by Meg | Aug 19, 2017 | PDXWildlife, Science |
We departed Gengda for Chengdu as we are now shifting gears to our research at Bifengxia. The fall interns arrive this weekend and we will all head to Ya’an on the 21st. It was hard to leave Zack and Nicki, but we are more than happy to hand over the...
by Meg | Aug 10, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With a cool breeze hitting our faces early in the morning, the CCRCGP delegate pointed towards a break between the mountains about 1000 vertical feet up. The extra body weight that I decided to put on was yelling at me to turn around, but the opportunity to see and...
by Meg | Aug 7, 2017 | PDXWildlife, Science |
Working with and conducting novel research on giant pandas is, admittedly, a very cool job. But, what really makes this a dream come true is that we get to do this as a family. When I’m jet lagged, sitting in the dark on the living room couch at 2:30 in the...
by Meg | Aug 4, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With no major setbacks in our travel, the whole family made it safe to Chengdu. In typical PDXWildlife style, we wasted little time and headed to Gengda the following morning. Top picture is the view from our apartment- so beautiful. The small SUV that the panda base...
by Meg | Aug 1, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
Hey everyone! My name is Zachary David, and you may recognize me as I was one of PDXWildlife’s interns from November to February of last year! I am ecstatic to have been hired on to continue working with PDXWildlife in Gengda as a Field Research Team Lead for the next...
by Meg | Jul 27, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With a couple hundred pounds of equipment and supplies stuffed into several full-sized roller bags, PDXWildlife is about to begin the Summer/Fall research season in Sichuan, China. Even though we’ve managed to turn this trip is this a “family”...
