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Beginning this week, the Belle Isle Nature Center will offer outdoor preregistered programming for people of all ages.
The new offerings at the Belle Isle’s Nature Center include a variety of options like the Nature Tots program, guided mindfulness, full moon hikes and an outdoor macrophotography exhibition featuring local pollinators.
Amy Greene is the Director of the Nature Center. She says while the Nature Center building will remain off-limits, new outdoor preregistered programming marks an important return to engaging with park visitors after more than a year of pandemic closures.
Amy Greene
Amy Greene of the Belle Isle Nature Center
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For 28 years under its director Ron Kagan, the Detroit Zoo pioneered a worldwide movement to showcase wild creatures more ethically while hosting record numbers of visitors at Detroit s collection and adding dozens of new exhibits.
Kagan announced Tuesday he ll retire this summer. The Detroit Zoological Society has formed a search committee to seek the zoo s next director, according to a news release.
Kagan, 69, will leave his longtime roles as executive director and CEO of the Zoological Society, a nonprofit group that operates the Detroit Zoo, whose assets are owned by the city of Detroit. In a statement, Kagan said, I’ve been in love with DZS and this community from the day I arrived so many extraordinary employees, volunteers, donors and board members have contributed to creating and securing the future of this amazing organization.