Tag: Roger Williams Park Zoo
Perrotti receives Recovery Champion Award from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
LOUIS PERROTTI, Roger Williams Park Zoo’s director of conservation, was celebrated recently in recognition of receiving the 2020 Recovery Champion Award from the U.S....
Roger Williams Zoo conservation director honored by U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
PROVIDENCE – Louis Perrotti, Roger Williams Park Zoo’s director of conservation, was celebrated recently in recognition of receiving the 2020 Recovery Champion Award from...
Roger Williams Zoo announces birth of endangered kangaroo
PROVIDENCE – Staff at the Roger Williams Park Zoo had a secret to keep since June 27 after the zoo had welcomed the birth...
MONEY MATTERS: $400M in bond issues on R.I. ballot as borrowing...
Matt Dunn and Rainer Lohmann are among the top researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, but it’s tough to...
Officials, environmental leaders kick off $50M green economy bond campaign
PROVIDENCE – In addition to deciding the state's future leadership in November, Rhode Island voters will be tasked with determining whether the Ocean State's...
Heavy rains cause massive flooding across R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The heavy rain that caused street flooding and forced the closure of major roads across the state on Labor Day continued on...
Five Questions With: Benjamin Hyman
Benjamin Hyman is project executive for Warwick-based Bentley Builders LLC, which was founded in 2014 and provides services, including construction management, design-build, development and...
Johnson named new executive director of Roger Williams Park Zoo
STACEY JOHNSON, the former director of conservation science operations for the San Diego Zoo, was recently named the new executive director for the Roger...
R.I. Foundation awards $500K in grants to animal welfare programs
PROVIDENCE – More than two dozen animal welfare programs across the region have received about $500,000 in Rhode Island Foundation grants to support their...
Nighttime events boost Roger Williams Park Zoo’s attendance to record levels
PROVIDENCE – In times of crisis, you can fall in love again. Administrators at Roger Williams Park Zoo firmly believe that was the case...