by Meg | Jun 9, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, pollution, Science, wildlife
Did you know that this past week our lovely city Portland hosted World Environmental Day? We were chosen for our environtmentally friendly city. Way to go Portland, we’re proud of you!
by Meg | Jun 7, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife
My first year in China the Ross School visited with Rustic Pathways and interviewed me for their giant panda video. Here’s the final version – supposedly it’s been viewed at the White House! Hope you enjoyed learning more about the plight of the...
by Meg | Jun 5, 2013 | Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science
I’d like you to meet our new summer intern. Amélie Le Roy will be joining the panda team at the end of June when Stephanie leaves and she’ll primarily be working on finishing up the stereotypical and personality studies that Stephanie is working on. Amélie...
by ddishman | May 31, 2013 | Science
Don’t forget to come out and support PDXWildlife, PDXSeafood, and other great ocean organizations this Sunday, June 2nd at OMSI! Special events and speakers from 10am-3pm, and it’s only $2!! We’ll see you there! ...
by Meg | May 27, 2013 | Science |
Exciting news from Indonesia! The Javan Gibbon Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (JGC) is getting ready to release their second pair of Javan gibbons!! Sadewa and Kiki will be released this June into Gunung Puntang-Mt. Malabar Protected Forest in Bandung, West Java....
by ddishman | May 25, 2013 | Science
Staff from PDXWildlife will be at OMSI a week from tomorrow to celebrate World Ocean’s Day by spreading the word about our sustainable seafood project, PDXSeafood! There will also be lots of great information about the current state of the world’s...
by Meg | May 23, 2013 | Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife
Have you all seen the new photos of wild pandas World Wildlife Fund just published? Well, most of them aren’t of giant pandas but other neat wildlife their photo traps captured but it’s still exciting to start to learn more about these elusive animals in...
by ddishman | May 19, 2013 | Conservation, Sponsors, Sustainable seafood
As we rev up our PDXSeafood campaign one of our primary supporters, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program, has been busy cooking up some sustainable seafood support down in California! Their annual event, Cooking for Solutions, is a 3-day celebration...
by Meg | May 16, 2013 | animal, Conservation, Education, Environmental Impact, pollution
The last update on mercury levels in fish was put out to the public in 2004. Even though the 2004 update was a milestone, it’s source of data was put together from research that was 20 years old. Nearly 10 years has past since the last update, but it looks as...
by Meg | May 13, 2013 | Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife |
A few days after the earthquake, I returned to the panda base and everything seemed pretty much back to normal. The pandas seemed to be behaving normally (sleeping and eating) although I did read a report that the younger pandas had a hard time dealing with the...
