Environment committee  Something like 300,000 people attended programs at the zoo last year. There are years when the total audience for the organized programs at the zoo is 500,000 people. As well as the 25,000 children who attend formal curriculum-based programs at the zoo, there are another 25,000 w

Environment committee  It's within the zoo. We have national parks interpreters in national parks uniforms, looking like parks employee in every way, and they're standing in front of the grizzly bear enclosure at the zoo, talking about all the same kinds of things they would talk about at the park rela

Environment committee  I'm not aware of that yet, but I believe they are trying to track it. They're quite diligent about counting heads and rear ends in the seats at the zoo, for sure. The pilot project happened two years ago, and they're thrilled to keep going with it. It's been working well for th

Environment committee  Maybe I could describe the Parks Canada partnership. We have national park interpreters resident at the zoo in July and August. They have been doing so for the last couple of years. The theory is that by flicking on a microphone at the zoo, they could be talking instantly to 200