

ChicksattheSmithsonianNational

ZoologicalPark

Abehavioralstudyofkoribustardsat

theNationalZoologicalPark

ABehavioralStudyoftheGreater

RheaattheSmithsonianNational

ZoologicalPark

AnInvestigationofLegFracturesand

AnatomyintheGreaterRoadrunner

AppalachianSalamanderConservation

AsianBlackBearConservation

AssessingandRestoringGiantPanda

HabitatintheQinlingMountains

AssessingWoodTurtleDistributionin

NorthernVirginia

AssessmentofthePopulationand

ReproductiveBiologyofBaird’sTapir

inPanama

SmithsonianNationalZoologicalPark

AustralianCoralConservationProject

BiodiversityMonitoringand

AssessmentProgramforthePERU

LNGProject

BreedingEcologyandPopulation

StatusoftheIslandScrub-Jay

CarbonDynamicsofForestRecovery

UnderaChangingClimate

ClimateVulnerabilityofForestBirdsin

theMid-AtlanticUnitedStates

ConservationofDholeinThailand

ConservationofPrzewalski’sHorse

DensityDependenceDuringtheNon-

BreedingSeasonandtheRegulationof

MigratoryBirdPopulations

EffectsofClimateandBioticFactors

onAbundance,Demography,and

BehaviorofForestBirds

Eld’sDeerConservation

ElevationalDistribution,Malaria

ParasitesandGeneticStructureof

BorneoBirds

EstablishingAssistedReproductive

TechniquesforGeneticManagementin

theManedWolf

ForestScenarios

FullLifeCycleVulnerability

AssessmentsfortheBirdsoftheUpper

MidwestGreatLakesRegion

GeneticAnalysesofChytridFungus

(BD)andAmphibianHosts

GonadalTissuesCryopreservation

HostSpecializationofAvianMalaria

andShiftsfromWildtoZooBirds

ImpactofAnthropogenicPressure

onWildCanidsLivingintheBrazilian

Cerrado

24

ImpactsofDamRemovalonDippers

andRiverOtters

InformaticToolsforPopulation-Level

AnimalMovementDynamics

InteractionNetworksforSmall

Mammals,TicksandDisease

InvestigatingtheEffectsofClimate

ChangeonSalamanderHealth

InvestigationofWildKoriBustard

(Ardeotis kori)HealthandPhysiology

inKenya

LandUseImpactsonEcosystem

Services

LargeMammalUseofForestCorridors

BetweenGiantPandaReservesin

ChinglingMountains

LinkingForestCommunityDynamics

toEcosystem-ClimateInteractions

MadIslandMigrationBanding

MaleGiantPandaReproduction:

HelpingtoBreedthroughArtificial

InseminationwithFrozenSperm

MammalDistributionsAcross

ProtectedAreasinRegion

MappingtheDistributionofPondsand

LargeMammalsinEasternCambodia

MigrationinGreenDarnerDragonflies

MigratoryConnectivityoftheBirdsof

NorthAmerica

ModelingEffectsofClimateChangeon

GiantPandaHabitat

MolecularandMorphological

PhylogeneticsofHawaiianSongbird

Radiations

MoltPatternsinCaptiveKoriBustards

MultitrophicConsequencesofNovel

PlantAssemblagesinUrbanEcosystem

NeighborhoodNestwatch

NewApproachestoLarge-Scale

ButterflyMonitoring:AgeStructure

Data,GrowingDegreeDays,and

GeneralizedPopulationModels

OldGrowthCarbon

OocyteCryopreservationinRare

BiomedicalModels


Conservation(PARC)

PatternFormationinSemi-Arid

Systems

PeruvianAmazonBiodiversity

Monitoring,Assessment,and

ConservationProgram

RecoveryoftheEndangered

Black-FootedFerret

ReefRecoveryInitiative

RelationshipbetweenGenetics,Stress

andAAAmyloidosisPrevalencein

Cheetahs

ReproductionandReintroductionof

AridLandsAntelopeinSub-Saharan

Africa

ReproductiveBiologyoftheAddra

Gazelle

ReproductiveBiologyofthePersian

Onager

SI-GEOLargeForestPlot

Source-SinkDynamicsandPopulation

EcologyofWoodThrush

StackingSpeciesDistributionModels

TakinEcologyandConservation

TheGabonBiodiversityProgram

TheOstrichRecoveryPrograminNiger

TrackingtheMigrationsofthe

EndangeredKirtland’sWarbler

UsingGeographicInformationSystems

andRemoteSensingforTraining

Wildlife

VirginiaWorkingLandscapes

FLORIDA

Brevard Zoo

AfricanPredatorConservation

ResearchOrganization(APCRO)


ButterflyMonitoring

CaptivePropagationoftheImperiled

Atala(Eumaeus atala)Butterfly


CoralRestorationFoundation

DolphinBiologyResearchInstitute

FloridaGrasshopperSparrowResearch

FloridaScrub-JayTranslocationswithin

BrevardCounty,Florida

HelpingAustralia’sCassowary

InternationalIguanaFoundation


IUCN/SSCCrocodileSpecialistGroup

ManateeResearchandConservation

withFWC

MangroveRestorationintheIndian

RiverLagoon

MonofilamentRecoveryandRecycling

Program(MRRP)

OysterReefRestorationProject

PerdidoKeyBeachMouseBreeding

Program

RedCockadedWoodpecker

TranslocationinSt.SebastianPreserve,

Florida

RightWhaleMonitoringProgram


SeaTurtlePreservationSociety

SeaTurtleResearch

SecuringtheFutureofChimpanzees

andGorillasinaChangingLandscape

25

StowItDon’tThrowIt


WatamuTurtleWatch

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

AnnualSupportforWildlifeProtection

andSnareSweepPatrolTeamsinthe

LowerZambezi,Zambia

CareforRescuedWildlife:Elephant

ConservationCenterandEnclosure

AlterationsatPTWRC

CentredeRehabilitationdesPrimates

deLwiro–AMulti-Disciplinary

ApproachtoConservation

Children’sEnvironmentalEducation

BushCamp(Iganyana)

ConservingChimpanzeesby

IntegratingCulturalValuesand

ConservationPracticesintheAlbertine

Rift

ContinuedVeterinaryInterventionsto

SaveZimbabwe’sBlackRhinos



EducationforBonoboConservation

andProtection

EnvironmentalEducationandOutreach

throughtheKoupreyExpress

FOCEducationProgram&Rhino

Watch/RhinoWalk

HelpingOrangutansReturntothe

Wild:AHolisticEnvironmental

EnrichmentProgram

IncreasingSurvivalandProtectionof

Grevy’sZebrainLaisamis,Northern

Kenya



KoalaRescue,Rehabilitationand

Release–SupportingaBrighterFuture

forthisIconicSpecies

MbeliBaiStudy

N/aâankuse’sCarnivoreConservation

NamunyakWildlifeConservationTrust

OrangutanConservationthrough

HealthcareIncentivesandCommunity

Reforestation

PaintedDogAnti-PoachingUnits

PanAfricanSanctuariesAlliance

(PASA)2012EducationWorkshop


PASA2011VeterinaryWorkshop

PASAChimpanzeeReintroduction

Project–SierraLeone

ProjectKianjavato:AReforestation

PartnershipbetweenPeopleand

Lemurs

ProjectRhinoKZN

ProtectionofSumatranTigerin

KerinciSeblatNationalPark,Sumatra,

Indonesia

ProyectoTiti:Expandingour

EducationalImpacttoFosterCotton-

TopTamarinConservationinColombia

(PhaseTwo)

ReducingConflictbetweenFarmers

andEndangeredElephantsinIndia

RehabilitationandReleaseofRescued

Primates,Diani,Kenya

RescueandRehabilitationSupport

forSnaredWildlifeinSouthLuangwa,

Zambia

Rescue,RehabilitationandRelease

ofBonobos(Pan paniscus)inthe

DemocraticRepublicofCongo

RiskFactorswithMycobacterium

TuberculosisComplexInfectionin

Elephants

RuahaCarnivoreProject

SavingOrangutansbySafeguarding

TheirHabitat(SOSHabitat)

SavingtheOrangutanofIndonesian

Borneo

SavingtheWildCheetah:Community

ConservationCorp(CCC)Training

Program

StrengtheningCommunityCaptivityto

ManageGrevy’sZebraConservationin

Kenya

StrengtheningConservationEducation

AndEmpoweringLocalCommunities

BorderingRwanda’sVolcanoes

NationalPark

SupportforWildlifeProtectionand

SnareSweepPatrolTeamsinthe

LowerZambezi,Zambia

TheEcologyandConservationofLions

TheMaasaiSteppeConservation

EducationProgram:Launchingthe

WILDWeeksEnvironmentalSummer

CampInitiative

TsavoCheetahProject

BatConservationInternational

CenterforEcosystemSurvival

CityBats

DiseaseSurveillanceinSelected

SGCN’s-BatsandAmphibians

GopherTortoiseCouncil

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

AntiPoachingUnitsVehicle

AntiguanRacerHabitatConservation

Project

ArchieCarrRefugeEducationProgram

AudubonEagleWatch


(CEF)

BayAreaPumaProject

BeOutThere

BenefitingCaohaiCranesand

Communities

BiologyandConservationMonitoring

oftheThree-WattledBellbirdin

EasternHonduras

26

BlackRhinoConservation–Zimbabwe


BotanicalConservationGrants

Program

BuildingCapacityofConservation

LeadersintheDemocraticRepublicof

Congo

BurmeseStarTortoiseReintroduction

Program

CheetahConservationintheKalahari

CitizenScienceEagleWatchWeb-

BasedDatabaseSystem

CommunitiesforPrimateConservation

andEducatorCapacityBuilding

CommunityConservationofAndean

Bears

CommunityForestConservationin

Indonesia

Community-BasedConservationof

SnowLeopardsNearMt.Everest

ConservationofNantuRainforest,

Sulawesi

ConservationofShorebirdsincluding

SemipalmatedSandpipers

ConservationoftheCritically

EndangeredSaigaAntelope

ConservationofTransylvanianInland

Wetlands

ConservingZimbabwe’sEndangered

WildDogs

CranesandCrabs:Conservation

Coupling

DeterminationofSiteFidelityof

RelocatedGopherTortoises

DisneyAnimalRescue&Readiness

Fund

Disney’sWildlifeMonitoringProgram

Disney’sHolidayBirdCount

DrillRe-IntroductioninNigeria

EasternBluebirdNestBoxMonitoring

EcologyoftheMangroveCuckoo

ElephantsandBees

EmergencyFundingforCommunity-

BasedForestRangers

EmergencySupportfortheOkapi

ConservationProjectinEpulu,DRC

EnsuringtheFutureofCritically

EndangeredSiameseCrocodiles

EveryDuckCounts

GlobalYouthServiceDay

GorillaRehabilitationandConservation

Education(GRACE)Center

GreatLakesPipingPloverProject

GreatSeedsRestorationProgram

GuatemalanEndangeredReptile

AwarenessProgram

Hartmann’sZebraMonitoringin

Namibia

HealthAssessmentofTimber

Rattlesnake(Crotalus horridus)

PopulationsinMassachusetts

ImplementingaConservation

EducationProgramintheWalikale

RegionofEasternDemocraticRepublic

ofCongo(DRC)


JamaicanIguanaRecoveryProgramme

JaneGoodall’sRoots&ShootsGlobal

JerseyShoreTerrapinConservation

Project


LeadersinEnvironmentalActionfor

theFuture(LEAF)

Let’sG.O.(GetOutside)

LiMPETSProgram

LowlandTapirConservationInitiative:

PantanalTapirProgram

MaasailandLionConservationProgram

MadagascarTortoiseProject

MaineSeabirdConservationand

CommunityVolunteers

MangroveCurriculumTransfertoBelize

MbeliBaiStudyClubEbobo

ConservationEducation

MonarchButterflyConservation

Project

MonitoringScarletMacawChicksinthe

MayaBiosphereReserve

NationalMongolianTaimenProtection

Campaign

NatureFest:FriendsofLakeLouisa

StatePark,Inc

NicaraguaBaird’sTapirConservation

Initiative

NkomoSchool:HelpingWildlifeby

HelpingCommunities


OrangutanResearch,Educationand

Conservation

PacificIslandAvifaunaHealth

Assessment

ParrotConservationonBonaire

PASACameroonReintroduction

Project

PhilippineEagleConservation

ProjectLimulus:ACommunity

ResearchProgram

PromotingGorillaConservation

ThroughEducation

ProtectingBats:Africa’sGreatest

Migration

ProtectingCrops:ElephantsandBees

Project

ProtectingIndia’sEndangeredSnow

Leopards

ProtectingOrangutansthrough

Education,MappingandMonitoring

ProtectingTigersinThailand

27

ProyectoTiti:Conservationofthe

Cotton-TopTamarininColombia

PuertoRicanCrestedToad

PurpleMartinColonyNextBox

Monitoring

RapidResponse–FindingLost

LoggerheadNests

RedPandaCommunityConservation

Awareness

ReintroductionProgramforthe

PloughshareTortoise

RescueofMaleElephant,Skoso

RestoringConnectivityofGLTHabitat

RestoringGrevy’sZebraHabitat,Kenya

RestoringHabitat–HawaiianNative

Birds

RestoringHabitatforGopherTortoises

SavingRawaKunoLegacyForest

SeeAfricanCats:SavetheSavannah

SeeChimpanzee:SaveChimpanzees

SomkhandaCommunityConservation

Project

SpottedEagleRayConservation

SumatranRhinoConservationPatrols

SuncoastShorebirdPartnership

TickettoRide

Uganda:ChangeMyCommunity

ConservationProgram

UmbrellabirdConservationinthe

Chocó

UrbanOasesforMigratingSongbirds

WhoopingCraneConservation

Program

WhoopingCraneReintroductionTeam

Support

WildlifeRehabilitationCenterof

CentralFlorida

WolverineConservationthrough

CitizenScience

Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

AirPotato(Dioscorea bulbifera)

Round-Up

AZHPlantConservationFund

BatBlitz2012

CraneFieldMonitoringSupport


JacksonvilleZooandGardens’Wood

StorkConservationProjectand

Partnership

MarineMammalRescueProgram

OrinocoCrocodileConservation

Project


RangeoftheJaguarandGuyana

ConservationPartnershipLinks

ReticulatedFlatwoodsSalamander

Project

SimuniWildlifeMonitoringProject

TheBonoboandCongoBiodiversity

Initiative

TurtleSurvivalCenter

VolunteeringatSuncoastSeabird

Sanctuary

WildlandsNetwork

WildlifeSOSIndiaStaffTraining

Lion Country Safari




(CEF)

ConservationGeneticsofAfricanand

AsianRhinoceros



Lubee Bat Conservancy

FloridaBatMonitoring

FruitBatsasBushmeatintheSolomon

Islands

RodriguesEnvironmentalEducation

Project

SEABCRUFlyingFoxResearch

YouthEnvironmentalAssociation

(YEA)forFanihi!

Mote Marine Aquarium

BehavioralEcologyandPhysiology

Program

FisheriesHabitatEcologyProgram

GreatWhiteSharkStudies

ManateeResearchProgram

MarineandFreshwaterAquaculture

ResearchProgram

MarineStockEnhancementProgram

OceanAcidificationProgram

SeaTurtleConservationandResearch

ProgramandSeaTurtlePatrol

SeaTurtleRehabilitationHospital

SharkBiologyandConservation

Program

SharkPopulationStudiesinBoca

Grande,Fla.

StudyingtheEffectsofCatchand

ReleaseFishingonSharks

UnderwaterCoralNursery

Naples Zoo

AmphibianArk

ARCAS


Campaign


(CEF)

BushmasterAssessmentand

Conservation


CentreValBio

28


DianFosseyGorillaFund:Gorilla

Council



InvasiveWaterHyacinthtoFuelPellets


PantheraLionGuardians

Panthera:MunyawanaLeopardProject

PlushPredatorsforTigers

RocketStoves

SouthFloridaNationalParksTrust:

LivingSafelywithWildlifeinBig

CypressNationalPreserveEducation

TreePlanting

WorldParrotTrust:AfricanGreyParrot

WildlifeTrade

WorldParrotTrust:Blue-Throated

Macaws


(ZCOG)

Palm Beach Zoo

EffectsofLateralandSternalPosture

onAnesthesiaandPost-Capture

HealthinBlackRhinoceros

HawksbillSeaTurtleResearch



PerdidoKeyCaptiveBreedingand

Reintroduction

ResearchandConservationof

EndangeredSeaTurtlesinVenezuela

ValidationandApplicationofBlood-

BasedFieldTestforEvaluating

TuberculosisinLions

Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo

AvianConservationCenterandCenter

forBirdsofPrey

BFREEHarpyEagleProject

PerdidoKeyBeachMouse

ConservationProject



SeaWorld Orlando

AquaticBirdRescue,Rehabilitation,

andResearch

CetaceanRescueandRehabilitation

CitizenSciencetoDocumentPolar

BearPopulationTrends:PilotProject

DiagnosingtheDeclineofthe

EndangeredNorthernRockhopper

Penguin

EvaluatingAnthropogenicImpacts,

DistributionandHealthofDolphin

CommunitiesAlongtheEastCoast

ofCentralFlorida

FloridaManateeRescueand

Rehabilitation

IdentifyingBeachLighting“Hotspots”

ToProtectSeaTurtleHatchlings

LoveASeaTurtle–TheUpstream

DownstreamConnection&Educational

Outreach

MarineOrnamentalFishAquaculture

MonitoringofEndangeredRight

WhalesinCoastalWatersofNEFlorida

OysterRestorationintheMosquito

Lagoon

ProtectingtheDeltainMurchisonFalls

ConservationArea,Uganda

ProtectionandRestorationofAtlantic

PuffinsatSealIslandNationalWildlife

RaptorRescue&Rehabilitationfor

BaldEagles

Rescue,Rehabilitation,Restoration,

Education

ResearchandConservationof

FlamingosinPriorityWetlandSitesof

Argentina

RestoringNativePollinatorHabitaton

Florida’sFarms

ShortCourseinWildlifeMedicine

TheUseoftheAmazonianManateeas

aflagshipspeciesfortheConservation

oftheLowerRioNegroRegion,

BrazilianAmazon

St. Augustine Alligator Farm

AsociaciónChelonia

CambodianCrocodileConservation

Programme(CCCP)

IUCN/SSCCrocodileSpecialistGroup

MabuwayaFoundation

TheOrianneSociety:TheOrianne

CenterforIndigoConservation(OCIC)

VultureConservationProgramme

(VulPro)

WCSJohnThorbjarnarsonMemorial

Fund–CrocodilianConservation

Steve Martin’s Natural Encounters, Inc.

GroundHornbillProject


MoholoholoRehabCentre

ThePeregrineFund


VultureProgram

WorldParrotTrust

Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo


ShoebillandCranesintheMalagarasi-

MoyowosiFloodPlainEcosystem,

Tanzania

EthiopianWolfConservation

Programme

FloridaPantherRecoveryPlan

GypsVultureRestorationProgram

HillsboroughRiverWatershedAlliance

–FrogListeningNetwork

ManateeRescue,Rehabilitationand

Release

29

MarineMammalResearchPatrol


OrangutanFoundation

RadioTelemetryofPygmy

Hippopotamus(Choeropsis liberiensis)

onTiwaiIslandandintheGolaForest

areaSoutheasternSierraLeone



(SANCCOB)

TheKingdomofSwaziland’sBigGame

Parks


WhoopingCrane

The Florida Aquarium

CaribbeanCoralPropagationFacility

(TheCoralFarm)

FantasyIsland:ACooperative

ConservationandEducationProject

MarineMammalStrandingNetwork

RiverOtterRescueandRehabilitation

SeaTurtleRehabilitation

UseofAquaculturedAcropora

cervicornisFragmentsforRestoration

Activities

The Seas

AbacoReefRestorationand

EnvironmentalEducation

AcroporaCoralNurseryand

Restoration

CommunityYouthEngagementFor

SeaTurtleConservation

ConservationoftheWestAfrican

Manatee

ConservingCriticallyEndangered

OceanicSharks

ConservingtheEndangered

SmalltoothSawfish

CreatingPollinatorHabitatin

AgriculturalLandscapes

GrouperMoon:SpawningResearchin

CaymanIslands

HealthAssessmentsofFloridaSharks

IndividualDolphinsasConservation

Tools

LocalOceanTrust–WatamuTurtle

WatchProgram

ManateeRehabilitationPartnership

(MRP)

ManateeWarm-WaterRefugiaand

Mortality

MassStrandingofDolphinsonCape

Cod

NorthernRightWhaleMonitoring

Program

ProducertoPlate:SustainableSeafood

&Aquaculture

ReducingBoatRelatedManatee

DeathsinBelize

RisingTide

SeaTurtleIndexNestMonitoring

Program

ShorebirdConservationinthe

Bahamas

TaggingofPost-RehabilitatedGreen

SeaTurtlesUsingaPrototypeSatellite

TelemetryDevice

TourdeTurtles(Disney’sVeroBeach

Resort)

TourdeTurtles(SeaTurtle

Conservancy)

TowardsBlack-CappedPetrel

Conservation


White Oak Conservation Center

ConservationCentersforSpecies

Survival

FloridaPantherRehabilitationand

Reintroduction


IUCN/SSCAntelopeSpecialistGroup

MississippiSandhillCranePropagation

andRecoveryProgram

Zoo Miami

ACommunity-BasedLandscape

ConservationProgramforaFelid

CarnivoreGuildinNorthernBelize

AtalaReintroduction


BatAcousticalSurveyofZooMiami

Grounds

BiologicalandConservationStudies

oftheMiamiTigerBeetle(Cicindela

floridana)

ButterflySurveyofPineRockland

FragmentZooMiami

ChangesinHabitatUseandSurvival

RatesofJuvenileBullSharksduring

RecoveryafteranExtremeWeather

Event

CommunityBasedIn-SituSeaTurtle

NestProtectionPrograminRekawa,

SriLanka

ContinuingIn-SituConservationofthe

BurmeseRoofedTurtleintheChindwin

River,Myanmar

FloridaScrub-JayTranslocationProject

FloridaStatewideAmphibianDisease

Monitoring

HopeGardensandZooJamaican

IguanaHeadstartFacility




InvasiveArgentinianBlackandWhite

TeguRemovalandEnvironmental

Impacts

InvestigatingtheHabitatUsageand

ImpactsofNon-NativeBoaConstrictor


KomodoDragonPopulation

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Monitoring,Movement

Characterization,andNestingandPrey

SurveyinKomodoNationalPark

LamanaiHicateeConservation

Initiative


PredationImpactsonCaterpillars

inUrbanandSuburbanMiami:

ImplicationsforRareandEndangered

ButterfliesofSouthFlorida

SaharaConservationFund:Adopt-an-

OstrichProgram

SavingfromExtinctionthePigmy

Three-ToedSloth(Bradypus pigmaeus)

ofEcudodeVerguasIsland,Panama

SeaTurtle–YouthEducationProgram

atCrandonParkVisitorsandNature

Center

SurveyandEnvironmentalImpact

ofNon-NativeOustalet’sChameleon

(Furcifer oustaleti)inSouthFlorida

TheAfricanCraneConservation

Program

ZooMiamiLakeEnhancementProject

GEORGIA

Georgia Aquarium

CaymanIslandStingRayHealth

Assessment

CoralRestorationintheFloridaKeys

GeorgiaDolphinEcologyProject

HealthSurveyofEndangeredAfrican

Penguins

HERA–IndianRiverLagoonDolphin

HealthAssessment

MantaRayNaturalHistory

SandTigerSharkHealthAssessment

SandTigerSharkResearch


SupportforManateeRehabilitation,

Brazil

SurveyingandMonitoringof

LoggerheadSeaTurtleIndexNesting

Beaches

SustainableFundingofReef

Restoration

WhaleSharkGenomeProject

WhaleSharkPopulationStudy,

Cancun,Mexico


ChytridiomycosisandAmphibian

Conservation

Community-BasedRedPanda

ConservationandMonitoringin

EasternNepal

Zoo Atlanta


GiantPandaConservation

GoldenLionTamarinConservation

Program

Head-Start/RelocationProgramfor

GopherFrogsinGeorgia

Head-StartingDiamondbackTerrapins

HellbenderSalamanderPopulationand

DiseaseStatusinGeorgia

IndigoSnakeRestorationProject

InfectiousDiseaseControland

BioresourceBankingforAmphibians

MountKenyaBongoRepatriation

ProjectAbronia

ProjectHeloderma

RestoringAllenCayforShearwaters

andIguanas

RuahaCarnivoreProject:Researching

CarnivoreEcologyandConflictin

Tanzania’sRuahaLandscape

SecuringtheHighlyThreatenedTiger

HabitatConnectivityintheLeuser-Ulu

MasenMegaLandscape


HAWAII

Honolulu Zoo

MabulaGroundHornbill


Project

MonaoaCliffTrailRestorationProject

NewNatureFoundation(Kibale)

IDAHO

Tautphaus Park Zoo


(CEF)



SnowLeopardTrust



(SANCCOB)

Zoo Boise


AmurTiger

AZAApeTAGConservationInitiative:

Gorilla

BiologyandConservationMonitoring

oftheThree-WattledBellbirdin

EasternHonduras

BuildingaScientificResearchCenterin

GorongosaNationalPark

IdahoPanhandleWolverineStudy

KibaleFuelWoodProject&Kibale

Eco-CharInitiative

Life-SavingMedicalCarefor

ConfiscatedEasternGorillaOrphans:

EveryLifeCountsforTheseCritically

EndangeredSpecies

Long-WhiskeredOwlet

MonitoringDholeswithGPSandRadio

Collars

ReintroductionofSouthernIdaho

GroundSquirrels

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RescuetoReintroduction:Reversing

theDeclineofMadagascar’sImperiled

RadiatedTortoise

SavingtheSnowyCatsoftheHimalaya

StopPoachingoftheBlackRhino

TheGreenLightProject–

Reforestation,SolarEnergy,and

Community-SupportedConservation

oftheBlackandWhiteRuffedLemur

TheParrotCorridor

UnderstandingandManagingCanine

DistemperVirusasaDiseaseThreatto

SiberianTigers

WarriorsforWildlife

WildlifeSOS–ForestWatch!

ILLINOIS

Chicago Zoological Society –

Brookfield Zoo

AHealthAssessmentoftheSouthern

FurSealPopulation(Arctocephalus

australis)atPuntaSanJuan,Peru

AllianceforMarineMammals

AmericanPrairieFoundation

Blanding’sTurtleProject

ConductingOrangutanSSPStaff

TrainingandEducationInitiativeat

MatangandSepliokWildlifeCenters,

Malaysia

DeterminationofPrevalenceofNasal

CarcinomainMexicanWolves(Canis

baileyi)UsingComputedTomography

DolphinResearch

Durrell’sVontsira:AStatusAssessment

ofOneoftheWorld’sMostThreatened

Carnivores

ElephantsforAfrica

FirstAmphibianConservationRescue

CenterinVenezuela

FranciscanaDolphinandMarine

TurtleConservationThroughCitizen

ParticipationinCoastalBuenosAires

GeorgeRabbAward

GlobalConservationLeadership

ProgramforYouth–BotswanaWildlife

Conservation

HealthAssessmentHumboldtPenguins

PuntaSanJuan

HonduranAmphibianRescueand

ConservationCenter

InspiringHaitianYouthtoConserve

CoralReefs

IUCN

LatinAmericanConservationBiology

andWildlifeManagementTraining

Course

LatinAmericanZoosCapacityTraining

NaturalDietStudyofColumbian

AmphibiansIncludingLocal

EducationalCurriculumBiodiversity

Strengthening

NaturePlayinPuntaSanJuan

NutritionSupportfortheChacoan

PeccaryIn-SituCaptiveBreeding

ProgramintheChacoRegionof

Paraguay

PolarBearConservationAwareness

VideoGame

PopulationStudytoEstimateand

MonitorGharial

PredationandRangeQualityas

FactorsUnderlyingHirolaDeclinesin

NortheasternKenya

ProtectingEndangeredSnowLeopard

inKyrgyzstanthroughaCommunity-

BasedApproach

PuntaSanJuanPenguinResearch

RaysofHope:IdentifyingFactors

MediatingtheSurvivalofPanamanian

AtelopusPopulations

SavingAngola’sEndemicThreatened

BirdSpeciesthroughtheConservation

oftheScarpForest

StrategicGrowthofConservation

ProgramsatthePuntaSanJuan

MarineProtectedArea

YellowstonetoYukon

Cosley Zoo


John G. Shedd Aquarium

BristolBayBelugaWhaleHealth

AssessmentResearchProject

ElasmobranchHealthAssessmentsin

FloridaKeys

GreatLakesMigratoryFishes–

DamRemovalandMigratoryFish

Recruitment

GreatLakesMigratoryFishes–

ReemergenceofLakeWhitefish

Migrations

HolisticManagementandConservation

ofConchandLobsterFisheriesand

CriticalHabitatsoftheBahamas

IllinoisEndangered/Threatened

AquaticSpeciesList

ProjectGuyana–Arapaima

Conservation

SECOREFoundationpartnership

Lincoln Park Zoo

AHistoricalComparisonofBird

SpeciesDiversityinLincolnPark

duringSpringMigration

AvianReintroductionandTranslocation

Database(ARTD)

Black-FootedFerretMateChoice

Project

BloodandTickCollectionfor

DiseaseSurveillanceofTranslocated

Woodchucks

ConservationAssessmentand

RecoveryofSmoothGreenSnake

PopulationsinNorthernIllinois

EasternMassasaugaRattlesnake

RecoveryTeam(Illinois)

EcophysiologyofNine-Banded

Armadillos(Dasypus novemcinctus)

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EffectsoftheEuropeanBuckthorn

SecondaryMetabolite,Emodin,onthe

WesternChorusFrog

ExploringtheBio-Diversityof

ArthropodsAcrossChicago,IL

ExploringtheBio-DiversityofSmall

MammalsSurroundingLincolnPark

Zoo’sNatureBoardwalk

FecalHormoneAnalysisoftheSmooth

GreenSnake

GombeEcosystemHealthProject


(GTAP)

Head-StartingandReintroductionfor

OrnateBoxTurtlesinIllinois

IllinoisBlandingsTurtleRecovery

PlanningTeam

IntegratedDynamicModelingof

EcosystemServices

Long-TermMonitoringofanEastern

MassasaugaRattlesnake(EMR)

PopulationinSouthwestMichigan

MonitoringBatDiversityinthe

ChicagoAreaandtheInfluenceofPrey

Availability

Movements,HabitatUse,andSurvival

ofTranslocatedWoodchucks

PaintedTurtleRelocationand

MonitoringatNatureBoardwalk

PilotStudy:EvaluatingtheUseof

ProstaglandinMetaboliteAssayto

DeterminePregnancyintheBlack-

FootedFerret

PopulationManagementAdvisingfor

SpeciesRecoveryandConservation

AssurancePopulations

PopulationViabilityAnalysisforthe

FederallyEndangeredHinesEmerald

Dragonfly(HED)

Post-ReintroductionMonitoringof

FlatwoodsAmphibians

PuertoRicanParrotPopulation

Management

ReintroductionofGuamRail

SerengetiHealthInitiative:Distemper

andRabiesVaccinationProject

ShellMineralCompositionofArtifically

IncubatedEggsofOrnateBoxTurtles

TheDianFosseyGorillaFund

InternationalandLincolnParkZoo–

ACollaborativeStudy

TheRecoveryofMeadowJumping

MiceandAssessmentofthe

ConservationStatusofLeastWeasels

UseofProgestin,Androgen,and

CorticosteroidFieldKitsforNon-

InvasivelyMonitoringtheBlackRhino

UsingArtificialCavitiestoAssessthe

NestingSuccessofNativeCavity-

NestingBirds

UsingCameraTrapstoAssess

MammalianCommunityComposition,

Abundance,andDiversity

ValidatingtheUseofReproductive

EndocrinologyasaManagementTool

forEasternMassasaguaRattlesnakes

Miller Park Zoo

SumatranTigerandPreyResearch

Scovill Zoo

EndangeredWildlifeTrust

SaveNature.Org

INDIANA

Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo

AcresLandTrust



Campaign:WCSSumatranTigerWork


(CEF)


CoffeeandPrimateConservationin

CentralJava

DingoDiscoveryCenter

GiraffeConservationFoundation

IndianaUniversity–PurdueUniversity

FortWayneTurtleFund



JavanGibbonCenter

LittleRiverWetlandProject

LivingwithLionsTrust–Lion

Guardiansproject

OrangutanConservation

PacificMarineMammalRescueCenter


OstrichProgram



(SANCCOB)

SumatranOrangutanConservation

Program(SOCP)

ThePeregrineFund

Indianapolis Zoological Society,

Inc.

AmurTigerConservationProject

CheetahConservationinNamibia


Dr.StevenAmstrup

IndianapolisZooConservation

ProgramAdministration




KutaiNationalPark


ProtectingLivestockfromLion

PredationthroughBomaFortification


Programme

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TarangireElephantProject:

DevelopmentofCorridorsOutsideof

TarangireNationalPark

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden

EarthShareofMissouriExecutive

Board

HealthAssessmentandSerosurvey

oftheAmericanMarteninManistee

NationalForest,Michigan

InternationalYearoftheBat

MexicanGrayWolfRecovery

Potawatomi Zoo



AmurLeopardandTigerAlliance

(ALTA)

AmurLeopardConservation


AZAConservationPartners


(CEF)

InternationalCraneFoundation


SnowLeopardTrust

WildlifeConservationNetwork


(ZCOG)

IOWA

Blank Park Zoo

ArtofConservation

ChimpanzeeSanctuaryandWildlife

ConservationTrust

GeorgiaSeaTurtle

GiraffeConservationFoundation

HealthinHarmony

IowaDNRPrairieChickenProject

LimbeWildlifeCentre

TonkinSnub-NosedMonkey

Conservation

KANSAS

Hutchinson Zoo

ReintroductionandMonitoringof

Black-FootedFerretsinLoganCounty,

Kansas

WildlifeRehabilitation

Lee Richardson Zoo

AmurLeopardFieldConservation

FieldMonitoringSupportforKansas

Black-FootedFerretReintroduction



LemurConservationinBetampona

NaturalReserve

ManagementofLRZField

ConservationGrantProgram


ProjectPunteKundo:In-situ

CommunityBasedRedPanda

ConservationProgram

ReductionofHuman/ElephantConflict

ThroughBeekeepinginGhana,West

Africa

SupportVeterinaryCareforInjured

BlackRhinosinZimbabwe


Rolling Hills Zoo

Black-FootedFerret(Mustela nigripes)

ReintroductionProjectinKansas

GreaterPrairieChicken(Tympanuchus

cupido)ReintroductionProjectin

Missouri







SnowLeopardTrust

Sedgwick County Zoo



AmphibianArk


(ALTA)


AZAChacoanPeccarySSP

AZAJaguarSSP:YucatanJaguar

Project

AZAMatschie’sTreeKangarooSSP-

TreeKangarooConservationProgram,

PapuaNewGuinea

AZAPuertoRicanCrestedToadSSP


Campaign


(CEF)

Black-FootedFerretKansas


CenterforConservationofthe

HumboldtPenguininPuntaSanJuan,

Peru

ChileanAmphibians–Atlanta

BotanicalGarden


ElValleAmphibianConservation

Center(EVACC)

FrogWatchUSA



GreaterFlamingoBanding,Yucatan,

Mexico

Grevy’sZebraTrust

HumboldtPenguinGuanoHarvest

OversightFieldWorkTriptoPuntaSan

Juan,Peru

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Kaiser’sNewtFieldConservation

KansasHerpetologicalCensusingby

SedgwickCountyZooStaff

MabuwayaFoundation:CROCProject


Project


PAAZABWattledCraneRecovery

Program–JohannesburgZoo

PaintedDogConservation/Wildlife

ConservationNetwork/Zimbabwe

RedPandaNetwork


SavetheCassowaryfromExtinctionin

Australia/RainforestRescue

SaveNature.Org:PantanalNational

Park,Brazil(ParkingMeter)

TheSouthernAfricanFoundationfor



TurtleSurvivalAlliance:TurtleSurvival

CenterinSouthCarolina


(ZCOG)

Sunset Zoological Park


(CEF)

Black-FootedFerretIntroductionin

LoganCounty,Kansas


JapaneseTsunamiReliefFund

ParaguayConservationAction

Partnership(CAPParaguay)

SnowLeopardTrust

SurveyofAmphibiansinthe

ParaguayanChaco

TigerSSP

Topeka Zoo

AfricanWildDogProject


FerretReintroductionProjectof

WesternKansas




OrangutanOutreach

PenguinProject


(ZCOG)

KENTUCKY

Louisville Zoological Garden


Black-FootedCatConservation

Program

Black-FootedFerretConservation

Center




MicronesianAvifaunaConservation

Program

PanAfricanSanctuaryAlliance(PASA)

PolarPopulationProject

Newport Aquarium

ChopsticksForSalamanders

RiverSweep

RiverbankLearningGarden

SeafoodWatch

LOUISIANA

Audubon Aquarium of the

Americas

ConservationTeamSteering

Committee

GULF(GulfUnitedforLasting

Fisheries)

LouisianaMarineMammal&SeaTurtle

RescueProgram

RedfishTournament

Audubon Zoo


(ALTA)





LouisianaPineSnakeRelease


Project



(ZCOG)

BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo


(CEF)



Center(EVACC)


SavetheTigerFund


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MARYLAND

National Aquarium

AssessingChronicNaturalResource

DamagefromtheBPOilSpill

AtlanticWhiteCedarRestoration:

NassawangoCreekPreserve,Maryland

BahamasCoralReefConservation

Initiative

BaltimoreHarborContaminantStudy

Farring-BaybrookParkRestoration

FloatingWetlandsinBaltimore’sInner

Harbor

FortMcHenryTidalWetland

RestorationProject

HabitatRestorationatCovePoint

(Lusby,MD)

HematologyandPlasmaChemistry

ValuesfortheSpottedEagleRay

InvasiveSpeciesRemovalandNative

ForestRestorationatEasternNeck

NationalWildlifeRefuge

MarineAnimalRescueProgram

(MARP)

MarylandDiamondbackTerrapin

WorkingGroup

MarylandSharkFinBanLegislationin

Maryland

MeasuringMercuryConcentrationsin

WildandCaptiveBottlenoseDolphins

MinorityStudentConservation

Internship

ProjectGoldenFrog/ProyectoRana

Dorada

RiparianBufferRestoration:Indian

Head,Maryland

SandDuneRestoration:Virginia

SaveNature.Org

SaveNature.Org:MarineConservation

Meter

ShorelineRestorationatMasonville

Cove

TerrapinsintheClassroom

TidalMarshRestorationatEastern

NeckNationalWildlifeRefuge

TidalMarshRestorationatPoplar

Island

TidalMarshRestorationatthe

WestportWaterfront

Salisbury Zoological Park

AndeanCatAlliance

LowerShoreLandTrust

NanticokeWatershedAlliance

NatureConservancy:Ecuador

NatureConservancy:LowerEastern

Shore

ProyectoTiti

RedWolfCoalition



(ZCOG):AndeanBearProject


(ZCOG):GiantAnteater


(ZCOG):MountainTapir

MASSACHUSETTS

Buttonwood Park Zoo

CapeCodStrandingNetwork

Franklin Park Zoo

BeetleRanching

JonathanGilmourScholarshipAwards

NewEnglandZooandAquarium

ConservationCollaborative


Conservation(PARC)


OstrichProgram

SnowLeopardTrust

Museum of Science

NorthernRedBellyCooterHeadstart

Program

New England Aquarium

BiologicalEffectsofOffshoreLNGPort

Areas

ConservationMedicineProgram

ConsortiumforWildlifeBycatch

Reduction

MarineConservationActionFund

MarineSpatialPlanning

OceanHealthIndex

PhoenixIslandsProtectedArea

RightWhaleResearchProject

SeaTurtleConservationandResearch

SustainableAquaculture

SustainableOrnamentalFishInitiative

SustainableSeafoodPrograms

Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo


MICHIGAN

Binder Park Zoo

Blanchard’sCricketFrogProject

Kirtland’sWarblerStudy

MichiganBoxTurtleResearch

PipingPloverPatrol/RecoveryProgram

PrairieHabitatRestorationProject

Detroit Zoo

AfricanElephantConservationTrust

AmphibiansinPeru


AZAArubaIslandSSP

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AZAEasternMassasaguaRattlesnake

SSP

AZAPanamanianGoldenFrogSSP


AZAWyomingToadSSP

BlandingTurtleHeadStart


CommonTernNestingHabitat

RestorationatBelleIsleontheDetroit

River

CONAPAC

ConservationInternational/Amphibian

SurvivalAlliance

CrawfishFrogRepatriationEffort

EasternMassasaugaRattlesnakeField

Survey

FrogWatchUSA

GreatLakeColonialWaterbird

Monitoring

GreatLakePipingPloverSalvage

CaptiveRearing

Grevy’sZebraTrust


MichiganBirdConservationInitiative

MichiganButterflyMonitoring

MississippiGopherFrogReintroduction

Project

MpalaResearchCenter

MudpuppySurveys

NgogoChimpanzeeProject

OspreyReintroductioninSEMichigan

PolarOceansResearchGroup

SEMichiganKarnerBlueButterfly

Reintroduction

SiameseCrocodileRe-Introduction



(SANCCOB)


WranglerIslandPolarBearSurvey

WyomingToadSurvey

John Ball Zoo

2012PASACommunityEngagement

InitiativeforPrimateConservation

AnnualKirtland’sWarblerCensus

Project

Community-BasedBatConservation

ProgrammeforMyotis csorbaiin

SyangjaDistrictofWesternNepal

EasternMassasaugaRattlesnake

LongitudinalandDNAStudy

GreatLakesPipingPloverRecovery

Project

IndigenousPeopleProtectingthe

ThreatenedEndemicPhilippineTarsier

anditsForest

MappingtheKill:PredictingTiger

andLeopardAttacksonLivestockto

ReduceHuman-CatConflictinCentral

Indai

PopulationStatusOfMountainBongo

(Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci)of

CheranginiHills

SalmonintheSchoolsProgram

WoodTurtleHead-StartingProject


(ZCOG)

MINNESOTA

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory



AZAWyomingToadSSPMasterPlan

MeetingandFieldwork

MississippiGopherFrogs



SeafoodWatch

Minnesota Zoological Garden


(ALTA)


Campaign

BioDiscoveryProject

BisonRecovery,Minnesota

BlackRhinoConservation,Namibia

(inpartnershipwithTheNature

ConservancyandSavetheRhinoTrust)

BrownBearConservation

Hartmann’sMountainZebra

Conservation



MacawConservation

MooseConservationResearch,

Minnesota

PrairieButterflyConservation,

Minnesota

RecycleforRainforests

ReintroductionofPrzewalski’shorsein

Xinjiang,China

SeaOtterConservation

UlyssesS.SealConservationGrant

Program

MISSISSIPPI

Jackson Zoo


Campaign

Grevy’sZebraTrust

OrangutanOutreach

RaptorRehabilitation

RedWolfRecoveryProgram

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MISSOURI

Dickerson Park Zoo


Campaign


(CEF)




DongPhayayen-KhaoYaiCarnivore

ConservationProject


Center(EVACC)

Elephant-HumanCoexistence–How

ElephantsPersistinTraditional

AgriculturalSystemsofSouthAsia






ManedWolfResearchProjectinBrazil

MidwesternBatResearch



OstrichProgram

SaveNature.Org

TheMarianaAvifaunaConservation

Program



(ZCOG)

Saint Louis Zoo

ACommunity’sRacetoSavethe

Hirola,ACriticallyEndangered

AntelopeontheBrinkofExtinction

ANationalSurveyforGrevy’sZebrain

Kenya

AmphibianArk

AndeanBearConservationAlliance

Anti-PoachingTrainingforGrevy’s

ZebraAmbassadorsinKenya



Campaign

BaleBeautyNatureClub:AnEmerging

ConservationOrganizationinEthiopia

BioBlitz

BoxTurtleEcologyandHealth:

ComparisonbetweenanUrbananda

RuralSite

BuildingBridges:Reconnecting

ChildrenwithNatureatPuntaSan

Juan,Peru

BushmeatSurveyofVillages

SurroundingBetamponaNatural

Reserve

CenterforAmericanBuryingBeetle

Conservation

CenterforAvianHealthinthe

GalapagosIslands

CenterforConservationoftheHorned

GuaninElTriunfoBiosphereReserve,

Chiapas,Mexico

CenterforConservationofthe

HumboldtPenguininPuntaSanJuan,

Peru

CenterforNativePollinator

Conservation

CheetahConservationandHuman

ImpactinKenya


CommunityConservationofElephants

inMali

ConsequencesofLandscape

ChangeandPotentialSolutionsfor

ImprovementofHirolaandLesser

KuduRangeinEasternKenya

ConservationGeneticsand

MorphometricsofInsularOttoman

Viper(Montivipera xanthina)

PopulationsonEasternAegeanIslands,

Greece

ConservationNGO

ConservationofArmenianVipers,

Montivipera raddeiInhabiting

AnthropogenicModifiedLandscapes

CoreSupportforMadagascarFauna

Group

DamaCommunityGameGuards

inNiger’sTermitandTinToumma

NationalNatureReserve

DevelopingEffectiveandReliable

ProtocolsfortheVegetative

PropagationofSpeciesofDiospyros

andDalbergia

EffectsofNestSiteQualityon

HumboldtPenguinBreedingSuccess

EndangeredWildlifeTrust–South

Africa

EnhancingWaterAvailabilityfor

Grevy’sZebrainNorthernKenya

EnvironmentalEducationforthe

ConservationofMountainNyalaandits

HabitatattheBaleMountainsNational

Park,Ethiopia

EstablishingaConservationCouncilin

ElBarta,NorthernKenya

EstablishmentofSaharaConservation

Fund(SCF)

EthiopianWolfConservationProgram:

EquipmentforaChallengeina

ChallengingEnvironment

EthiopianWolfConservationProgram:

EradicatingRabiesintheEndangered

EthiopianWolf

FrogWatchUSA

GeneralSupportforFieldConservation


(GTAP)

Grevy’sZebraTrust

Grevy’sZebraTrust:Developmentof

theGrevy’sZebraTrustMonitoring

Database

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Grevy’sZebraTrust:Establishinga

Grevy’sZebraWarriorNetworkin

Laisamis,Kenya

HealthandManagementWorkshopfor

ConservationoftheMyanmarLogging

CampElephants

HealthMonitoringofWildLemurs

HellbenderConservation

IdentifyingtheVectorofPlasmodium

intheGalapagosIslands

ImplementinganEarlyDetectionPlan

fortheAmphibianChytridFungus

ImprovingChickenHealthtoPromote

PublicHealth

InfluenceofResourceAvailabilityand

SeasonalityonSympatricIndri indri

IUCN/SSCBumblebeeSpecialistGroup

Juan(Peru)DuringtheBreeding

PeriodandtheImplicationsonTheir

Conservation

KinabatanganOrangutanConservation

Project

LocatingandHabituatingHighAltitude

Prolemur simusatTsinjoarivo,eastern

Madagascar


Project

MitigatingHuman-CarnivoreConflict

inNiger’sTermitandTinToumma

NationalNatureReserve

MonitoringCaptive-BornRuffed

LemursandtheirOffspringwithRadio

CollarsinBetamponaNaturalReserve

MoteMarineLaboratoryandAquarium

MovementPatternsHabitat

PreferencesandNaturalHistoryofthe

ArmenianViper,Montivipera raddei,in

Armenia

NorthAmericanBumbleBeeSpecies

ConservationStrategyWorkshop

NorthernRangelandsTrust

NovusInternationalHabitatFor

WildlifeProgram

OkapiProjectintheDemocratic

RepublicofCongo

OzarkHellbenderLarvaeRearing

System

P.A.U.S.E–Pollinators/Art/Urban

Agriculture/Society/andthe

Environment

PartulaSnailConservationProgram,

FrenchPolynesia

PolarBearConservation

PopulationStatusandHabitat

SuitabilityMapofMountainNyala

PredationandRangeQualityasDrivers

ofHirolaPopulationsinNortheastern

Kenya

ReptileDiversityAssessmentinthe

RainforestofBetamponaNature

Reserve

SaharanRed-NeckedOstrich(Struthio

camelus camelus)RecoveryProgram

inNiger

SaintLouisZoo’sEcuadorian

AmphibianCollaboration

SupportforConservationActioninthe

Termit/TinToummaRegionofNiger

SupportforInternationalElephant

Foundation

SupportforMadagascarFaunaGroup

ResearchDirector

SupportforMadagascarFaunaGroup

ResearchProgram

SupportMadagascarFaunaandFlora

GroupCapacityBuilding

TanzaniaCarnivoreProgram

TargetingIntroducedBirdSpecies

intheSearchforAvianMalarial

ReservoirsinGalapagos

TheHealthandGeneticDiversityof

FourLemurPopulationsinBetampona

NaturalReserve


UniversityofMissouri–St.Louis

GraduateStudentSupport

UsingGrayWolvesasaModelfor

TrainingSemenCollectionand

FreezingforEthiopianWolves

NEBRASKA

Lincoln Children’s Zoo

SaltCreekTigerBeetlePropagation

andReintroductionProject

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo &

Aquarium

AmphibianConservationArea

AmphibianConservationEducation

Project


Black-FootedCatProject

ConservationofMadagascar’sEndemic

Orchids

ContributionstoSnowLeopardTrust




SpecialistGroup(CBSG)–Amphibian

Ark

IUCN/SSCTapirSpecialistGroup


ReintroductionofDiplazium

laffanianum




(SANCCOB)

TheMabuwayaFoundation–Philippine

CrocodileConservation

TigerConservationintheEndau-

RompinLandscapeofPeninsular

Malaysia:Anti-PoachingProgram

TigerConservationintheRussianFar

East–ImprovingLawEnforcementand

LawEnforcementMonitoringatKey

Sites

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TigerConservationintheRussianFar

East–TigerHealthandVeterinary

SupportProgram

UnitingConservationGeneticsand

ConservationEducationinMadagascar,

MadagascarBiodiversityand

BiogeographyProject

NEVADA

Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay

Bay

CaptiveBreedingandManagementof

HybridPupfish(Cyprinodon daibolis x

mionectes)

KomodoConservation

OceanProject

ReefCheck

SeaTurtleConservation

NEWHAMPSHIRE

Squam Lakes Natural Science

Center

ProjectOspreyTrack

NEWJERSEY

Adventure Aquarium

CleanOceanAction

HorseshoeCrabCounts

HorseshoeCrabRearing



(SANCCOB)

Jenkinson’s Aquarium

HorseshoeCrabSurveywithUniversity

ofDelawareSeaGrantCollege

Program

SEANET:TheSeabirdEcological

AssessmentNetwork

NEWMEXICO

Albuquerque Biological Park


(ALTA)

AquaticConservationFacility

BGCIatChicagoBotanicGarden

CenterforPlantConservation


ChiricahuaLeopardFrog

CorrelationOfSnowLeopardGenetics

withImmuneFunction

CrocodileTaxonAdvisoryGroup

Fauna&FloraInternational,Inc.

GiraffeConservationGroup


InternationalRhinoFoundation(IRF)

MeadowviewBiologicalResearch

Station

MississippiGopherFrogs

Narrow-HeadedGarterSnakeField

ResearchandCaptivePropagation

NativeSpeciesProgram:Herpetology

OceanConservancy

OceanProject


PhylogeneticsandPopulationHistory

oftheCallitrichidae

REEFHeadquarters

SnowLeopardTrust

SocorroDoves

TasmanianDevilResearchFund

TheCoquiConservationInitiative


ThePeregrineFund

TheXercesSociety



UsingGeneticMarkerstoAssessthe

StatusofCaptiveAfricanPaintedDogs

intheUnitedStates


(ZCOG)

NEWYORK

Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet

Park

AmphibianArk


(CEF)

BelizeZooandTropicalEducation

Center

CharacterizationandCryopreservation

ofSemenfromEndangeredMarkhor

Goats

ChittenangoOvateAmberSnailField

Census




OrangutanFoundationInternational

WildlifeTrustofIndia

ZoologischeGesellschaftFurAr


Seneca Park Zoo

BatEcholocation

BlackBearDenSurveys

ButterflyBeltway

ChittenangoOvateAmberSnail

AnnualCount

ConservationMetersDedicatedto

CoralReefConservationinPalau

andRainforestConservationinthe

Pantanal

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EasternMassasaugaRattlesnakeMark

andRecapture

GibbonFieldWorkinGunungPalung

NationalPark

GrowNative

GunungPalungNationalPark

HealthinHarmony

InternationalAnimalRescue

LakeSturgeonRestorationInthe

GeneseeRiveratSenecaPark

MadagascarFete

MissingOurMothersOrangutanEvent

SupportofMalaysianZooVetCareand

Reforestation


Trevor Zoo

BogTurtlePopulationAnalysisand

HabitatRestoration

RedWolfPRAAnalysis

Red-TailedHawkVeterinaryCare

Wildlife Conservation Society

CuratorialConservationProject–

AmericanEelMonitoringProject


AsaWrightNatureCenter

CuratorialConservationProject

–AssessingtheOccurrenceof

TwoIndochineseSilveredLangur

Taxa(Trachypithecus germaini and

Trachypithecus margarita)inTwo

ProtectedForestAreasinCambodia


BahamasNationalTrust


BirdConservationinBronxPark


–CanadaGoosePopulation

Management




DevelopingaHerdofGenetically-Pure

BisonforRestoration


–FlamingoConservationinLatin

America


MadagascarFieldwork


MaleoConservationinSulawesi


MitigatingProblemJaguarIssuesin

Belize


NewYorkSeascape


NorthernCricketFrogandAmphibian

Initiative


PropagationoftheExtinctintheWild

KihansiSprayToad




SeaLifeontheBeach

CuratorialConservationProject–The

OccurrenceofCoyotesinandaround

NewYorkCity


WCSSeaDuckResearchProgram


HeadstartProgramforEastern

Hellbender

GlobalConservationProjects–Africa

GlobalConservationProjects–Asia

GlobalConservationProjects–

Initiatives


LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean


Marine-SeascapeConservation


NorthAmerica

GlobalWildlifeHealthand

ConservationinAfrica


ConservationinAsia


ConservationinLatinAmericaand

Caribbean


ConservationinNorthAmerica

VeterinarianProgram–Developing

MolecularDiagnosticsCapacityfor

DiseasesofConservationConcern

VeterinarianProgram–Health

AssessmentandDiseaseSurveillance

ofGrandCaymanIguanas

VeterinarianProject–Assessing

AmphibianResponsetoClimate

ChangeandPathogenicChytrid

FungusinPeru

VeterinarianProject–Health

AssessmentofCommonLoonsinthe

Adirondacks

VeterinarianProject–Health

AssessmentsonBogTurtlesinthe

NortheasternUSA

VeterinarianProject–Identifying

DiseaseRiskinAmphibiansinBwindi

ImpenetrableForestNationalPark,

Uganda


DiseaseRiskinAmphibiansinKahuzi-

BiegaNationalPark,Democratic

RepublicofCongo


DiseaseRiskinThreatened

Amphibians,DemocraticRepublicof

Congo


PublicHealthRisksAssociatedwith

IntroductionofZoonoses

VeterinarianProject–Investigation

ofCanineDistemperThreatto

EndangeredAmurTigersinthe

RussianFarEast

VeterinarianProject–KihansiSpray

ToadSpeciesRecovery-Disease

Surveillance

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VeterinarianProject–Population

SurveyandHealthAssessmentsof

TurtlesintheBronxRiver

VeterinarianProject–RestoringAllen

CaysforShearwatersandIguanasin

AllenCays,ExumaIslands,Bahamas

VeterinarianProject–Unusual

RecurringHighMortalityinSouthern

RightWhales(Pathology)

NORTHCAROLINA

North Carolina Aquarium at Fort

Fisher

CapeFearArchConservation

Collaboration

LoggerheadSeaTurtleSatellite

Tracking

MarineMammalStrandingResponse

Team

PaintedBuntingObserverTeam

SongBirdBanding&Monitoring

Project

WildwatersWorkshop

North Carolina Aquarium at Pine

Knoll Shores


BogueBanksDuneRestorationProject

DiamondbackTerrapinMonitoringand

IncidentalCaptureAssessment

EasternOysterSpatfallStudy

FrogWatchUSA

MarineMammalStrandingResponse

MonofilamentLineRecyclingProject

MovementsofPost-RehabilitatedCold

StunnedGreenSeaTurtles

OysterGardenDemonstrationand

RecruitmentProject

SeaTurtleAwarenessProject

SeaTurtleStrandingNetwork

North Carolina Aquarium on

Roanoke Island

BeachVitexSurveyRemoval

NativePlantSaleforMonarchButterfly

Conservation

OuterBanksMarineMammalStranding

Network

SeaTurtleRehabilitation

North Carolina Zoological Park

AssessmentofImpactofClimate

ChangeonWildPolarBears


BachelorCreekNaturePreserve

Management


CameraTrapMonitoringofWildlifeon

NCZooProperty

CapeFearShinerRecoveryProgram

ConservationMedicine

ConservationofAvifaunaonthe

MarianasIslands

ConservationofElephantsandother

WildlifeinNigeria’sYankariGame

Reserve

ConservationofRothschild’sGiraffe

CraneTradeImpactAssessment

CrossRiverGorillaMonitoringin

NigeriaandCameroon

GinsengandBasicMesicForest

ManagementPlan

HellbenderSurveysinWesternNorth

Carolina



IUCN/SSCNigeria-Cameroon

ChimpanzeeActionPlan

LifeHistoryandBehavioralAspectsof

theCapeFearShiner

McArthurUwharrieTraillink

MiddleMountainLandAcquisition

NicholsLongleafPinePreserveLand

Acquisition

PrimateConservationonBiokoIsland

ReintroductionofSchweintz’s

Sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii)to

PurgatoryMountain

RidgesMountainManagementPlan

SMARTConservationMonitoring

SoftwareDevelopment

SnareRemovalPatrolsinKibale

NationalPark,Uganda

SurveyofAmphibiansandReptilesat

theNorthCarolinaZoologicalPark

TheCaraway’sSchweintz’sSunflower

(Helianthus schweinitzii)MitigationSite

TheElephantsofCameroon

TooroBotanicalGarden

UNITEConservationEducationProject

atUganda’sKibaleNationalPark

UwharriesConservationPartnership

Western North Carolina Nature

Center

AnimalRehabilitationTraining–

WesternNorthCarolinaRegion

BogTurtleProtectionProject

GreatSmokyMountainsAll-Taxa

BiodiversityInventoryProject(ATBI)

IndianaBatConservationMonitoring

Program

OHIO

Akron Zoological Park

FrogWatchUSA

GreaterAkronAudubon/AkronZoo

ChristmasBirdCount

HumboldtPenguinProject–PuntaSan

Juan–Peru

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NorthernPlainsofCambodiaWhite

WingedWoodDuckProject

RedWolfCoalitionConservation

EducationSupport

SnowLeopardTrust

WhiteWingedWoodDuckVeterinary

MedicalHusbandryResearch

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

AmericanBuryingBeetleCaptive

BreedingProgram

AngelFund–CCFKenya/Actionfor

Cheetah

AngelFund–CheetahOutreach

AngelFund–NiassaCarnivoreProject

AngelFund–RuahaCarnivoreProject

AutumnButtercup(Ranunculus

aestivalis)

AvonParkHarebells(Crotalaria

avonensis)

CumberlandSandwort(Arenaria

cumberlandensis)

EarthExpeditions

EcOhioWetlands

FishingCatResearchandConservation

In-SituPopulationMonitoringofthe

BlackWarriorWaterdog(Necturus

alabamensis)




KeaConservationinNewZealand


NorthernWildMonkshood(Aconitum

noveboracense)

OkapiConservationFund


ProjectEnhancementofGorillaRelated

In-SituConservationEducation

PropagationofTrifolium stoloniferum

forRestoration

RebuildingthePride

RedPandaPaintings

RhinoConservationEducationProject

–Karuma

ScarletMacawConservationinthe

MayanBiosphereReserve,Peten,

Guatemala

ScientistsfortheFuture

SumatranRhinoConservation

TheBonoboandCongoBiodiversity

Initiative

WorkingDogsforConservation

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

ACEERFoundation

AfricanElephantDensity,Community

Ecology,andWildlifeManagement

AndeanBearConservationAlliance

AsianTurtleConservationProgram

AssessmentoftheConservation

StatusofMontevideoRedBellyToad

PopulationsinUruguay



(CEF)

BatConservationInternational

BatMonitoringinCleveland

Metroparks

BenefitsofaKeystoneandThreatened

SpeciesforHumanHealth

BigCreekCleanUp


BuildingCapacitytoManageHuman-

WildlifeConflict

BuildingScientificCapacityfor

BiomonitoringintheBatekePlateaux,

Gabon


CenterforBiologicalDiversity

ChacoanPeccaryConservation

CheetahConservationandHuman

ImpactinKenya

ChoiceofPlantsandTherapeutic

NaturalProductsInTwoWildWestern

GorillaGroups

Community-BasedGharial

ConservationInitiativeintheNarayani

RiverofChitwanNationalPark

ComparisonofCountsofEndangered

AntilleanManateesintheBiosphere

ReserveofPantanosdeCentla,Mexico

CONAPAC–DetroitZoo

ConservationCoinDrop

ConservationGeneticsofTonguetied

Minnow(Exoglossum laurae)

ConservationofAfricanLion

andCheetahthroughChildren’s

ConservationEducationand

InteractiontoDeterHuman-Wildlife

Conflict

ConservationofAmphibiansand

ReptilesintheFragmentedLacandona

Rainforest,Mexico

ConservationoftheCrossRiver

GorillaintheMbeMountainsthrough

CommunityBasedConservationAction

ConservationStatusandDistribution

oftheManedWolfintheParaguayan

Chaco

ConservationStatusoftheFishingCat

intheSylhetDivisionofBangladesh

DiseaseSurveillanceofCleveland

MetroparksDeerHerds

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HoaryFoxintheBrazilianCerrado

EducationforNature–Vietnam


Center(EVACC)

EvaluationofFunctionalConnectivity

forFourFocalBirdSpeciesina

Sub-AndeanLandscape

EvaluationoftheHabitatandForest

FragmentConnectivityoftheSan

MartinTitiMonkey

GlobalConservationConnections–

Venezuela



GorillasAcrossAfricaWorkshop

HomeRange,SocialandBehavioral

EcologyoftheBorneanSlowLorisand

BorneanTarsier

Human-WildlifeConflictCollaboration

IncreasingCapacitytoProtectan

IUCN-Listed‘Key1’PopulationofBlack

RhinocerosinZimbabwefroman

IntensePoachingThreat

IndigenousPeopleProtectingthe

EndemicPhilippineTarsierandits

Habitat


IUCN

KasiisiPorridgeProject

Kavango-ZambeziTransfrontier

ConservationArea

KibaleForestSchoolsConservation

EducationProgram



Project–Sabah,Malaysia

LakeErieAlleghenyPartnershipfor

Biodiversity(LEAP)


Long-TermButterflyMonitoringProject


MbeliBaiGorillaProject&ClubEbobo

MinimizingHuman-WildlifeConflict

byImprovingSchoolCommunity

PerceptionsofWildlifeinKibale

NationalPark

NaturalPartnershipsProgram

Non-InvasiveMethodsasToolsto

EstimateAbundanceofDarwin’sFox

PASAEducatorandVeterinaryTraining

Workshops

PilotDogVaccinationProject

PioneeringEffortstoCombatIllegal

WildlifeTradeontheFrontlinesinHo

ChiMinhCity

PolarBearsInternational&Arctic

AmbassadorCenter

PopulationAssessmentofBelizean

JaguarsthroughNon-InvasiveAnalyses

QuartersforConservation

RegionalConservationProgram

RegionalWildlifeHealthProject

ResolvingConflictbetweenHumans

andLargeCarnivoresaroundRuaha

NationalPark,Tanzania

RhinoProtectionUnit

SavetheTiger–Panthera

SavingOrangutansbySafeguarding

TheirHabitat

SeaTurtleResearchandConservation

inthePariaPeninsula,SucreState,

Venezuela

SpottedTurtleHeadstarting

TarangireElephantProject

TelemetryStudyofGharialinthe

NationalChambalSanctuary,India

TradeinSlowLorisesandother

PrimatesonJava:Marketand

EnthnoprimatologicalSurveys


TurtleConservationProgramatthe

KachhuaWildlifeSanctuaryand

SarnathTurtleCentre



VariabilityandGeneticPopulation

StructureoftheCoatiinMexico

VernalPoolRestoration/Creationin

ClevelandMetroparks

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

AmphibianArk

AnatolianShepherdGuardDog

Program

ARCAS

AssessingRhinoConservation

StrategiesinIndia


Blakiston’sFishOwlsoftheWestern

Sikhote,AlinMountains–Conservation

LessonsfromtheImanRiverBasin

BrownBearConservationand

ResearchProgrammeinaModelArea

inRomania

CapacityDevelopmentProgramfor

TurtleConservationProjectinSri

Lanka

CaptinaConservancy:Hellbender

ResearchandAssessment

CaribbeanManateeConservation

CentralOhioVernalPoolMonitoring

Workshop

CERCOPANWildlifeVeterinary

CapacityEnhancement

CertifiedWildlifeFriendly

CheetahConservationEducationand

CommunityOutreach

ChimpanzeeHabitatforConservation

andEducation

CommitmenttoConservationAward

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ConservationandEcologyofthe

MaroonLangur

ConservationEducationforCritically

EndangeredAsiaticCheetah

ConservationoftheCrossRiverGorilla

throughConservationEducation

OutreachintheAfiMountainWildlife

Sanctuary

ConservationoftheEasternHellbender

ConservationoftheHammerhead

SharkanditsCriticalHabitatsinGolfo

Dulce

ConservationStartswithEducation:

LolayaBonoboSanctuaryintheDRC

CrocodileandFreshwaterTurtle

ResearchandConservationProject

DevelopmentofaCaptiveCrayfish

RearingProgramforImperiled

AppalachianCrayfishesandCrayfish

FeedingObligates

DevelopmentofReintroduction

TechniquesandPopulationMonitoring

ofRadiatedTortoisesatTwoImportant

TSASitesinSouthernMadagascar

EasternPlainsGarterSnakeState

RecoveryProgram

EcologyandConservationof


EcologyandConservationofLions

–StudyingFactorsAffectingthe

PopulationDynamicsinNorthern

Kenya

EffectsofSeasonalInfluencesonthe

HomeRangeandBehavioralEcology

oftheBorneanTarsierintheLower

KinabatanganWildlifeSanctuary

EffortstoCombatIllegalTradeonthe

FrontlinesinHoChiMinhCity

ElephantsforAfrica

Exploration,DiscoveryandMonitoring

ofWildHarpyEaglesinSouthern

Belize

FieldTrainingWorkshopinSeaTurtle

Forensics

ForestCanopiesasSafeHavensfrom

AmphibianChytridFungus–Phase2

FreshwaterMusselConservationand

ResearchCenter

GiantArmadilloProject

GoualougoTriangleApeConservation

andResearchProject


HWCC:BuildingEastAfricanCapacity

toTransformWildlifeConflictinto

ConservationSolutions&Sustainable

Coexistence

ImprovingtheConservationStatus

ofEndangeredAfricanWildDogin

theZimbabweanPartoftheGreater

LimpopoTransfrontierConservation

Area

InDefenseofAnimalsAfrica–

EducationInitiative





LimbeWildlifeCentre

Long-TermEcologicalStudyofSnow

LeopardsinMongolia’sSouthGobi

LowlandTapirConservationInitiative


ManateeSpeciesRecoveryPlan;


MexicanGrayWolfRecoveryProgram

MonitoringforCoexistence

MountainGorillaVeterinaryProject

OhioWildlifeCenter

OtterSurveysinAsiawithSpecial

ReferencetoIUCN/SSCOtter

SpecialistGroupActionPlan


PopulationAssessmentoftheMarine

OtterandtheSouthernRiverOtterin

SouthernChile

Post-ReleaseMonitoringofReleased

Chimpanzees

ProjetConservationdelaForetde

Nyungwe(PCFN)

PromotingtheHumboldtPenguinasa

FlagshipSpeciesinSouthernPeru

ProtectingPickersgill’sReedFrog–A

CriticallyEndangeredSpeciesinSouth

Africa

ReducingRhinoHornTradeinYemen

ThroughAwarenessandEducation

Sanaga-YongChimpanzeeRescue

Center

SatelliteTrackingandSocial

BehavioroftheBorneanElephantin

Kinabatangan

SavingMigratoryBirdsfromBuilding

Collisions–TheLightsOutColumbus

CampaignandMonitoringProgram

SavingtheJavanSlowLoristhrough

Ecology,EducationandEmpowerment

SchoolsAwarenessProject–

TheBiodiversityandElephant

ConservationTrust


ServeasFiscalHostforThreeField

ConservationOrganizations

SnowLeopardTrust

StoryBooksEmphasizingOttersinthe

AsianWetlands

StrongRoots

SumatranRhinoConservationand

Propagation

SupportingtheAnti-SnaringActivities

oftheSouthLuangwaConservation

Society

TheAfricanChelonianInstitute



VerificationofCarnivoreUseofan

ImportantWildlifeLinkageinWestern

Montana

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WhiteOakConservationCenterOkapi

ConservationProject

WildlifeConservationand

EnvironmentalEducationinAmazon

Communities–NatutamaFoundation

inColombia

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

PeregrineFalconCamandBanding

ProjectFeederWatch

Toledo Zoological Gardens

ArubaIslandRattlesnakeField

Research


CheetahConservationInitiative

ConservationofEndangeredFrogsof

theDominicanRepublic

ConservationofGuatemalanCloud

ForestSalamanders

ConservationoftheKihansiSprayToad

EcologyoftheCubanBoaontheUS

NavalBase,GuantanamoBay,Cuba

GreatLakesPipingPloverSalvage

Rearing

HostPlantSelectionintheMitchell’s

SatyrButterfly



Project

Nerodio

PenguinConservationInitiatives

PolarBearConservationInitiatives

ReintroductionoftheKarnerBlue

ButterflytotheOakOpeningsof

NorthwesternOhio

ReintroductionoftheVirginIslands

Boa(Epicrates monensis granti)to

PuertoRico

SlothBearConservationInitiative

WyomingToadFieldSurveys

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City Zoological Park


ClubP.A.N.–EnvironmentalEducation

inCôted’IvoireandGuineatoProtect

WildChimpanzees

CongoleseHuntersandChildren

SafeguardingWildGorillasfromthe

BushmeatTrade


EstablishingConservationEducation

UsingPrintedMediaattheLimbe

WildlifeCentre,Cameroonandthe

SurroundingCommunity

HornedLizardofOklahoma

Iganyana(“PaintedDog”)Children’s

BushCamp

JatunSacha

NorthernRangelandsTrust

Conservancies


OklahomaDepartmentofWildlife

Conservation

Status,HabitatPreferenceand

DistributionofRedPandaAilurus

fulgensinIlamDistrict,EastNepal


Program(SOCP)/PanEco

Tulsa Zoo

AProposaltoIncreaseHuman-

ElephantCo-ExistenceThrougha

Community-Based

CreationandManagementofa

Community-ProtectedForestonthe

BorderofGhanaandCôted’Ivoireto

PromoteConservationofEndemic

WildlifeandHabitat

CrocodileCrisisinCambodia–

EmergencyRescueAppealLaunched

toSavetheWorld’sSecondLargest

SiameseCrocodilePopulation

ElephantEndothelialCells:ASystem

toIsolateElephantEndotheliotropic

Herpesvirus

LouisianaPineSnake

MarineMammalCareCenterRescue,

RehabandReleaseProgram

OstrichConservation,Niger

ReintroductionoftheAlligator

SnappingTurtles

SavingOklahoma’sSalamanders

SnowLeopardScatMeasuringStudy

SnowLeopardTrust:Natural

PartnershipsProgram

TigerConservationintheEndau-

RompinLandscapeofPeninsular

Malaysia

DocumentingandMonitoringInvasive

InvertebrateSpeciesinOregon’s

CoastalBays

OREGON

Oregon Coast Aquarium

DocumentingandMonitoringMarine

InvasiveSpeciesinOregon’sCoastal

Bays

MonitoringaTransplantedEelgrass

(Zostera marina)inaNewlyCreated

Inter-TidalHabitat

MonitoringTransplantedEelgrass

(Zostera Marina)inaNewlyCreated

Inter-TidalHabitat

NorthwestCoastReefSurveys

NWCoastReefSurveys

OregonMarineReserves

WildlifeRehabilitation

Oregon Zoo

CaliforniaCondorBreedingProgram

CascadesPikaWatch

FrogWatchUSA

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FutureforWildlifeFieldConservation

GrantProgram


KaseseWildlifeConservation

AwarenessOrganisation

Long-TermReproductiveHormone

MonitoringofAsianElephants

MatabelelandLeopardandBrown

HyenaProjectandEPICKids

OregonSilverspotButterfly(Speyeria

zerene hippolyta)CascadeHead

PopulationSupplementation

OregonSpottedFrog

OregonSpottedFrogEscapeBehavior

PhysiologicalMonitoringof

ReintroducedCanadaLynx

PolarBearInternational

PygmyRabbit(Brachylagus

idahoensis)CaptiveCareandBreeding

RoleofMateChoiceinReproduction

ofGiantPanda

Taylor’sCheckerspotCaptiveRearing

Experimentation

WesternPondTurtleHeadstarting

Wildlife Safari



ChintiminiWildlifeCenter


PENNSYLVANIA

Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland

GlacierPoolsPreserve,PictureRocks,

PA(InterpretiveGraphics)

MonarchButterflyWaystation,

Reptiland

Elmwood Park Zoo

TitiConservationAlliance

Erie Zoo


(ALTA)


Campaign


(CEF)

ConservationandResearchof

EndangeredWildlife

HawkCreekRehabilitation


OrangutanConservancy


RedPandaNetwork

Skye’sSpiritWildlifeRehabilitation

Center



(SANCCOB)

TamarackWildlifeRehabilitation

Center

WildlifeConservationSociety

Lehigh Valley Zoo

FrogWatchUSA

SeafoodWatch

TimeBudgetandEthogramofMexican

GreyWolvesattheLehighValleyZoo

ComparedtoWildWolves

National Aviary

AvianCommunityStructurein

PolylepisFragments,Cloudforest,and

ExoticPlantations

ConservationoftheAndeanCondor

DeterminingtheEcological

SignificanceandConservation

ImportanceofaUniqueHabitatfor

OverwinteringBirds

EffectsofFragmentationofPolylepis

ForestonBirdCommunities

FactorsAffectingReproductive

SuccessandOverwinteringSurvival

GuamRailBreeding/Reintroduction

forSSP

ImpactsofNaturalGasDevelopment

onanIndicatorSpecies

LasCrucesArea,CostaRicaAvian

MonitoringProgram

MonitoringReproductiveSuccessof

BirdsintheDominicanRepublic

TheDominicanBirdingTrail


(ZCOG)

Philadelphia Zoo

AMPA/GiantOtterProject

AmphibianArk

AmphibianConservationCenter–

MazánForest

AudubonPennsylvaniaPartnership


ConservationDrones

DiamondbackTerrapinHeadStart

Program

EndangeredPrimateRescueCentre

FairmountParkReforestation

FrogWatchUSA

GoldenLionTamarinConservation

Program

HaitianFrogRescue

JaguarConservationandMonitoringin

WesternBelize



PrideDynamicsandDispersalinthe

LionPopulationofOngavaGame

Reserve

RodriguesEnvironmentalEducator

Project

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SavingEndangeredFrogsofHaiti

SnowLeopardTrust


Program(SOCP)

TigrisFoundation

TuananOrangutanResearchProject

Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium


Campaign:ImprovingLaw

EnforcementandLawEnforcement

MonitoringatKeySitesintheRussian

FarEast


Campaign:WCSWildlifeHealth

ProgramforAmurTigers

Caribbean/FloridaCoralRescueand

Conservation

ConservationParkingMetersandthe

AdoptanAcre®Program

CoralPropagation

HealthAssessmentandSerologic

SurveyofaReintroducedAmerican

MartenPopulation

InternationalElephantFoundation:

VillageScoutAnti-PoachingWorkin

SouthLuangwa,Zambia

InternationalRhinoFoundation:

OperationStopPoachingNow

MabuwayaFoundation:Philippine

CrocodilesConservation


SeaOtterandWalrusRehabilitation

SeaTurtleRescueandRehabilitation

SeaTurtleSecondChanceProgram


SupportthroughInternationalElephant

FoundationfortheProgrammeMy

ElephantNeighbor””

SupportofPartnersinConservation

SupportthroughInternationalElephant

FoundationforSustainingProtection

forNigeria’sLargestElephant

PopulationinYankariGameReserve

SurveyoftheEasternHellbenderin

ThreeTributariesoftheAllegheny

RiverSysteminWesternPennsylvania

ZOOAMERICA North American

Wildlife Park

AZABlack-FootedFerretSSP


(CEF)

BarnOwlNestBox

RegalFritillaryConservation

RHODEISLAND

Roger Williams Park Zoo

AmericanBuryingBeetle(Nicrophorus

americanus)CaptivePropagationand


AnthropogenicandEnvironmental

ImpactonGastro-IntestinalParasitism

inAmericanCrocodileandMorelet’s

Crocodile

AquaticEcology,Environmental

Change,andConservationStrategy

intheGlaciatedEasternHimalayan

Headwaters

ConservationStatusandDistribution

oftheManedWolf(Chrysocyon

brachyurus)intheParaguayanChaco

FrogWatchUSA

IdentifyingConservationPrioritiesfor

TropicalAndeanButterflies

IncreasingCapacityinChilewitha

BreedingFacilityforEndangered

ChileanAmphibians

Inter-PopulationComparisonof

PredatorRecognitionBehaviorinthe

EndangeredOregonSpottedFrog

KarnerBlueButterflyRecovery/

ButterflyConservationInitiative:

PartnershipsforRecovery


LandscapeGeneticsandthe

DisappearingforestsofOurPlanet

MaximizingtheBenefitsofBrushtail

PossumControltoBiodiversity

ConservationandtheCost

EffectivenessofControlMeasures

NewEnglandCottontailRabbit

RecoveryProgram

NoninvasiveTrackingofJaguarsand

Co-OccurringFelidsinBelize,Central

America

ReductionofHuman/ElephantConflict

ThroughBeekeepingatKakum

NationalPark

RhodeIslandNaturalHistorySurvey

BioBlitz

ShieldingfromExtinctiontheWorld’s

MostEndangeredXenarthran:the

PigmySloth(Bradypus pigmaeus)of

EscudodeVeraguasIsland,Panama

SupportingtheElValleAmphibian

ConservationCenter

TimberRattlesnakeRecoveryProgram

SOUTHCAROLINA

Brookgreen Gardens

FrogWatchUSA

HabitatRestorationthroughPrescribed

BurningofLongLeafPineForestfor

RedCockadedWoodpeckers

RestorationandMonitoringofWood

DuckHousesalongBrookgreen

GardensWaterways

RestoringandRepairingBlueBird

HousestoEncourageBreeding

Greenville Zoo

AmphibianArk


(ALTA)

48

BiodiversityandConservationofLwafi

GameReserveintheSouthwestern

Tanzania

ComplexCausesofAmphibian

DeclinesinSympatricCricketFrogs

andChorusFrogs

CreatingandConservinganUrban

FarminGreenvilleSC

FrogWatchUSA

HydrologyoftheBunchedArrowhead


OrangutanOutreach

RedPandaNetwork:Community-

BasedRedPandaConservationand

MonitoringinEasternNepal

TheEffectsofForestManagementon

StructureofStreamSalamanders

WildlifeRehabilitatorsofGreenville


(ZCOG)

Riverbanks Zoo & Garden

ComparisonofHealthParametersof

Endangered,WildRing-TailedLemurs

DevelopmentofNextGeneration

SerologyAssaysforEEHVInfectionin

AsianandAfricanElephants

EcologyofJuvenileGopherTortoises

RuderalHabitat

EmpoweringCommunitiestoProtect

DecliningEcosystems:TheKibaleFuel

WoodProjectandKibaleEco-Char

Initiative

EstablishinganIncubationFacilityfor

CriticallyEndangeredVultureSpecies

inWestBengal,India

IdentifyingOverwinteringHabitat

RequirementsofEasternIndigo

SnakesandEasternDiamondback

Rattlesnakes

MakingCITESWorkforSeahorsesand

SupportingThailandasitImplements

CITESRecommendations

PopulationDemographyofthe

ChamberedNautilus,Nautilus

pompilius,inthePhilippines

RadioTelemetryofHead-Started

JuvenileBogTurtles(Glyptemys

muhlenbergii)inEastTennessee

RaysofHope:IdentifyingFactors

MediatingtheSurvivalofPanamanian

AtelopusPopulations

RiverbanksZooandGardenin

ConservationPartnershipwiththe

WorldWildlifeFund(WWF)in

Suriname

ShieldingfromExtinctionthePigmy

Three-ToedSloth(Bradypus pigmaeus)

ofEscudodeVeraguasIsland,Panama

–PhaseII

TurtleSurvivalAlliance:TurtleSurvival

CenterinSouthCarolina

South Carolina Aquarium

AmbushPostureBehaviorofTwo

SympatricRattlesnakeSpeciesfound

withinInlandCoastalHabitatinSouth

Carolina

BirdMonitoringAssistanceProgram

CapeIslandTurtleProject

DistributionandHealthAssessmentof

RedDrum,SouthCarolinaEstuaries

EvaluationofTag-Retentionin

DiamondbackTerrapins,Malaclyms

Terrapin

InvasiveSpeciesAwarenessand

Monitoring

NestingSiteSurveyfortheSwallow-

TailedKite

PopulationandHabitatMonitoring

ofVariousSpeciesofConservation

Concern

RobustRedhorseConservation

Committee

SCDNRMarineResourcesDivisionIn-

WaterSeaTurtleStudy

SeaTurtleStrandingPathology:

FormalizedDataCollectionand

DiseaseSurveillance

SouthCarolinaAquariumSeaTurtle

RehabilitationProgram

SouthCarolinaOysterRestorationand

EnhancementProgram

SouthCarolinaPhytoplankton

MonitoringNetwork

SurveyofFreshwaterMusselsinSelect

StreamsofSouthCarolina

SOUTHDAKOTA

Bramble Park Zoo

MigratoryBirdRehab

BigSiouxRiverWatershedProject

Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum

of Natural History




(CEF)


NativeRaptorRehabilitation

SaveNature.Org

SnowLeopardTrust/Natural

PartnershipProgram

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park

AndeanCondorProgram

ChattanoogaZooConservationAward

HellbenderConservation

KihansiSprayToadHolding


SnowLeopardTrust


(ZCOG)

49

Knoxville Zoological Gardens


BandingandNettingofBirdsat

KnoxvilleZoologicalGardens

BogTurtleIn-SituProject

ButterflySurvey:7-IslandsWildlife

Refuge

CenterforEcosystemSurvival:

RainforestMeter

ChineseAcademyofForestry:National

ResearchandDevelopmentCenterof

WildFaunaandFlora

ConducttheCadesCoveand

NewfoundGapBreedingBirdSurveys

FrogWatchUSA

Hummer/BirdStudyGroup



LegacyParksFoundation

MonarchWatch

Movement,DietandMicrohabitatof

LarvalCryptobranchus alleganiensisin

theGreatSmokyMountainsNational

Park

PollinatorGardens

Rothschild’sGiraffeProject

SouthCarolinaDepartmentofNatural

ResourcesSurveying



(SANCCOB)

TurtleSurvivalAlliance:Madagascar

Fund

Memphis Zoo

AfricanElephantPopulation

MonitoringintheOkavangoDelta,

Botswana

BorealToadConservationProgram

ConservationofIberianAmphibian

Species

ConservationoftheAraguaiaCorridor

inBrazil:AddressingHumanPredator

Conflict


Amphibian:Reintroductionand

TranslocationoftheChineseGiant

SalamanderintotheWild

DevelopingAssistedReproduction

TechnologiesforSalamandersin

SupportofSeveralReintroduction

Programs

DevelopmentofAssistedReproductive

TechnologiesforEndangeredNorth

AmericanAmphibians

DevelopmentofNovelTechnologies

forRemoteSensingofWildlife

FecalNearInfraredReflectance

SpectroscopyinOkapi,Snowleopards

andAmurLeopards

FitfortheWild?AComparisonof

CaptiveRaisedandWildCaughtDusky

GopherFrogstoAssesstheirFitness

forReintroduction

ForestandBambooRestorationin

China

ForestManagementPracticesand

ClimateChange

ForesterExchangeProgram

GiantPandaConservation

In-SituSupportforBonobo

Conservation

JaguarConservationinBrazil

MammalianBiodiversityandHabitat

ModelingintheQinlingMountainsof

CentralChina

MarianasIslandConservationProgram:

TranslocationofBirdsfromSaipanto

Sarigan


PursewebSpiderConservation:

OccupancyModelingforUrbanForest

Fragments

ReturningtheLouisianaPineSnaketo

RestoredHabitat

Nashville Zoo, Inc.


Campaign

ConservationBiologyofHellbenders

DukeLemurCenterMadagascar

ProjectsSAVA

GiantGalliwaspConservationInitiative

InstutitodePesquisasEcologicas

MillCreekBirdSurvey

ProjectMIKE


RedPandaNetwork

TSI–NashvilleCrayfish(Tennessee

StreamsInitiative–NashvilleCrayfish)

Tennessee Aquarium

ConservationGeneticsofFlameChubs

FreshwaterInformationNetwork

PreventingExtinction:Conasauga

LogperchPropagationandGenetics

RearingBarrensTopminnows,

Fundulusjulisia,forConservation

Purposes

RestoringSouthernAppalachianBrook

Trout

Serve&Protect:Supporting

SustainableSeafood

TennesseeLakeSturgeon


TEXAS

Abilene Zoological Gardens

AfricanPeople&WildlifeFund

Attwater’sPrairieChickenRecovery

Program

CoquiFrogConservationProject

50





TheCougarFund



(ZCOG)

Caldwell Zoo


Program

ECO-CellElectronicRecyclingProgram&

theInternationalRhinoFoundation

ElephantPaintingSales&International

ElephantFoundation

Cameron Park Zoo

LakeWacoEagleNest

Dallas Zoo





Earthwatch

ElephantsforAfrica

HornedLizardManagementProject


KomodoDragonConservationFund

OkapiConservation–TheEpuluProject

RuahaCarnivoreProject



El Paso Zoo

AmericanAssociationofZooKeepers

Project:RainforestConservationParking

Meter


BajaCaliforniaPronghornConservation

FreetheBears

KeystoneHeritagePark

LagunaAtascosaNationalWildlife

RefugeAdoptanOcelotProgram

LionGuardiansKenyanMaasailand

MexicanWolfConservationFund


OrangutanFoundationInternational

OrangutanInformationCenter

PalmOilPublicAwarenessEffort

ProyectoTiti


TapirConservation

TurnerConservationFundBolson

TortoiseConservation

WildlifeRehabilitationSupport

WorkingTowardstheDevelopmentofa

BigBendInternationalPark,TX

WorldWildlifeFundFlyingSquadProject

WyomingToadConservationProject

Ellen Trout Zoo

2012ChristmasCrocFest



(CEF)

BlackBearTaskForce

CrocSchoolScholarship

LouisianaPineSnakeConservation

Initiative



(ZCOG)

Fort Worth Zoo

ArthurA.SeeligsonJr.ConservationFund


BonoboConservation

BotanicalConservationinJamaica

CaribbeanFlamingoBandingonGreat

Inagua,Bahamas

CaribbeanWildlifeConservation

ChiricahuaLeopardFrogRescueand

Reintroduction

ConservationoftheCriticallyEndangered

AnegadaIguana

CryptobranchidInterestGroup

EagleConservation

ElephantConservation

HoustonToadRescueandReintroduction

IguanaConservation

InternationalConservation

JamaicanIguanaConservationand

ReintroductionProject

MountainBongoRepatriationtoMount

KenyaWorldHeritageSite

OkapiConservation

PecosPupfishRescue

RescueandRelocationProgramforthe

CriticallyEndangeredTurksandCaicos

Iguana

RhinoConservation

TexasHornedLizardReintroduction

TurtleandTortoiseConservation

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

AddaxAntelopeAssurancePopulation

Attwater’sPrairieChickenDatabase

Attwater’sPrairieChickenCaptive

BreedingandRelease

Attwater’sPrairieChickenCloacal

MicrobialStudy

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Grevy’sZebraTrust


MexicanWolfAssurancePopulation


SalaryAdministrationforInternational

ElephantFoundation

Scimitar-HornedOryxConservation

AssurancePopulation

SouthernBlackRhinoceros

ConservationAssurancePopulation

Gladys Porter Zoo

2012ChristmasCrocFest

2012SummerBBQforCrocodilian

Conservation

AStudyontheRelativeAbundanceof

theOcelot


HealthScreeningofOcelots



Mexico/U.S.Kemp’sRidleySeaTurtle

RecoveryProgram

NorthAmericanPhilippine

CrocodileCooperativeBreedingand

ConservationProgram

OiledWildlifeRehabilitation

SeaTurtle,Inc.

Houston Zoo, Inc.

ArtofConservation


Program


BantengPopulationEcology

CambodianVultureProgram


Crab-TrapCleanUp


–GRACECenter

DistributionandHabitatUseof

NocturnalProsimiansintheLower

KinabatanganConservationArea


Center(EVACC)

ElephantConservationUnit

FalemeChimpanzeeConservation

Project

FirstActionPlanningSessionforthe

CriticallyEndangeredBlue-Billed

Curassow (Crax alberti)

FragmentSize,EdgeEffects,and

AnthropogenicFactorsandtheir

InfluenceonProboscisMonkeys

HoustonToadHabitatRestorationin

CatSpring,AustinCounty,Texas

HoustonToadHeadstartandRecovery

Program


ImpactsofOilPalmPlantationson

TropicalFrogCommunityinBorneo



IUCN/SSCTapirSpecialistGroupTapir

Newsletter


Kemp’sRidleySeaTurtle

KinabatanganCarnivoreProgramme

–ConservationofSundaClouded

Leopard


Project

KomodoDragonSpeciesSurvivalPlan

FieldConservation

LEMURNEWSTheNewsletterofthe

MadagascarSectionoftheIUCN/SSC

PrimateSpecialistGroup


LowlandTapirsasLandscape

DetectivesfortheAtlanticForest:A

NewConservationApproach

MountainGorillaVeterinaryProject

NiassaLionProject


PaintedDogConservation

PharmacokineticsofEnrofloxacinin

HeadstartedHoustonToads(Bufo

houstonensis)

PhilippineEagleFoundation

RedPandaNetwork


SaolaConservationProject

SatelliteTrackingandSocialBehaviour

oftheBorneanElephantintheLower

KinabatanganWildlifeSanctuary,

Sabah,Malaysia

TowardBuildingaConservation

ConstituencyonGalapagosthrough

ScienceandEnvironmentalEducation

TranslocationofThreatenedSpecies

theCommonwealthoftheNorthern

MarianaIslands

Wildtracks:BelizeHowlerMonkey

Release


(ZCOG)

San Antonio Zoological Society

ColobusTrust

FrogWatchUSA

GilmanInternationalConservation:

EpuluOkapiProject

HabitatRestorationaroundBracken

BatCave


JackJudsonNatureTrailHabitat

Restoration



52

SnowLeopardTrust




(ZCOG)

SeaWorld San Antonio

BatAmbassadors:Educationand

Outreach

BrackenBatCave

EDGECoralReefs:BuildingCapacity

forConservationintheCoralTriangle

Region

EngagingCentralNewYorkStudents

andVolunteersinNativeTrout

Conservation

EvaluationofEndangeredOcelot

PopulationsonPrivateLands

GuayaquilMacaw(Ara ambiguus

guayaquilensis) Ex-SituConservation

Project

HawksbillTurtleConservationinEl

Salvador:MovingfromHatcheriesto

In-SituNestProtection


PartnershipforConservationin

Galapagos

RestoringCoastalAmerica

TexasMarineMammalStranding

Network

Texas State Aquarium

Adopt-A-Beach

AZAAmphibianFund


SouthTexasOysterRestorationand

Awareness(STORA)

WildlifeRehabilitationFlightCages

WildlifeRehabilitationProgram

The Dallas World Aquarium

AmazonRescueCenter

AndeanBirds

CaribbeanManateeConservation

CostaRicanSlothConservation

HarpyEagleConservation

HornbillConservation

HornedGuanConservation

OrinocoCrocodileConservation

Project

RedUakariMonkeyConservation

ResplendentQuetzalConservation


UTAH

Tracy Aviary

CityCreekCitizenScienceProject

ColumbianSharp-TailedGrouse

(Tympanuchus phasianellus

columbianus)Re-IntroductionProject

AntelopeIslandStatePark,Utah

ConservationProgramGrantFund

RainforestMeter

TracyAviary’sConservationProgram

WildlifeRehabilitationCenterof

NorthernUtah(WRCNU)

Utah’s Hogle Zoo

ActionforCheetahsinKenya



AmericanKestrelProject


(ALTA)



(CEF)

Black-FootedFerretKansas


BorealToadSurveys

DefendersofWildlife


Center(EVACC)

FrogWatchUSA

GrandCanyonTrust

Grevy’sZebraTrust

HawkWatchInternational





KaseseWildlifeConservation


Project

LeaveittoBeaversFestival

MaternalDenStudyonNorthSlope

NiassaLionProject

OstrichConservation

PASAConservationEducation,

CommunityEngagementandCapacity

Building


ProyectoTiti

SageGrouseFencelineCollisions

SnowLeopardTrust


WildAwareUtah

WildUtahProject

WildlifeSOS

WyomingToadRecoveryProgram

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VIRGINIA

Mill Mountain Zoo

SnowLeopardTrust

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science

Center

EvaluationofMarineMammal

StrandingsforSignsofHuman

Interactions

GeneticTestingonStranded

BottlenoseDolphins–BattenResearch

&ConservationFund

ImpactofClimateWarmingandOcean

CarbonationonEelgrass(Zostera

marina)

NOAAFisheriesJohnH.Prescott

StrandingGrant:Developmentof

GuidelinesandBestPracticesonSafe

andHumaneEuthanasiaofStranded

Cetaceans


StrandingGrant:DietStudyon

StrandedBottlenoseDolphins


StrandingGrant:Managementofthe

VirginiaMarineMammalStranding

ResponseNetworkin2012

NOAAFisheriesSeaTurtleTagging

Project(2012–2013)

NOAAJohnH.PrescottStranding

Grant:ProcessingArchivedSamples

fromStrandedTursiopsinVirginia

SeaTurtleHealthAssessment

TrackingLoggerheadSeaTurtle

Yearlings–BattenResearch&

ConservationFund

U.S.NavyCoastalMarineMammal

Surveys

VirginiaandMarylandSeaTurtle

ResearchandConservationInitiative

VirginiaCoastalZoneManagement

ProgramGrant

VirginiaCoastalZoneManagement

ProgramGrant:SeaTurtleandMarine

MammalStrandingNetwork

YayasanUlinFoundation–FieldSurvey

inSupportofConservationProjectin

Mesangat,Borneo

Virginia Living Museum

AZARedWolfSSP

SeaTurtleHeadStartProgram

TurtleCensus

Virginia Zoological Park


CleantheBayProject


EasternHellbenderPopulation&

HabitatSurveyinNorthCarolina

ElizabethRiverProject



Oophaga lehmanniConservation

Phragmites(WetlandsInvasiveGrass)

Control

PopulationSurveyofDiamondback

TerrapininVirginia

SupportforInternationalBongoFund

ThailandHornbillProject


WASHINGTON

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

OregonSpottedFrogRearing/Release

Program

PierceCountyHabitatMonitoring

TrumpeterSwanReintroduction

Project

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

2012RedWolfSSPEducationSummit

AdvancingCitizenScience

AerialSurveysofSeaOttersin

Washington

AssessmentoftheImpactofHunting

ontheCloudedLeopard

BorneanCloudedLeopardProgramme:

EcologyandConservationofa

SympatricTropicalForestFelidGuild

CloudedLeopardBreedinginKhao

KheowZoo

ComprehensiveSeaTurtle

ConservationinTompotika,Sulawesi

CoralReefConservationthrough

SECORE(SexualCoralReproduction)

DevelopingConservationResponse

UnitsinSumatra

Implementing“Bio-Barriers”toReduce

Human-ElephantConflictinThailand’s

DongPhayayen-KhaoYaiForest

Complex

InbreedingDepression,MHCVariation,

andMate-ChoiceinWildRedWolves

(Canis rufus)

InitialDevelopmentofaDisease

MonitoringandPreventionProgram

PlanRedWolves

KinabatanganCarnivoreEducation

Partnership

MicrohabitatUseofMetamorphosed

OregonSpottedFrogsandAmerican

Bullfrogs

PreliminarySurveyontheClouded

Leopard(Neofelis nebulosa),Northern

Cambodia

ProjectSeahorse

RedWolfZoo-BasedBreeding&

Recovery

RockfishSurveysDocumenting

ShiftingEcosystems

SabangauFelidProject

StatusandConservationNeedsofthe

SundaCloudedLeopardonBorneo

SumatranCarnivoreConservation

EducationPrograminKerinciSeblat

NationalPark,Sumatra

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SurveyforSmallFelidSpeciesinSelect

ThailandReservesandEvidencefor

CompetitiveExclusionbyLargerFelids

TheBorneanWildCatVeterinary

Project–IdentificationofDisease

Threats

TheImpactofHabitatDisturbanceon

theSundaCloudedLeopardinWehea

Forest,Borneo

TigerConservationintheGreater

LeuserLandscapeandtheGreater

BukitBaresanSelatanLandscapeof

Sumatra

Seattle Aquarium

BeachNaturalistProgram

CedarRiverNaturalistProgram

CoastalEcosystemResponsesto

InfluencesfromLandandSea

HarborSealSurveys

HawaiiReefStudy

MusselWatch

NeahBayReefVideoSurvey

NOAAOceanAcidificationReport

NorthernFurSeals

OlympicSculptureParkMonitoring

PugetSound–SixgillSharkResearch

andConservationProject

SeaOtterConservationEndocrinology

SeaOtterPopulationGenetics

SixgillShark(Hexanchus griseus)Diver

SightingDatabase

WashingtonSeaOtter(Enhydra lutris)

AnnualCensus

Woodland Park Zoo

ACaptiveBreeding&Husbandry

ResearchCenterfortheAmphibiansof

Andasibe,Madagascar

AmphibianArkTrainingOfficer

Sponsorship

AmphibianMonitoring

AZAAmphibianBiology,Conservation

andManagementCourse

AZA-EndorsedSSP/TAGProjects

–WPZConservationandEducation

Grants

BudoHornbillConservation&

EducationCenter,TapohVillage,

NarathiwatProvince,Thailand

ElephantHealthCampatSonpurMela

FieldConservationGrantManagement

ForterraC3Partnership

GrizzlyBearOutreachProject

HornbillNestAdoptionsinThailand

Hutan(KOCP)ElephantConservation

InternationalSnowLeopardTrust

LictonSpringsConservationand

RestorationProject

MbeliBaiGorillaStudy

MuraviovkaParkforSustainableLand

Use

NorthernSpottedOwlSpecies

RecoveryProgram

NWAmphibianRecoveryProject

OrangutanHabitatProtectionand

PatrollinginGunungPalungNational

Park

PartnershipsfortheWorld:

InternationalFieldTrainingProgramsin

ConservationBiology

PartulaSnailRecovery&

ReintroductionProject

PartulidGlobalSpeciesManagement

Programme

RaptorEcologyoftheShrub-Steppe

(formerlyFerruginousHawkSatellite

TrackingStudy)

SilverspotButterflyConservation

Project

SmallGrants–JaguarConservation

Fund

TarangireNationalParkElephant

Project


WesternPondTurtleRecoveryProject

WildWise:CoexistingwithCarnivores

WildlifeandPeopleinKenya:

WaterholesProject

WPZ-PantheraMalayanTigerProject

WESTVIRGINIA

Oglebay’s Good Zoo

Captive-RearingofEastern

HellbendersDestinedfor

Reintroduction

InstallandMonitorEasternBluebird

Nestboxes

MonarchWatch

ParticipateinWestVirginiaWinterBird

Count


StatusAssessmentoftheEastern

HellbenderinWestVirginia

SurveillanceforWhite-NoseSyndrome

inWestVirginia

WISCONSIN

Henry Vilas Zoo

AmphibianArk

AZAOrangutanSSPField

ConservationProgram


Campaign

DyerIslandConservationTrust–


HenryVilasZooUWMadisonVet

SchoolFieldScholarship


RedPandaNetwork

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(SANCCOB)

WisconsinDeptofNaturalResources

(DNR)OrnateBoxTurtleHeadStart

Program

WisconsinDeptofNaturalResources

(DNR)WoodTurtleHeadStart

Program

International Crane Foundation

AfricanCraneTradeProject

Aransas-WoodBuffaloWhooping

CraneConservation

CraneConservationintheDMZ/Han

RiverBasinofKoreanPeninsula

CranesandAgriculturalLandscapesin

Africa

CranesandTheirKeyWetlandsinthe

Amur/HeilongRiverBasin

Cranes,Wetlands,andCommunitiesin

Africa

EasternSarusCranesandTheirKey

WetlandsintheLowerMekongRiver

Basin

PoyangLakeConservationinthe

YangtzeRiverBasin

WhoopingCraneEasternPartnership

ZambeziRiverBasinWetlands

ConservationandEnvironmentalFlows

Partnership

Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens

AZAAmphibianTAGAmphibianArk

Workshop


BerggorillaandRegenwaldDirekthilfe

GorillaProject

BongoRepatriation

Bonobo&CongoBiodiversityInitiative

(BCBI)

Butler’sGarterSnakeConservation


ChileanPenguinEducationProgram

ElephantsforAfrica

FennecFoxConservationProject

GreatApesSurvivalPartnership

Funding

GrenadaFrogStudy

GrenadaReefMonitoring

GrenadaWildlifeFilmProduction

HornbillFeatherDistributionProject

HornbillNestProject

HumboldtPenguinArtificialBurrows

HumboldtPenguinGuanoHarvest

Monitoring



InternationalSnowLeopardTrust




LolayaBonoboSupport


MigratoryandResidentAvifaunaStudy

OrangutanOutreach

OrnateBoxTurtleHeadstartProgram

PenguinTAG

PipingPloverRecovery


PuertoRicoCrestedToadRecovery

Program

Red-NeckedOstrichConservation

Support

RockIguanaConservationProject

SalangoNationalParkBonoboProject



WisconsinBureauofEndangered

ResourcesHerpFund

Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW)

Zoo

ConservationGrantPrograms


EndangeredRothschild’sGiraffein

Kenya

IntegratingCulturalValuesinManaging

Human-ElephantsConflictsinNorthern

Uganda

IowaTrumpeterSwanRestoration

Program

JaneGoodall’sRoots&Shoots

Program

ObserverProgramtoMonitorGuano

HarvestatPuntaSanJuan,Peru

Racine Zoological Gardens

AndeanBearProgram

AndeanCondorConservationProgram

AZAOrangutanSSPFieldProjectin

Borneo

Butler’sGarterSnakeDemographic

Study

ChileanFlamingoConservation

MonitoringProgram

OrnateBoxTurtleHeadstartProgram

SSPMarkRecaptureStudyona

MichiganPopulationofEastern

MassasaugaRattlesnakes

TheEffectsofInvasiveSpecies

EndemicGrenadaFrogand

PossibilitiesforCaptivePropagation

TreeBoaDemographicStudy


(ZCOG)

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HuddledintheLandRover,Istaredoutthroughthefrosted

windscreenatthewolfdenhiddenamongsttherocksinfront.

Itwasdifficulttoseeanythinggiventheearlyhour.Iwipedthe

eyepiecesofmybinoculars,thecondensationfrommybreath

cloudingthelenses.Icouldjustmakeouttheyoungwolf

outlinedontherockyoutcrop,“wolfing”downapieceofmeat

thatIhadconvenientlyleftthere.Fromthefaintscaronhisleft

thigh,IcouldidentifythatthiswasTarura07,partoftheTarura

pack,oneofseveralwolfpacksintheBaleMountainsIhave

cometoknowintimatelyinthelastfewyears.Herepeatedly

chewedonthechunkofsheepmeat,seeminglyobliviousof

therabiesvaccinesachetconcealedwithin.Whenhewas

finished,helickedhismuzzlebeforebrieflylookingupinmy

directionasiftosay“More?”Hethenpaddedfrantically

aroundtheden,hisheadlow,hisnosetryingtodetectahintof

meat.Whenhe’dsatisfiedhimselfthattherewasnothingleft

tofind,hesettleddownatthemouthoftheden,reassuming

hisbaby-sittingdutiesforthenextfewhours.

A DISEASE–FREE FUTURE FOR ETHIOPIAN WOLVESA Wolf Vaccine in Sheep’s ClothingBy Chris Gordon OriginallypublishedinCONNECTNovember2013

SowhywasIsohelpfullyplacingfoodatthedenforany

hungrywolvestofind?Itwasallpartofaground-breakingtrial

totestoralrabiesvaccinesonthisendangeredspecies.

Ethiopianwolfpopulationsareeffectivelystrandedonislands

inaseaofdomesticdogsthatactasareservoirfortherabies

virus.Itonlytakesonerabiddogtopassthediseasetothe

wolves.Oncetransmitted,thesocialpacknatureofthewolves

andtheoverlappingterritoriesbetweenpacksenhancesthe

rapidtransmissionofthevirusfromwolftowolf.In1991,a

majorrabiesoutbreakdevastatedtheBaleMountainswolf

population,withthree-quartersofknownwolvesdyingor

disappearinginaffectedareas.Withonly500Ethiopianwolves

remainingtodayacrosssixisolatedpopulations,losing80

individualsatonetimeisdisastrous.

Sincethesefirstdramaticlossestorabieswerereported,the

EthiopianWolfConservationProgramme(EWCP)hasbecome

akeyplayerinprotectingtheserarewolves,andaspartofits

activities,ithasbeenvaccinatingthedomesticdogreservoir

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againstrabiesfornearlytwodecades.Theideaistocreatea

barrierofvaccinateddogsinandaroundwolfterritorythrough

whichtheviruscannotpass.Unfortunately,therearejusttoo

manydogsinthehighlandswithaconstantturnoverofnew

individuals.Despitevaccinatingover70,000dogstodate,

rabieshasmanagedtobreakthroughthisvaccinationbarrier

ontwofurtheroccasions,in2003and2008–09.Duringboth

outbreaks,EWCPsecuredthenecessarygovernment

permissionstoreactivelyhandvaccinatewolvesagainstrabies,

butthisstrategyiscostly,bothfinanciallyandintermsof

wolvesthatdiebeforetheinterventionstarts.Regularly

vaccinatingwolvesbyhandisnotfeasibleduetothefinancial

andhumanresourcecosts,nottomentionthestressesin

constantlyhandlingsuchanendangeredspecies.

Anditisnotjustrabiesthataffectsthisspecies.Canine

distempervirus(CDV)hasalsocausedlargepopulation

declinesintheBalewolfpopulationtwiceinthepasteight

years.Theseendangeredcarnivoresfaceaveryrealthreatof

extinctionfromdisease,orattheveryleast,extirpationofthe

smallerpopulations,severalofwhichnumberbelow30

individuals.Despiteallourvaccinationefforts,diseaseremains

thenumberoneimmediatethreattowolfexistence.Anew

planwasobviouslyneeded.

In2011,theSaintLouisZoofinanciallysupportedthe

developmentofaten-yearconservationstrategyforEthiopian

wolves.Thisprocessincludedareviewofourknowledgeof

diseaseandcontrolmeasuresthatwehadtriedsofar,

culminatinginadiseasemanagementplan.Adirectresultwas

tostartCDVvaccinationsofdomesticdogstotrytoreduce

theincidenceofCDV,andarequesttotrialtheseCDVvaccines

onahandfulofwolves.Shouldsuchatrialprovesuccessful,we

willatleasthaveanemergencyreactivestrategyifwesee

anotherCDVoutbreakinthewolves.

Whileweareadamantthatweneedtocontinuetovaccinate

dogsagainstrabies,aproactive,non-invasivestrategyshould

alsobetried,hencethecurrentoralvaccinetrialandthewolf

withthefullbellylyinginfrontofhisden.Threeweeksafter

deliveringthevaccinetofiveofeightTarurawolves,we

capturedfiveofthem,andtheirsamplesprovidedevidence

thatthevaccinehadsero-convertedintorabies-neutralising

antibodies,indicatingsuccess.Thenextphaseisalargertrial

onmorewolvestodefinitivelyprovethesafetyofthisvaccine

beforeitcanbewidelyusedtoproactivelyvaccinatewolvesin

allsixpopulationsthroughoutthecountry.Theseexciting

resultsofferaglimmerofhopethatthethreatofrabiesmight

bereducedtothemereinconvenienceofregularlythrowinga

loadofvaccinebaitsforthewolvestoindulge.Itwaslargely

thankstothesupportofSaintLouisZoothatwewereableto

movethisplanforward.HopefullyotherAZAinstitutionscan

playasimilarroleinhelpingtoeradicatethethreatof

diseaseandprotectthelastpopulationsoftherarestcanid

intheworld.

EWCP

TheEthiopianWolfConservationProgrammeisapartnership

betweentheUniversityofOxford’sWildlifeConservation

ResearchUnit(WildCRU)andtheEthiopianWildlife

ConservationAuthority(EWCA).Ourworkinvolvesmany

facets,includingresearch,wolfmonitoring,diseasecontrol,

educationandcapacitybuildingwithintheEthiopian

conservationcommunity,inordertosavetheendangered

Ethiopianwolffromextinction.EWCPisfundedpredominantly

bytheBornFreeFoundation,theWildlifeConservation

Networkandmanyothergenerousdonors.

Chris Gordon is the Technical Coordinator of the Ethiopian Wolf

Conservation Programme

Websites

www.ethiopianwolf.org

www.wildcru.org

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TheJavanwartypig,ofwhichtherearetworecognized

subspecies,isendemictotheislandsofJava,Maduraand

BaweaninIndonesia.ThespeciesisclassifiedasEndangered

bytheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN)

andisnowrestrictedtoafewsmallisolatedareasonJava.The

Baweanislandsubspecies,S.v.blouchi,onlyoccursonBawean

andisveryrare,andmostprobablyalreadyextirpatedfrom

theisland.Thenominaterace,S.v.verrucosus,isfoundonlyon

JavaafterhavingbeenextirpatedfromMadura.

ItsancestryistracedtoseveralfossilpigspeciesofJavaand

this,togetherwithphylogeneticdata(Randiet.al.,1996),

suggestsisolationonJavaforabouttwomillionyears.

S. verrucosusoccursincultivatedlandscapesandteak

(Tectona grandis)forestplantations,interspersedwithlalang

grasslands(Imperata cylindrica),brushandsecondaryforest

patches.Itisfoundlivingalongsideasubspeciesofthe

Eurasianwildboar(Sus scrofa).

Believedtobeextinctinthelate1970s(J.MacKinnon,pers.

comm.toW.Oliver)asmallpopulationwasfoundin1981.

JAVAN WARTY PIGConservation and RecoveryBy Jeff Holland OriginallypublishedinCONNECTOctober2013

In1982Blouchconductedasurveyforthespeciesonboth

JavaandBawean.Maduraislandwasexcludedasthespecies

wasalreadypresumedextinctthere.Thesurveylocated32

populationsacrossJavaandatthattimethespecieswas

consideredreasonablysecure.AfewyearslaterBlouchand

Groves(1990)pointedoutthathybridizationwithS. scrofa

posedanunknownyetpotentiallyseriousthreattothesurvival

ofS. verrucosus.

In1993theIUCN/SpeciesSurvivalCommission(SSC)Pigs,

PeccariesandHippoSpecialistGrouppublisheditsActionPlan

andaccordedtheJavanwartypighighconservationpriority,

andstressedtheurgencyofimplementingrelevant

conservationmeasures,includinganothersurvey.

Tenyearsafterbeinggivenhighconservationprioritybythe

IUCN/SSCPigs,PeccariesandHippoSpecialistGroupno

significantconservationactionhadtakenplaceonbehalfof

theJavanwartypigandthespeciesremainedunprotected

underIndonesianlaw.AttheurgingoftheLosAngelesZoo

andincoordinationwithGonoSemiadioftheIndonesian

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InstituteofSciences(LIPI)andErikMeijaardoftheNature

Conservancy-EastKalimantanProgramasurveywasplanned

andfundedtodeterminethestatusofS. verrucosusinorderto

implementnecessaryconservationstrategiesforthespecies

survival.FundingforthesurveywassecuredfromtheGibbon

Foundation,LosAngelesZooandOregonZoo.

The2003surveywasafirststeptowardsassessingthestatus

ofthespeciesandallpopulationsthatwererecordedby

Blouchinhis1982surveywererevisited.Thesurveyindicated

thatbetween1982and2003,17ofthe32(53percent)

populationsidentifiedbyBlouchhadeitherbeenextirpatedor

droppedtosuchlowlevelsthatlocalhuntershadfailedto

encounterthespeciesinrecentyears(Semiadiet.al.,2006).

Thesurveydatasuggestedthatthereareaboutten

populationsremainingonJavaandBaweanwhereS.

verrucosussurvivesandthesepopulationsaresmalland

isolatedfromoneanother.

Themajorityoftheevidencefromthesurveysuggeststhat

S. verrucosusisindeclinethroughoutitsrange.Thisdeclineis

mostlikelycausedbyadeclineinsuitablehabitatandbyhigh

huntingpressures.ThehybridizationofS.v.verrucosuswith

S.scrofaisathirdpressurethatalsohasseriousconsequences

forthesurvivaloftheJavanwartypig.

Asaresultofthissurveyaworkshopconductedinearly2006

involvingscientists,governmentofficialsandrepresentatives

ofthezoocommunity,includingstafffromtheLosAngeles

Zoo,addressedthevariousoptionsforeffectivein-situand

ex-situconservationprogramsforS. verrucosus.Itwasdecided

atthisworkshopthattheimplementationofacaptivebreeding

programforS.v.verrucosusonJavawasneededimmediatelyif

thespecieswastobesavedfromextinction.

IndonesianornithologistDidiIndrawan,GonoSemiadi,Roland

WirthandWalterSchulzbothofZGAP(ZoologicalSociety

fortheConservationofSpeciesandPopulations),aGerman

NGO,tooktheleadroleinlocatingasuitablesiteforthe

establishmentofacaptivebreedingfacility.Afteralongyear

oftryingtofindsuchasite,itwasagreedafterameetingwith

ResitSozer,directorofCikananga,thatthecaptivebreeding

facilitywouldbeestablishedatCikanangaWildAnimalRescue

CenterinWestJava.Cikanangaisthelargestofthenine

RescueCentersthatwerebuiltwithfundingfromtheGibbon

Foundationin2000.Withthelocationsecureditwasnowtime

togetthenecessaryfundingtobuildthefacilitiesforthewarty

pigs.Inthisinstance,theLosAngelesZooandZGAPpartnered

toprovidethenecessaryfundingforthefacilities.

Inearly2008,thefundingwassecuredandadvicefromseveral

Zooexpertsfromaroundtheglobe(SingaporeZoo,Wroclaw

Zoo,SharjaWildlifeCenter,UniversityofEdinburgh)provided

inputintothefacilitydesignandpropermanagementand

husbandryofthewartypig.PavelHospodarsky,formerkeeper

atthePlzenZoointheCzechRepublic,providedon-site

assistanceinsettinguptheinfrastructureforthecaptive

facilityandnowStephanBulkofZGAPassistsResitSozer

withdaytodayoperations.

InMarch2008,thefacilitieswerecompletedandthefirst

Javanwartypigsforthebreedingprogramwereacquiredfrom

RagunanZooinJakarta.Anoldmaleof25years,ayounger

maleknowntohavebeenwildcaughtandtwopigletsthat

weresuspiciousofbeingpossiblehybrids.Additionalanimals

wereknowntobeattheSurabayaZoo,YogyakartaZooand

otherprivateownersaroundJava.Thepotentialthatmanyof

theseanimalswerehybridswithSus scrofawashighand

fundingwasprovidedtohavesamplestakenandsenttothe

U.S.forDNAanalysis.

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After a long year of trying to

find such a site, it was agreed

after a meeting with Resit

Sozer, director of Cikananga,

that the captive breeding

facility would be established

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Attheendof2010,elevenJavanwartypigshadbeen

securedfortheCaptiveBreedingProgram.Althoughseveral

wereofhybridorigintheyplayedasignificantroleinthe

programinthattheyprovidedpotentialmatesforthepure

wartypigsuntilsuchtimematesofpureorigincould

besecured.

Astheprogramhasgrownwehavebecomeincreasingly

awareofhowcloselythisspeciesislivingontheedgeof

extinction.Asstaffgoesoutintothefieldinsearchofpure

wildS.verrucosustheyarefindingmoreandmoreevidenceof

hybridizedJavanwartypigsindicatingthatthehybridization

problemisveryseriousforthesurvivalofthespecies.In

communicationwithlocalhunters,itisbeingreportedthat

fewerpurewildwartypigsarebeingfoundforthepiganddog

fightsthatthewartypigshavebeentraditionallyusedfor.As

thehumanpopulationsteadilygrows(already1,000people/

sq.km),thecompetitionforspacebetweenhumansand

wildlifebecomesmoreintense.Ascompetitionforspace

opensuptheforestsfordevelopment,thisallowshunters

accessintoareasthatwerenotpreviouslyaccessibleandthus

thepigsarecapturedforthedogfightsorhuntedtoprotect

crops.Atthesametimeasnewvillagesarebuiltintothenewly

openforests,domesticpigscomewiththevillageand

ultimatelysomeescapeandjoinupwiththewartypigsto

producehybridizedoffspring.Atthesametime,intheheavily

disturbedandfragmentedhabitat,thewartypigsareforced

intoclosercontactwiththeotherwildpigspeciesinJavaand

domesticpigstoproducehybrids.Aviciouscyclethatall

beginswithanuncontrolledgrowinghumanpopulation.

Despitewhatseemstobeoverwhelmingoddstoprotecta

littleknownspecieshalfwayacrosstheglobe,successfinally

cameinAprilof2012withthenewsthatthreeJavanwarty

pigletshadbeenborntooneofthecaptivefemalesat

Cikananga.Thesignificanceofthiseventisonparwiththe

firsthatchingoftheCaliforniacondorincaptivitythatleadto

thatspeciesbeingsavedfromextinction.Theonlydifference

isthattheJavanwartypigisnotontheworld’sradarorinthe

mediatograbthespotlight.Afewdedicatedindividualsand

thesupportfromtheinstitutionstheyworkforprovidedthe

neededresourcestohopefullypreventtheextinctionofa

veryrareandremarkableanimalthatisunknowntotherest

oftheworld.

Asofthiswritingthereare17pureJavanwartypigsat

CikanangaWildAnimalRescueCenter,whichincludesthe

threepigletsborninAprilandanadditionaltwopigletsborn

inMarch2013.FuturegoalsforthesurvivaloftheJavanwarty

pigwillbetoeducatethelocalpopulationinthehopesthat

thecaptureofthewartypigsforthedogfightscanbe

stoppedandtosecuresuitablehabitatinwhichthecaptive

bornwartypigscanbereleased.

Manythankstothefollowingindividualswithoutwhose

supportthisprojectwouldnothavebeenfeasible.

ErikMeijard–NatureConservancy

GonoSimadi–LIPI

RolandWirth–ZGAP

WalterSchulz–ZGAP

StephanBulk–ZGAP

PavelHospodarsky–PlzenZoo

DidiIndrawan–Indonesia

ResitSozer–CikanangaWildAnimalRescueCenter

RadoslawRatajszczak–WroclawZoo

Jeff Holland

Curator of Mammals

AZA Caprinae TAG Chair

AZA Wild Pig, Peccary and Hippo TAG Acting Chair

AZA Red River Hog SSP Coordinator

AZA Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby SSP Coordinator

Los Angeles Zoo

323-644-4220

[email protected]

Documents

2012 Annual Report on Conservation Science