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Jeff Bullock began on Monday as the new director of Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot.
The Minot Park District and Greater Minot Zoological Society announce that Jeff Bullock is the new director of Roosevelt Park Zoo. He started work on Monday.
Bullock replaces Becky Dewitz as zoo director. Dewitz left the Minot zoo director’s position last fall to become chief executive officer of the Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Bullock has over 35 years of experience working at zoological institutions with 20 of those years serving in a leadership role.
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Children attending Minot Roosevelt Park Zoo’s Day Camp pose for a photo on Thursday with the replica of a $250,000 check presented to the zoo by the Minot Area Community Foundation. The check will go to the zoo’s new Amur leopard habitat. Others in the photo include zoo staff and representatives of the Foundation, Minot Park District and Greater Minot Zoological Society. Zoo staff handed out stuffed leopards for each youngster attending day camp on Thursday.
Roosevelt Park Zoo is steps closer to a new Amur leopard habitat.
On Thursday, the zoo received a $250,000 grant from the Minot Area Community Foundation. Foundation President Jason Zimmerman made the presentation to Ron Merritt, Minot Parks executive director.
Mar 10, 2021
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Hess Corporation and the Minot Park District are partnering to provide a wider range of people access to new trails and outdoor recreation areas.
The Minot Park District is partnering with the Hess Corporation to provide an opportunity for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy conservation through the use of new trails and outdoor recreation area set to break ground this spring.
Phase one of the project includes 1.75 miles of natural trails for hiking, biking, birding, sight seeing, and educating. The plan also includes concrete and aggregate trails so that people of all ages and abilities can enjoy the goal of conservation for this land.
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Zoo visitors watch as a tiger enjoys its new habitat in Roosevelt Park Zoo last summer.
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A recently released economic impact study for the Minot Park District shows park facilities had more than a $48.7 million economic impact on the Minot community in 2019.
The park board commissioned a Minot State University study to look at economic impact – the first study of its kind since a more limited scope study in 2011, when many facilities were closed due to the flood.
The 2019 report showed for every dollar spent in taxes to support the park district, facilities and activities returned $5.33 to the economy.