by Meg | Jul 7, 2014 | Around PDX, Environmental Impact, wildlife
I’m not sure if all of you are aware of the fabulous work the Oregon Zoo does with local endangered species but if not you should definitely go read up on their work with Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits, Oregon spotted frog, Western pond turtle, Taylor’s...
by Meg | Jun 25, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Environmental Impact, Internship, Sustainable seafood
Nothing screams summer like sitting outside and enjoying a nice piece of freshly grilled fish or cracking open a steaming Dungeness crab. With summer beginning tomorrow, we have decided to kick off our first ever PDXSeafood Sustainable Seafood Miniseries! In honor of...
by Meg | May 20, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Science, Sustainable seafood, wildlife
Diana and I are excited to kick off another season of recruiting restaurants to the PDXSeafood program – it’s been slow going but we’ve contributed this to our inability to make face-to-face contact with Portland restaurants. This year we wizened up...
by Meg | Apr 1, 2014 | Around PDX, Environmental Impact, Science
This isn’t related to animal conservation per se but since it’s gardening season and I’m associated with the Oregon Zoo I thought it would be great to plug OZ’s Zoo Doo program. Basically the zoo composts the ungulate feces, hay, and excess...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Environmental Impact, Sustainable seafood
As we were gearing up for the next PDXSeafood season (hiring new interns and planning our outreach activities) we came across Oceana’s new by-catch report. It’s pretty alarming and the estimates for US by-catch is sobering to say the least: United States...
by Meg | Jan 29, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
We will be returning to China beginning April 12th. Although this trip will not be nearly as long as our previous visits, we hope to accomplish much. We regret not being able to devote more time to our travels, but 2014 seems to be the year to wrap up all of our...
