{"id":1657,"date":"2020-12-23T16:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T16:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/?page_id=1657"},"modified":"2022-11-02T15:47:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:47:53","slug":"success-story-turtle-back-zoo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-story-turtle-back-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Story &#8211; Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Green Acres Success Stories<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The New Jersey Zoological Society and Essex County have completed new exhibits throughout Turtle Back Zoo using Green Acres grant funding. The Zoo is the largest in the State, serving thousands of residents and visitors each year. New projects include a Black Bear Exhibit, North American Wildlife Exhibits, a Reptile and Education Center, outdoor and indoor dining facilities, as well as other amenities.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;1662,1661,1660,1659&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\nSee our <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/featured-success-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured<\/a> and other <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-stories-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent Green Acres Success Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-state-acquisition-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived State Land Acquisition Success Stories <\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-local-nonprofit-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived Local Unit and Nonprofit Land Acquisition Success Stories <\/a><br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Green Acres Success Stories [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange The New Jersey Zoological Society and Essex County have completed new exhibits throughout Turtle Back Zoo using Green Acres grant funding. The Zoo is the largest in the State, serving thousands of residents and visitors each year. New projects include a Black Bear Exhibit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1657","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}