About the North American Conservation Award
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums names conservation as its highest priority, and recognizes exceptional efforts by AZA Institution, Related Facility or Conservation Partner members toward regional habitat preservation, species restoration, and support of biodiversity in the wild through its North American Conservation Award. Regional efforts include those within the submitting institution's country or local bioclimatic / geographic area which may only include countries outside North American that are contiguous to those areas.
If there is any question as to what constitutes an eligible project, please email Rick Barongi, Honors and Awards Committee Chairman or call 713-533-6801.
How to Submit an Application
North American Conservation Award application (in DOC)
Read the Guidelines for Submission (in PDF)
Remember to submit a Media Release Form (in DOC) with your application.
All Honors and Awards applications must be submitted in electronic format ONLY and must be compiled into one PDF file. Please make sure the file name reflects both the award name and the institution.
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Take a look at winners.
2012 TOP HONORS
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Oregon Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo for Oregon Spotted Frog Reintroduction Project
2012 Significant Achievement
Oregon Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo for Oregon Silverspot Butterfly Captive Rearing Program
SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego Zoo Global for Light-footed Clapper Rail Recovery
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo for Manatee Care and Conservation Program
2011 Top Honors
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium - Freshwater Mussel Conservation and Research Center
Toronto Zoo / Calgary Zoo - Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Program
2010 Top Honors
Chicago Zoological Society / Mote Marine Laboratory - Long-term Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation Research
2010 Significant Achievement
Phoenix Zoo - Chiricahua Leopard Frog Head-starting and Release Program
Roger Williams Park Zoo - Karner Blue Butterfly Conservation Program
2009 Significant Achievement Awards
Detroit Zoo — Coordination of Great Lakes Piping Plover Salvage
Captive Rearing Knoxville Zoo — the Tennessee Bog Turtle Program
2008 Top Honors
Albuquerque Bio Park — Tingley Beach Restoration Project
2007 Top Honors
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
Red Wolf Recovery Program
2007 Significant Achievement
Tennessee Aquarium
Saving The Sturgeon Program
Zoological Society Of San Diego
San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike
2006 Top Honors
Calgary Zoo
Conservation Research on the Prairies of Canada and Montana
2005
There were no applications in 2005.
2004 Top Honors
Puerto Rican Crested Toad Species Survival Plan® (SSP) Conservation Partnership
The Audubon Zoo, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Buffalo Zoological Gardens, Central Florida Zoological Park, Central Park Zoo, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, Detroit Zoo, Fort Worth Zoo, Granby Zoo, Louisville Zoological Garden; Lowry Park Zoo, Miami MetroZoo, Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens, Oklahoma City Zoo, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Saint Louis Zoo, Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens, Sedgwick County Zoo, Toledo Zoo, Toronto Zoo and the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center
2003 Top Honors
Toledo Zoo
Oak Savanna Butterfly Conservation Program
2003 Significant Achievement
Memphis Zoo
Conservation of the Louisiana Pine Snake
Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program
Albuquerque Biological Park, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Dakota Zoo, El Paso Zoo, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Minnesota Zoological Garden, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Phoenix Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Utica Zoo, Wild Canid Survival and Research Center, Zoo New England
2002 Top Honors
Zoological Society of San Diego
Hawai'i Endangered Bird Conservation Program
2001 Top Honors
Philadelphia Zoo
Diamondback Terrapin Conservation Program
2000 Top Honors
San Francisco Zoo
California Bald Eagle Recovery Program
1999 Top Honors
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Houston Zoological Gardens, and San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarium
Attwater's Prairie Chicken Recovery Program