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...