Subject files. 1967-2006.

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Subject files. 1967-2006.

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Correspondence, reports, and background materials documenting the zoo's relationship with the federal and state governments, other Minnesota organizations, and Minnesota, national, and international zoos. Government agencies dealt with include the federal agriculture and interior departments and the Minnesota attorney general, governor's office, legislative auditor, Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Transit Commission, Pollution Control Agency, and departments of administration, economic development, finance, natural resources, and transportation. There are also substantial files dealing with the Science Museum of Minnesota; the Minnesota Valley Veterinary Medical Association; the City of Apple Valley; Dakota County; Como Zoo; Duluth Zoo; Oxbow Park Zoo (Rochester); Lion Country Safari; the National Zoological Park; the Toronto Zoo; other zoo's policies and operational documents; and staff travel to other zoos.

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Minnesota Valley Veterinary Medical Association.

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