New Year's Day is one of the few days on the calendar when the BioPark is closed to the public. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only others. Of course, the keepers at the Zoo have to take care of their charges, so not much changes there. Similarly, there's activity at the Botanic Garden: animals at the Heritage Farm need to be fed. Security is still there, watching the CCTV monitors and making the rounds. Maybe the naked mole rats and some of the arthropods need daily attention. If so, there will be Bugarium staff on site. As always, there's a Curator on Duty, probably JT since he's the farm manager. Tingley Beach is probably running on auto-pilot as it does for much of the year.
With the arrival of the New Year, I look forward to the day when the COVID-19 pandemic has been beaten into submission. Then I'll be able to resume data collection with the Nature's Notebook team out in the Cottonwood Gallery, work more diligently on plant labels and the herbarium, and get out for general docent duties.
For those not familiar with the Garden, here's a scan of the official map. I'll have detailed maps to accompany later explorations, but this sets the lay of the land.
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