Minnesota Zoo building playground to give kids a place to physically connect with the outdoors By Jessica Fleming jfleming@pioneerpress.com Updated: 02/18/2009 06:30:26 AM CST What would an oriole's nest, a giant spider web and a massive mosquito be doing at the Minnesota Zoo? Getting kids to play outside, if zoo director Lee Ehmke has anything to say about it. Ehmke and other zoo officials hope a $1 million, nature-based playground in the zoo's Central Plaza will connect children with the... read more
