Ursa International

Our Projects

Browse the list of projects and click on the links for more information

Concept Planning


Murouj Farm, Kuwait City, 2020,
Save the Chimps, Arboreality Study, 2020
• Riverside Discovery Center, Grizzly Bear Habitat, 2019

Bonobo Research Station, Georgia Safari Park. 2018
* Galapagos Tortoise and Condor Habitats, Oklahoma City Zoo, 2017

Columbus State University Cougar Habitat, 2014
Cyclorama and Elephant Savanna, 2014
• International Center for Tropical Botony @ the Kampong, 2013
• Micke Grove Foosa Exhibit, 2013
Micke Grove Gibbon Exhibit, 2012
Micke Grove Snow Leopard Exhibit, 2012
• Monkey Jungle Vision Plan, 2012
• Ocelot Exhibit, North Carolina Zoo, 2012
• Chimp Haven Concept Plan Update, 2012
• Dewer Wildlife Trust/Zoo Atlanta Concept Plan, 2012
• Hope Zoo Concept Plan Update, 2011
Karisoke Research Center Concept Plan, 2010
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium Plaza, 2009
Presidential Eco-park in Madagascar, 2007
• North Carolina Zoo, Polar Bear Expansion, 2007
• White Oak Flats, Cherokee, N.C., 2006
Zoo Atlanta, KidZone, 2005
Roger Williams Park Zoo: Polar Bear, 2005
• Hope Zoo Concept Plan, Jamaica, West Indies, 2003
• Duke Primate Center, Winterization Program, 1999

Master Planning

Oklahoma City Zoo, Concept Master Plan, 2018
• Trailside Center at Blue Hill Reservation, 2008
Zoo Ljubljana Master Plan, 2007
Brandywine Zoo, Master Plan, 2006
• Cape May County Zoo, Master Plan, 2006
Chimp Haven Retirement Community, 2006, 2016
• Charles Paddock Zoo, Master Plan, 2004
Brook Run Master Plan, 2003
Roma Bioparco Master Plan, 2000

Zoological Design Projects

Grand New View: African Savanna Expansion, 2019
Zoo Atlanta, Complex Carnivores, 2010
Zoo Atlanta, Boundless Budgies/Bird Management Building 2009
Stone Zoo, Black Bear Habitat at Yukon Creek, 2007
North Carolina Zoo, Polar Bear Expansion, 2007
Franklin Park Zoo: Gorilla Management Plan, 2006
Treasures of the Sierra Madre, Zoo New England, 2003
Cochrane Polar Bear Conservation and Education Habitat, 2002
Rome Zoo, Italian Brown Bear, 1999
North Carolina Zoo, Kitera Forest Chimpanzee Reserve, 1999
Dallas Zoo, Exxon Tigers of Southeast Asia, 1998

“Back in the day” with CLRdesign

•  Primate Panorama at Denver Zoo, 1994
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Rocky Coast at Seneca Park Zoo, 1994
•  Northern Trail at Woodland Park Zoo, 1994
•  The Birmingham Ecoplex, 1994
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The Birmingham Zoo, 1993
•  Habitat Africa! at Brookfield Zoo, 1993
•  Los Angeles Zoo Master Plan, 1992
•  Concept Plan Park Tsimbazaza, Madagascar, 1992
•  Tropical Forest Habitats at Honolulu Zoo, 1991
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Zoo Atlanta Redevelopment, 1986-1990


Peace Education
Atlanta Peace Trail Project , Atlanta, Georgia
Labyrinths and Peace Poles, Dancing Bear Labyrinth
Splash Fountain at Zoo Atlanta, 2013
Tourism for Peace Eco-Tours, Eco travel destinations (See tourismforpeace.org)
Peace Education Courses, "Peace Brain" Training (See peacebrain.org)


Community Ecotourism Projects
•  Involvement of Local People In Ecotourism
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Women, Crafts and Conservation Attitudes
 Impacts of Feeding Wildlife by Tourists
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Eco-Guide Training and Development
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Rural Ecotourism Assessment Program (REAP)
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Cohesive Community Planning or Rural Sprawl? Re-Evaluation of the Belize River Valley Communities and the Community Baboon Sanctuary
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Red Wolves: Creating Economic Opportunity Through Ecotourism In Rural North Carolina