by Meg | Aug 22, 2013 | Panda |
Here’s your 3rd panda. Remember the first correct identification wins an awesome window decal with our logo. I’ll post the answer September 1st! -Meg
by Meg | Aug 20, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Sustainable seafood
If any of you picked up a copy of the Oregonian this weekend you may have seen an interesting article on linking consumers (that’s you) to the people who fish their seafood (that’s the local fisherman catching crabs in Manzanita). The app is called...
by Meg | Aug 14, 2013 | animal, Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, wildlife
On July 28, 2013 I visited a property outside of Bingen, WA. It is approximately 22 acres of mixed oak and pine, but I would consider it open space. This property would make a good site to contrast more densely wooded sites. It’s a beautiful drive, but takes about...
by Meg | Aug 12, 2013 | animal, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
Grace comes to us from “Down Under” (i.e. Australia). This Aussie girl first discovered the gratification of wildlife conservation while volunteering at Shamwari Game Reserve on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Working with the Born Free Foundation at...
by Meg | Aug 8, 2013 | animal, Endangered Species, Panda, Science |
The 2012 babies are having their one-year birthdays (July-August) so we thought it would be appropriate to wish our little baby pandas “Happy Birthday” with a couple of super cute photos – and some fun facts about baby pandas. At Birth Can you...
by Meg | Aug 5, 2013 | Environmental Impact, Science
Good progress was made on developing a prospectus for the independent field study involving macrofungi. However, I’m learning in science and through this internship that there is always room for improvement (especially as research projects develop). After...
by Meg | Aug 2, 2013 | Conservation, Internship, Panda, wildlife |
The end of my first month at the Panda base of Bifengxia has officially ended. The month had a busy beginning which occupied all my time as Stephanie McMahon (the previous intern) trained me in the personality and stereotypical studies and prepared to hand off all the...
by Meg | Jul 31, 2013 | Education, Grass Roots Programs, Internship
My internship with PDXWildlife came about through unexpected introductions by Dee’s and Moxie-Jo’s teacher at Helen Gordon Child Development Center, so it’s fitting that this experience will involve assisting with the development of the PDXWildChild wildlife...
by Meg | Jul 15, 2013 | Science
Go check out our new internship opportunities. Our internship experiences provide budding conservation biologists with practical experience and are vital to our companies success. Pass these opportunities along to anyone you think may be interested....
by Meg | Jul 14, 2013 | Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Science, Sustainable seafood
Farming seafood holds great promise as a solution to the ever-increasing pressures on our ocean resources. And guess what? Seafood Watch’s “The State of Seafood Report” found that humans will soon eat more seafood from farms than from the oceans. ...
