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Amy Cutting Animal Curator Nov. 4, 2015 Polar Bear Research and Partnerships at the Oregon Zoo

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Amy Cutting Animal Curator Nov. 4, 2015

Polar Bear Research and Partnerships at the Oregon Zoo

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Predicted to lose 2/3 by end of century

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Role of zoos

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Welfare and Research

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Head crate for eye drops

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Training to facilitate foot care

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Voluntary blood draw

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Custom-designed care equipment

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Custom-designed care equipment

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Dr. Karyn Rode, USGS

Improve the use of stable isotopes to estimate diets of free-ranging polar bears. PROPOSAL

Project #1

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Use accelerometer collars to remotely identify polar bear behaviors and quantify energy costs. PROPOSAL

Anthony Pagano, U.S. Geologic Survey

Project #2

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Collar training steps

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Actual collar

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So what’s next?

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“Understanding the behaviors and energetic costs of polar bear movement strategies will provide insight into the specific mechanisms by which polar bears are being affected by climate change. These data will be used to inform an updated model forecasting the abundance of global polar bear populations under scenarios of climate change.”

P.I. Anthony Pagano, USGS

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Metabolic Chambers

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Treadmill

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Swim chamber?

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“To better understand polar bear habitat use and improve projections of the effects of climate change on global polar bear populations, quantitative data on polar bear energetic rates are greatly needed. The results from this work will provide the first measurements of the energetic costs of swimming in polar bears.”

P.I. Anthony Pagano, USGS

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A unique opportunity

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Endless pool motor

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for bears • for people • for science

Endless opportunity

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US Geological Survey Polar Bears International UC Santa Cruz KPFF Engineering Oregon Zoo Foundation

Partners

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Questions?

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New Polar Bear Habitat

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The Polar Bear project will provide a new and larger habitat that will encourage and promote natural behaviors.

Exploring Viewing

Scratching Swimming

Digging

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Diversity in Contracting

Positive results for the region: • Helps expand economic opportunities • Builds capacity of local MWESB firms • Increases competition and adds different perspectives

Zoo Bond Goal: 15% of contract value to MWESB firms

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Zoo Bond MWESB Utilization

Project General Contractor

MWESB Contract Value

MWESB Utilization

VMC Skanska USA $712k 17%

Penguin Triad Mechanical $83k 6%

Condors 2KG $363k 26%

Elephant Lands

Lease Crutcher Lewis

$4.3m 10%

Professional Services

>$445k TBD

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Contract Dollars Awarded by MBE, WBE and ESB

62% 20%

18%

MWESB Construction Contracts $5.4m

Minority Owned Business $3.4m Emerging Small Business $1m Women Owned Business $1m

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Lessons Learned in Diversity Contracting

• Invest in pre-bid outreach • Break bid packages down • Encourage mentorships • Recognize competitive market • Limit comparison with other agencies • Provide assistance in MWESB certification • Contractors assist with bonding and payment • Build relationships

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Elephant Lands

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Elephant Lands

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Elephant Lands

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Elephant Lands

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Elephant Lands

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Elephant Lands

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Elephant Lands

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All Metro staff preview, 5 – 8 p.m. Nov. 23 Dec. 15

Grand Opening Ceremony, 10 a.m. Open to the public, 11 a.m.

Feb. 13-15

Elephantastic, celebrating the opening of Elephant Lands

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Save-the-date emails sent in late October. Invitations with RSVP links to be sent before Veteran’s Day (11/9 is target), five weeks ahead of event. Reminders to non-responders will be sent the first week in December.