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?
An interns experience with baby giant pandas
The end of my first month at the Panda base of Bifengxia has officially ended. The month had a busy beginning which...
Learning about Sustainable Schools for PDXWildChild
My internship with PDXWildlife came about through unexpected introductions by Dee’s and Moxie-Jo’s teacher at Helen Gordon...
New Internships Posted
Go check out our new internship opportunities. Our internship experiences provide budding conservation biologists with...
Why should we care about sustainable seafood?: Aquaculture
Farming seafood holds great promise as a solution to the ever-increasing pressures on our ocean resources. And guess...
Guess that Panda: 2
Here's the next panda for all you panda aficionados out there. First one to get it right gets a window decal of our logo!...
Welcome our new PDXWildChild Intern – Ed Galvin
While working as a carpet cleaner Ed was unsatisfied with explaining to customers that stains cannot be removed and; as an...
A busy first week for our new panda intern – as always!
As is typical of our internship program, Amelie's first week proved to be very busy filled with inter-observer reliability...
Why should we care about sustainable seafood?: Overfishing & Increased Demand
*Tomorrow our first menus come out! Make sure to comment if you see them!* Did you know that 118 million tons of fish are...
Why should you care about sustainable seafood?: Bycatch
As our first menus appear this week I thought it would be an awesome idea to start a blog conversation about sustainable...
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