If you are in a city with several other Zam’s Quest teachers and schools, you may be paired with a Conservation Mentor.  Conservation Mentors are zoos, aquariums, nature centers, sanctuaries or parks that provide education programming to the public.  Conservation Mentors can provide training, access to experts, suggestions for local issues and additional programming to Zam’s Quest classrooms.  They are the go-to people in your area to learn more about your local issue in Unit 4.  See Getting Started to find some mentors who are holding trainings.

Listed below are some of our current Conservation Mentors.  For more information on Conservation Mentors, email tifft@conservenation.com.


Biomes Marine Biology Center, N. Kingstown, RI - www.biomescenter.com

Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford, MA - www.bpzoo.org

Houston Zoo  - www.houstonzoo.org

Maryland Zoo in Baltimore - www.marylandzoo.org

Micke Grove Zoo, Lodi, CA - www.mgzoo.com

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo - www.omahazoo.com

Palmyra Cove, Palmyra, NJ - www.palmyracove.org

Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, SC - www.riverbanks.org

Salisbury Zoo, MD - www.salisburyzoo.org

and our newest Conservation partner....

US National Whitewater Center, North Carolina - www.usnwc.org