Tag: Roger Williams Park Zoo
R.I. Foundation awards $481K in grants to animal-welfare programs
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday it has awarded $481,000 in grants to 26 local animal-welfare programs organized by nonprofits and municipalities.
The...
Five Questions With: Jeanine Silversmith
Jeanine Silversmith is the executive director of the Rhode Island Environmental Education Association. The Providence-based nonprofit is a collaborative network of organizations and professionals...
Champlin Foundation awards $18M in grants to 188 R.I.-based organizations
CRANSTON – The Champlin Foundation announced Wednesday that it has awarded 188 Rhode Island-based nonprofits a combined $18 million in grants to support critical...
PVDFest launches virtual scavenger hunt to replace in-person art festival
PROVIDENCE – Providence's signature art festival has historically drawn locals and visitors to the Creative Capital each summer, where Downtown is transformed into an...
Editor’s Choice: Bowling for Rhinos to raise funds for wildlife conservancy
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Bowling for Rhinos to raise funds for wildlife conservancy THE ROGER WILLIAMS Park Zoo chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers Inc....
Editor’s Choice: Save The Bay Swim celebrates 43 years
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Save The Bay Swim celebrates 43 years SAVE THE BAY INC. will hold its 43rd annual swim, the organization’s largest fundraiser. The 1.7-nautical-mile,...
Editor’s Choice: Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce to hold congressional breakfast
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Greater Providence Chamber to hold congressional breakfast THE GREATER PROVIDENCE Chamber of Commerce will hold a congressional breakfast featuring Rhode Island’s congressional...
PBN on WJAR-TV, March 25, 2019
The nation’s third-oldest zoo has grand expansion plans. Can it raise the $60 million needed to get there?
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy...
Can a zoo boost the economy?
Adults and kids stare, almost unblinking, at the sleek bodies of giant river otters gliding dreamily in figure eights through their tank.
The human faces...
Five Questions With: Lou Perrotti
Lou Perrotti, director of conservation programs at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, is an experienced, broad-based conservationist and zoologist with more than 20...
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