>This is a response from a friend of mine who is the
curator of the aquarium.
>It is good news!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park
>Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 11:07 AM
>To: Nicholas J Zarlinga
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Public Aquarium closing
>
>
>Hello Nick,
>
>Up until last Thursday, we were planning to close our
facility to the
>public.
>
>Due to overwhelming support from the Dallas
community, the Aquarium will be
>remaining open to the public. In fact, we will be
moving forward with our
>accreditation process and starting the design plan
for our future renovation
>and expansion.
>
>While the Dallas Zoo is our managing entity, we are
accredited separately
>from the Dallas Zoo due to separate admission fees,
attendance tabulation
>and the fact we are a remote facility from the zoo (6
miles away).
>
>While this has not been an easy time for staff, we
are excited about our
>plans to move forward and look forward to renewed
participation to a larger
>variety of conservation and research projects.
>
>Fort Worth did close its Aquarium due to a very aging
and deteriorating
>structure. We on the other hand continue to make
improvements to our
>facility. I think its fairly understandable that
many Aquarium and Zoo
>facilities are undergoing financial hardship --- we
are no different.
>
>Hope you are well and I look forward to see you at
next year's RAW.
>
>All the best
>
>Brian Potvin
>Aquarium Curator
>Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park
>214-670-8456
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Zarlinga <njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com>
>To: 'Potvin Brian' (E-mail) <dallasaq_at_airmail.net>
>Date: Sunday, September 22, 2002 12:47 PM
>Subject: FW: NANFA-- Public Aquarium closing
>
>
>>What's going on here? I hope this isn't happening!
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net [
nanfa_at_aquaria.net]On Behalf
>>Of Denkhaus, Robert
>>Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 10:26 AM
>>To: NANFA (E-mail)
>>Subject: NANFA-- Public Aquarium closing
>>
>>
>>FYI for anyone who keeps up with such things.
>>
>>I recently was told by an employee of the Dallas
Aquarium at Fair Park that
>>the facility will be closing. It appears to be
mostly financial (Dallas is
>>having a rough time of it financially speaking) and
partly because the
>>Aquarium could keep the Dallas Zoo from maintaining
its American Zoo and
>>Aquarium (AZA) accreditation. We lost the Fort
Worth Zoo's aquarium
>earlier
>>this year.
>>
>>Rob Denkhaus
>>Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
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