Saving Species
Our Mission
Protect and restore species and habitat diversity for future generations through our local and global wildlife conservation initiatives.
Our Work
Priorities, Research, Engagement
Giant Panda
Taylor's Checkerspot
Internships
Male-Male Competition
Operations
Maternal Care
What We Do
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Research
We develop and conduct innovative in situ and ex situ wildlife research to identify critical conservation issues and provide creative solutions to managers and fellow scientists.
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Internships
We train promising young scientists through our intensive internship programs and educate local communities on actions they can take to conserve and benefit from their natural resources.
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Applied Biology
We focus our research to answer specific pressing questions imperiled species are encountering and incorporate the newest innovations and cutting edge research into our conservation projects.
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Integration
We integrate the above techniques to implement focused conservation initiatives at the LOCAL level that promote and support wildlife, habitat, and biodiversity conservation at the GLOBAL level.
Who We Are
Meghan Martin, PhD
Director
Meagan Gombart
Communications/Outreach Manager
Katie Zajac
Research Associate
Sharon Glaeser
Conservation Biologist
What’s Happening Now?
We’re BAAAAA-AAAACCCK!!
Intern setting camera traps for reintroduction personality study at Hetaoping. Exciting news to share with everyone! We're...
Update: Social Suppression of Maternal Care
Hi everyone! First of all, I would like to thank you for your interest and support in my project. For those of you who...
How does social housing impact maternal care and cub survivorship?
Dear panda lovers, it may seem like we've dropped off the face of the earth (sorry for the lack of posting) but we've...
PDXWildlife’s 2018 Annual Report
Hi everyone and Happy New Years! As we say goodbye to 2018 and look forward to 2019 we can’t help but feel overwhelmingly...
Meagan Gombart: Final 2018 Breeding Intern
I live in the beautiful forests of Washington State in the Pacific Northwest, just north of Portland, Oregon, the hometown...
Welcome Hayley Coates to the 2018 Breeding Season
Like a true, proud Brit, I shall start my introduction to the PDX Wildlife family with where I am from: the mighty, yet...
Connor Runyon – 2nd Giant Panda Reintroduction Intern
Like Amber, Connor Runyon has been at Gengda since January! They've been doing a great job and I look forward to...
Late but not least – Reintroduction Intern Amber Sample
So it seems like I neglected to post the introduction blogs for the two interns that arrived with Zack in February (I...
Bao Bao is public!!
Good news! Bao Bao was moved to a public enclosure today at Gengda (Villa 3 pen #1) so we are able to share video and...
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