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Vlad, a Russian tortoise, is shown in his habitat. A tortoise habitat built by a Longfellow Elementary School student in Karalee Maciverâs class in Minot was done as a virtual âHome Sweet Habitatâ program. The program was presented to first-grade classes in Minot virtually or in person.
First-grade classes in Minot Public Schools were offered the opportunity to learn about zoo animals through a grant for the “Home Sweet Habitat” program to Minot’s Roosevelt Park Zoo from Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Wash.
The grant is through Advancing Conservation Through Empathy (ACE), a network of AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums in seven states in the northern region of the U.S. based at the Seattle zoo. AZA stands for Association of Zoos and Aquariums.