AZH : Messages : 662-691 of 1987

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662	We are currently looking into the feasibility of setting up a composting program at the Indy Zoo and and I would like to hear from any zoos that are doing so...	Horticulture Staff hortstaf@...	Feb 4, 2003 6:43 pm
663	Nina, I will pass your request on to our Compost Coordinator who will back in the office on Thursday. We have a well-established program here. David David Selk...	David Selk david.selk@...	Feb 4, 2003 6:46 pm
664	Nina, check wtih Purdue. It's a really big zoo in West Lafayette. Jody Tishmack was a speaker at the IAA (Indiana Arborist Association) annual meeting. She is...	Katie Booth kjbb11	Feb 4, 2003 9:25 pm
665	Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield ILL (Chicago) is also doing their own composting. Check with Diane Dunlap at didunlap@... ...	Nye, Christine cnyeshedd	Feb 4, 2003 9:44 pm
666	Nina, I have some experience with composting. We have done it successfully with our herbivore's manure by "windrow" composting. If you would like to...	Chuck Fillah fillahc@...	Feb 5, 2003 11:57 am
667	This is just a first reminder that the deadline for submitting articles for the AZH newsletter is March 1. Articles can be sent via e-mail to Olivia or myself...	The Whiteways zoodoodoo	Feb 7, 2003 5:08 am
668	... This is just a first reminder that the deadline for submitting articles for the AZH newsletter is March 1. Articles can be sent via e-mail to Olivia or...	David Selk david.selk@...	Feb 7, 2003 11:32 pm
669	Hi, My name is Stephanie Armstrong. I am currently completing a research project looking at the nutrition and foraging behaviour of plains zebra at Dublin Zoo,...	zebra_phd	Feb 25, 2003 1:36 pm
670	Hi Ron, I used this message to get back on the AZH listserve. I have checked the home page and thought that I would be able to submit questions but they never...	Lucinda Grover lgrover@...	Feb 25, 2003 4:57 pm
671	Lucinda, I had good results with Fipronil. Please see http://tropicaldesigns.com/ipm-german.htm Regards, Jeff Jeff Shimonski Director of Horticulture Parrot...	Jeff Shimonski info@...	Feb 25, 2003 5:21 pm
672		David Cooke bucketandspa...	Feb 26, 2003 9:53 am
673	Hello all, I am inquiring as to who plans on holding an IPCD event this year? Ours is set for May 10th. Also, I would like to know who is carrying out any...	zooplntr@... okczoo2003	Feb 27, 2003 3:06 pm
674	El Paso Zoo is going to have that on May 10 also, Cheryl...	clgaring@... ginko54	Feb 28, 2003 3:07 am
675	At the Butterfly Pavilion, we are having our event the weekend of May 30th. As far as conservation work goes, we do not have a direct program but we do...	Sarada Krishnan sarada80020	Feb 28, 2003 5:13 pm
676	Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will have our Plant Conservation Day on June 7th this year....	Dana Schubert dschubertcmzoo	Feb 28, 2003 5:45 pm
677	The St. Louis Children's Hospital will be discussing butterfly conservation and plant conservation with the young patients as we rear butterfly larvae and...	Gary Wangler elly63110	Feb 28, 2003 7:25 pm
678	Hello! I would like some ideas for some tropical groundcovers and shrubby plants in the 3'-5' range that you have grown successfully in an indoor exhibit. I am...	Doug Jones djones8005	Feb 28, 2003 9:28 pm
679	A new world tropical plant that I find is an excellent groundcover is the genus Pitcairnia (Bromeliaceae). Although we grow them outside here in Miami, you...	Jeff Shimonski info@...	Feb 28, 2003 9:33 pm
680	I've had a lot of luck with breynia disticha and pachystachys lutea. Both of these like the humid rainforest setting (they thrive in our Amazon exhibit) and...	Allison Vaughn allisonjv	Mar 1, 2003 1:14 am
681	I agree that Tibouchina needs lots of sun. Remember also that it is seasonal, going somewhat deciduous in the winter. And while I don't have the experience...	zooplantman@...	Mar 1, 2003 2:52 pm
682	Just a reminder that the deadline for the AZH Newsletter is upon us. Please forward any articles, reports, etc. by Monday March 3. Thanks. Ron Whiteway AZH...	The Whiteways zoodoodoo	Mar 1, 2003 6:39 pm
683	We celebrate plants and conservation at two conservation oriented events each year. At our Arbor Day celebration I focus on trees, why we need them, how to...	Laurie Spangler LSpangler@...	Mar 2, 2003 5:05 pm
684	HURRY! WAM4Charity has ARRIVED! Very few know about this emerging opportunity that is about to take the Internet by storm! This is being sent EXCLUSIVELY to...	massdna	Mar 3, 2003 10:02 am
685	Sue, Some of my favorite tropical ground covers and shrubs include: Asclepias curassavica - 3ft. - South America Bouvardia ternifolia - Up to 6 ft., though...	Sarada Krishnan sarada80020	Mar 3, 2003 3:10 pm
686	Does anyone know a source for Bertholletia excelsa/Brazil Nut or Hevea brasiliensis/ Para Rubber Tree? Sue Pierce The Pittsburgh Zoo...	Gardeners hortpgh@...	Mar 12, 2003 7:12 pm
687	Hi Everybody, Is there any more information on the conference in Toledo such as discussion topics? Thank you in advance, Lucinda Lucinda Grover Conservatory...	Lucinda Grover lgrover@...	Mar 17, 2003 4:07 pm
688	Hi Lucinda, Nancy Bucher has put together a very good program for the conference. She is still working out all the details. I suggest that you contact her at ...	Sarada Krishnan sarada80020	Mar 17, 2003 10:05 pm
689	If anyone has time and has a response to this question I would appreciate a reply on this site. Which zoos have procedures for lifting heavy objects, such as...	Pearl Pearson pearlpearson	Mar 18, 2003 5:16 pm
690	Develop an "Essential Function Form" signed by any new employee requiring he/she meet the weight lifting standard to maintain their position. ...	Tom Jaszewski tomjasz	Mar 19, 2003 2:42 am
691	I have planted a dwarf bamboo (I have seen it called Sasa masamuneana "albostriata", Sasaella masamuneana "albostriata" and Sasaella glabra "albostriata") on...	Laurie Spangler LSpangler@...	Mar 20, 2003 3:55 pm

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