The ZAA Educational Award of Excellence recognizes outstanding achievement and innovation in education program design and implementation. The Zoological Association of America’s 2020 Educational Award of Excellence is awarded to the Cougar Mountain Zoo for their outstanding achievement and innovation in education program design and implementation of the Zoo2U Education Series.  The Zoo2U debuted in March 2020, offering regularly scheduled educational videos and live streams on various wildlife and conservation topics free of charge via social media.   The Zoo2U programs created an outreach connection to a worldwide audience to view and engage in the challenges to wildlife species.

Award Presentation:  https://youtu.be/tnCuSJ56MNo