BGuthrie Photos: DC -- FONZ Event -- Breaking new ground for Asia Trail

DC -- FONZ Event -- Breaking new ground for Asia Trail:

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Description of Pictures: This was the groundbreaking event for the new Asia Trail (phase I) at the Zoo. Donors, including Fujifilm (who make my camera) and FONZ, had contributed money which will provide a new area for the pandas. Speakers included Tom LaRock (the executive director of Friends of the National Zoo [FONZ] who replaced Clinton Fields), Dave Evans (Undersecretary for Science at the Zoo), David Wildt (head of the Reproductive Sciences Unit at the Zoo), Mark Handwerger (president of the FONZ Board of Directors), Stan Freimuth (chief operating officer of Fujifilm USA), and Lawrence Small (secretary of the Smithsonian).

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. FONZCE_040428_026.JPG: Jessie Cohen, the Zoo's official photographer
2. FONZCE_040428_035.JPG: Tom LaRock, the executive director of Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ). (He replaced Clinton Fields.)
3. FONZCE_040428_040.JPG: Dave Evans, Undersecretary for Science at the Zoo
4. FONZCE_040428_053.JPG: David Wildt, head of the Reproductive Sciences Unit at the Zoo
5. FONZCE_040428_125.JPG: Mark Handwerger, president of the FONZ Board of Directors
6. FONZCE_040428_139.JPG: Fujifilm USA folks
7. FONZCE_040428_140.JPG: Fujifilm USA folks
8. FONZCE_040428_158.JPG: Smithsonian photographer with Jessie Cohen, the zoo photographer
9. FONZCE_040428_171.JPG: Stan Freimuth, chief operating officer of Fujifilm USA
10. FONZCE_040428_178.JPG: Left to right, Dave Evans (Undersecretary for Science at the Zoo), Tom LaRock (Executive Director of FONZ), Lucy Spelman (Director of the Zoo), and Lawrence Small (Smithsonian secretary).
11. FONZCE_040428_194.JPG: Lisa Stevens, associate curator of mammals, who handles the pandas among other things.
12. FONZCE_040428_233.JPG: Lucy Spelman's speech was interesting. She mentioned that the new facility in Asia Trail I would let them do more scientific research. "The design team's goal for Asia Trail is to create an experience that will bring our visitors closer to the animals as well as to some of the scientific questions we are asking about them every day. For example, why does a giant panda prefer one species of bamboo to another? ... How do sloth bears reach 200 pounds by eating ants and termites?"
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Featured Folk: Some of the people here can also be seen on other pages on this site.
- LaRock, Tom appears on:
  - 2004_DC_FONZ_Tour_041005 DC -- FONZ Tour -- Special tour with Tom LaRock
  - 2004_DC_FONZ_AM_041014 DC -- FONZ Annual Meeting (2004)
  - 2004_DC_Zoofari_040520 DC -- FONZ Zoofari (2004)
- Small, Lawrence appears on:
  - 2005_DC_Eisner_050608 Smithsonian Associates -- Michael Eisner
  - 2006_DC_SIPG_Ceremony_060701 Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening -- Building Reopening Day Ceremony
  - 2006_DC_JSS_Keynote_060513 James Smithson Society event -- Keynote by Lawrence Small
  - 2004_DC_AmerInd_Proc_040921 Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Native Nations Procession @ Mall
  - 1999_DC_JSS_991219 James Smithson Society event -- Castle (Christmas Event)
  - 2003_DC_JSS_030621 James Smithson Society weekend -- Zoo (gala dinner)
- Spelman, Lucy appears on:
  - 2003_DC_FONZ_Tour_030428 DC -- FONZ Tour -- Special tour with Clinton Fields (and Lucy Spelman)
  - 2006_DC_Zoofari_060518 DC -- FONZ Zoofari (2006)
  - 2003_MD_FONZ_Event_031113 MD -- FONZ Event -- "Kandula" preview showing @ Discovery Headquarters
  - 2003_DC_JSS_030621 James Smithson Society weekend -- Zoo (gala dinner)
  - 2003_DC_FONZ_Viewing_031125 DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Elephants: Unveiling Kandula's new yard
  - 2003_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_031015 DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Lions: New lions
  - 2004_DC_Zoofari_040520 DC -- FONZ Zoofari (2004)
  - 2002_DC_FONZ_AM_021018 DC -- FONZ Annual Meeting (2002)
- Stevens, Lisa appears on:
  - 2007_VA_FONZ_CF_071007 VA -- FONZ Autumn Conservation Festival (2007) @ Conservation Research Center (CRC)
  - 2013_DC_Zoofari_130516 DC -- FONZ Zoofari (2013)
  - 2012_DC_Zoofari_120517 DC -- FONZ Zoofari (2012)
  - 2009_DC_FONZ_Viewing_090228 DC -- FONZ Viewing -- Gorilla baby
  - 2004_DC_SINZ_Main DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Parts not covered elsewhere
  - 2008_DC_FONZ_Tour_080823 DC -- FONZ Tour -- Asia Trails (elephant trail) construction
  - 2006_MD_Waterfowl_Other MD -- Easton -- 36th Annual Waterfowl Festival -- Other Features
  - 2006_DC_SINZ_Panda DC -- Natl Zoological Park -- Giant Pandas
  - 2006_DC_FONZ_Event_060709 DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Tai Shan's first birthday event
  - 2005_DC_FONZ_Ceremony_051017 DC -- FONZ Event -- Pandas: Tai Shan naming announcement
  - ...More (List all 16 pages with this person)...
2004 photos: Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival. Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras. Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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