12 Nov Dr. Logan Wood Announced as Roosevelt Park Zoo Director
The Minot Park District is proud to announce Dr. Logan Wood as the new Roosevelt Park Zoo Director. Wood has served as the Roosevelt Park Zoo Veterinarian since 2019.
Wood is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and holds a degree in Animal Science. Wood was nominated as one of five finalists for a national veterinarian award, American Hero Veterinarian, by American Humane in 2022 and is a member of the Mountain Tapir Conservation Field Team.
“I am excited to lead the team at the Roosevelt Park Zoo. The next few years will be challenging with the MI-7 Flood Protection Project and construction with the “New Zoo,” but I see it as an opportunity,” said Logan Wood, Roosevelt Park Zoo Director. “I have always enjoyed the challenges of envisioning new ways to bring people to the zoo. Building a new zoo and a new future, requires a stable foundation. This foundation, to me, will be built upon four key pillars: our animals, our staff, our community and conservation. At the end of the day, I want to do right by our animals, our staff, and our community.”
Wood also holds an impressive number of certifications including but not limited too Peaceful Euthanasia Veterinarian, OSHA HAZWOPER, Wildlife Rehabilitator by IWRC since 2021, Stop the Bleed Instructor since 2020 and a National Member of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. Wood is a published co-author of numerous research papers on Tapir medicine and is currently the lead author of a Giraffe CT paper focusing on dental health in wild and captive giraffe.
“My overall vision is for the zoo to be a place where people want to come visit often and that my staff wants to come to work and enjoy working. If we can create those two, we create a very welcoming environment, which then creates a unique experience every time people are here. I think this helps keep people coming back. Those unique experiences are done by our staff, by our animal collection, by our engagement through educational programs and the wide array of offerings that we have at RPZ. We are grateful for all the support the community has given us and we want to continue offering more and more of ourselves to the community.” Said Wood.
“We are excited to announce Dr. Logan Wood as the new Roosevelt Park Zoo Director,” said Elly DesLauriers, Executive Director of Minot Park District. “We believe Dr. Wood brings a new perspective, an array of knowledge and a strong vision to honor the past, seize the present and strive for future endeavors.”