John Nettles- 2017 PDXWildlife Winter Intern

John Nettles- 2017 PDXWildlife Winter Intern

My name is John Nettles and I’m an aspiring wildlife biologist from Austin, Texas. I was 10 years old when I first saw a wild bear on a family vacation in Alaska and have not lost interest since. On a trip to Glacier National Park a few years later, we spotted a...
Remodeling Gengda

Remodeling Gengda

We hopped off of the long distance bus around 4:30 pm and was greeted with near freezing winds at the eerily quiet and closed Gengda bus station. After gathering our bags and zipping up our jackets, we made our way to the intern apartments about 1/4 mile up the...
Off to Gengda

Off to Gengda

As I pack our video and audio equipment into boxes, there are some bittersweet feelings in the air here at Bifengxia. We’ve been tip-toeing around the fact that the CCRCGP breedings will now take place at Gengda. Which, at this point, means that we will need to...
PDXWildlife 2017 Intern- Jeremy Vandenberg

PDXWildlife 2017 Intern- Jeremy Vandenberg

My name is Jeremy Vandenberg, and I recently graduated from Middlebury College with a Conservation Biology major and Chinese minor. Much of my time in school was spent out in the field conducting macroinvertebrate surveys or bird banding, in the lab, or in my room...
Three Reasons to Visit Bifengxia in December

Three Reasons to Visit Bifengxia in December

I love visiting Bifengxia in December for multiple reasons. The first is that we are outside of the tourist season and the airplanes, buses, and cities are somewhat empty. Second is the cold temperatures. Lastly, and arguably my favorite, is that I get to have...