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| National Zoo Director Lucy Spelman, left, thanked volunteers from the Patuxent Research Refuge (Md.), the Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of the National Zoo and the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, who planted trees and shrubs native to Washington, DC, in preparation for the July 4th opening of the Bald Eagle Refuge Exhibit. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, right, helped in the planting. Learn More >> |
Bald Eagle Refuge Opening July 4
The refuge exhibit, a permanent interactive exhibit at the National Zoo, will be open to the public July 4 with special events planned throughout the day.
The exhibit, the first in the nation dedicated to bald eagle education and the NWRS, will be home to Tioga and Chehalis, a male and female pair of rehabilitated eagles from the American Eagle Foundation. It will include an interactive kiosk with information about the Refuge System, a "blind" from which the raptors can be viewed without being detected and interpretative programs led by Friends of the National Zoo docents. Within a year, the AZA, in partnership with the NWRS, will distribute educational material developed for the Bald Eagle Refuge Exhibit to zoos and aquariums across the nation to promote local conservation partnerships with National Wildlife Refuges.
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| Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, center, examined plans for the Bald Eagle Refuge Exhibit with National Zoo Director Lucy Spelman, right, and Aaron Ferster, with the Smithsonian Institution. At the far left is William Hartwig, chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System. |
Those who want to see bald eagles in the wild after visiting the refuge exhibit at the National Zoo can travel to nearby refuges – Blackwater, Mason Neck, Patuxent Research Refuge or Chincoteague.
Here are more great refuges to view bald eagles.
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