in 1982, nosey the elephant's habitat was renovated and three new elephants were brought in. a red wolf exhibit known as wolf woods was added in 1984, and the doris and karl falk wildlife education center was completed, becoming part of the zoo's educational center. in 1985, the zoo's name changed from the roeding park zoo to the fresno zoo. in 1988, the zoo's walk-through rainforest exhibit was added. 1989 saw the addition of a large classroom wing, and the implementation of the adopt-an-animal fundraising program. paul s. chaffee, the zoo's director since 1965, died in 1990, and the fresno zoo was renamed the chaffee zoological gardens of fresno in his honor. in 1993, nosey the elephant died at the age of 47.