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Category: Community Partnerships
Monday
,
July
15
,
2019
Stay Sun Safe at the OKC Zoo with New Sunscreen Dispensers
The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden has teamed up with Stephenson Cancer Center to provide five free sunscreen dispensers to visitors through this Labor Day, Monday, September 2. The bright yellow sunscreen dispensers provide UVA-UVB sunscreen with SPF 30 which helps protect skin from the harmful effects of the sun, including skin cancers like melanoma. The five dispensers are located in the men’s and women’s restrooms in the entry plaza, the men’s and...
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Monday
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July
15
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2019
Community Partnerships
Sunscreen
Safety
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Friday
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June
7
,
2019
Growing Knowledge: OKC Zoo’s First Botanical Garden Research Study Underway
The OKC Zoo’s butterfly and pollinator habitat is in bloom and teeming with life this month as caterpillars munch away on host plants and butterflies stop by for a quick drink of nectar. June is a great month to enjoy our gardens as many early summer blooming perennials, like milkweed, are in full bloom and attracting countless beneficial insects. The butterfly garden and pollinator habitat is the scene of a very important research project from the Oklahoma County Conservation...
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Friday
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June
7
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2019
Monarch Butterflies
Conservation Partnership
Botanical Garden
Community Partnerships
Research
Pollinators
Biodiversity
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Friday
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April
26
,
2019
Dr Pepper Vending Machine Art Contest Winners Announced
We asked Oklahoma students to spread their creative wings for conservation, and they rose to the challenge! The Oklahoma City Zoo and Dr Pepper are proud to announce the winners of the 15 th annual Dr Pepper Vending Machine Art Contest. This spring, Oklahoma students in kindergarten through 12 th grade were invited to enter the contest for the opportunity to have their artwork featured on a Dr Pepper machine at the OKC Zoo and win prizes from OKC Outlets and the Zoo. This year’s winning...
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Friday
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April
26
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2019
Art
Community Partnerships
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Thursday
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April
25
,
2019
Boeing Pollinator Project Takes Flight with OKC Zoo Poo Partnership
The Oklahoma Zoo and Botanical Garden recently partnered with Boeing to help an employee-led pollinator project take flight. The Zoo supplied five cubic yards (about the amount that fills a pick-up truck’s bed) of its new premium compost, OKC Zoo Poo , to Boeing for use in the new pollinator garden on the company’s southeast Oklahoma City campus. The compost super charges the soil, improves drainage and provides extra nutrients to help plants grow and take root. The purpose...
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Thursday
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April
25
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2019
Monarch Butterflies
Community Partnerships
OKC Zoo Poo
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