Saturday, May 7, 2011 Shrine of Ages Auditorium: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Special Programs by Wildlife Expert Jack Hanna at 3:00 & 8:00 p.m. Join Grand Canyon Rangers and wildlife biologists for a fun and educational day celebrating the park’s wildlife.  Special programs, interactive exhibits, educational demonstrations and live animals from the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center of Phoenix, Arizona. There will also be a special programs at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. by Jack Hanna, host of Jack Hanna's Into the wild. For more information about the 2011 event contact Shannan Marcak at 928-638-7958

May 7, 2011		Celebrate Wildlife Day	Programs
10:00 -	10:45 a.m.	Reptiles and Amphibians	Indoors
11:00 -	11:30 a.m..	Telemetry Workshop	Outdoors
11:30 -	12:15 p.m.	Mountain Lions	Indoors
1:00 -	1:45 p.m.	Ravens	Indoors
1:30 -	2:00 p.m.	Tracks and Scat	Outdoors
2:00 -	2:30 p.m.	Humpback Chub	Indoors
2:15 -	2:45 p.m.	Wacky Wildlife	Outdoors
Programs are subject to change due to weather and staffing.

Celebrate Wildlife Day

is day filled with family friendly programs and activities.  All are encouraged to join in and learn more about Grand Canyon's wildlife and the work of wildlife biologists.

This year's event will take place on Saturday, May 7

Click here to download the flyer (250 kb pdf file)

Celebrate Wildlife Day 2011 will include:

Very Special Programs
by Columbus Zoo director Emeritus and wildlife expert, Jack Hanna
3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Shrine of Ages Auditorium

An Open House
with live Animals from the Adobe Mt Wildlife Center, AZ Game & Fish Dept., as well as poster presentations, exhibits, informal programs, activities, and Grand Canyon Association book sales.
10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Shrine of Ages

Indoor Programs
Illustrated programs and talks on ravens and other fascinating Grand Canyon wildlife. 

Outdoor Programs
Learn to identify tracks and scats and how biologists use telemetry to track animals.

Celebrate Wildlife Day is made possible through a partnership between the National Park Service and Grand Canyon Association. Other partners include Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Grand Canyon Unified School District, Leave No Trace, Xanterra Parks and Resorts, Grand Canyon Railway, and Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts, Inc.

Insider's Look Webisode 038: Apr 16, 2010

Jack Hanna talks about Wildlife Day at Grand Canyon.
Jack Hanna, director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and host of Jack Hanna's Into the Wild, talks about Celebrate Wildlife Day on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on May 1st, the first Saturday of May, 2010.  More...

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A Recap of the 2008 and 2009 Celebrate Wildlife Days

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Related Information

Animals of Grand Canyon National Park

Mountain Lion Research in Grand Canyon National Park
Mountain Lion Kittens Tagged (2007)
Discovering Mountain Lion Kittens - Trip Report (2007)

Remembering Eric York, Biologist
Lions and Loss

Birds at Grand Canyon National Park
California Condors

Fish at Grand Canyon National Park

Reptiles at Grand Canyon National Park