The weather has been wonderful to us this fall, I hope you have taken the opportunity to visit the Zoo at least once. If you have, you may have seen some of the on-going work that needs to be done to keep the Zoo in tip-top shape throughout the year.
Norman of our maintanence crew uses the leaf blower.
Linda and Melvin work together to remove the leaves.
We a blessed with a large number of mature trees on Zoo grounds, which in the summer provide great shade for our visitors. However, as we all know those leaves come down in the fall. One of the tasks that consumes a large amount of time in the fall is removing all those leaves from the Zoo. In the photo to the right, Norman of our maintenance crew is blowing leaves off to the side of the sidewalks in preparation for Linda and Melvin to vacuum them into a truck for removal (to the left). The great weather has also helped us in this task as there have been years when we have been doing this in snow and freezing rain!
- Larry Sorel, County Zoo Director
