Wild Toledo at the Toledo Zoo

Wild Toledo is a new Toledo Zoo initiative which goals include increasing the habitat for native plants and animals not only on Zoo grounds but in the entire Toledo area, while conserving native biodiversity.  Wild Toledo is a fast growing department that encompasses many conservation projects including prairie restoration, mesopredator monitoring, native butterfly and hellbender rearing and release, reptile and amphibian surveys and native bird initiatives.  In addition, Wild Toledo has many education and outreach programs to engage the community in conservation and those programs include the Junior Field Researching Camp for ages 10-14, various on grounds family programs throughout the year, monarch releases, conservation presentations, volunteer opportunities and much more.