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 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 12, 2013 | Conservation, Education, Grass Roots Programs, Internship
While working as a carpet cleaner Ed was unsatisfied with explaining to customers that stains cannot be removed and; as an electronics salesperson was unenthusiastic about steering shoppers’ impulse purchases to products with higher profit margins. Ed decided to go...
by Meg | Jul 10, 2013 | Internship, Panda |
As is typical of our internship program, Amelie’s first week proved to be very busy filled with inter-observer reliability tests, tours of Ya’An, and a meeting with a Pambassador, Jérôme Pouille! If you aren’t aware of Pambassadors, they’re...
