Our Mission
Protect and restore species and habitat diversity for future generations
through our local and global wildlife conservation initiatives.
Our Research
Giant Panda
Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly
Internships
Our Current Priorities
Male-Male competition
Our team Operations
Maternal Care
What We Do
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Research
We develop and conduct innovative in situ and ex situ wildlife research to identify critical conservation issues and provide creative solutions to managers and fellow scientists.
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Internships
We train promising young scientists through our intensive internship programs and educate local communities on actions they can take to conserve and benefit from their natural resources.
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Applied Biology
We focus our research to answer specific pressing questions imperiled species are encountering and incorporate the newest innovations and cutting edge research into our conservation projects.
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Integration
We integrate the above techniques to implement focused conservation initiatives at the LOCAL level that promote and support wildlife, habitat, and biodiversity conservation at the GLOBAL level.
Who We Are
Meghan Martin-Wintle PhD
Director
Meagan Gombart
Communications/Outreach Manager
Katie Zajac
Research Associate
Sharon Glaeser
Conservation Biologist
What’s Happening Now?
Learn to track wildlife in Portland
I saw this opportunity about learning how to track wildlife on Metro and thought I'd share it since Nate and I were thinking of making this into a "date night". Basically, you spend one night in a brew pub learning the process and then you go and apply in the field...
May is National Wetlands Month
This month is dedicated to National Wetlands so go out an explore these wetlands found in the Portland Area. Smith and Bybee Wetlands - The largest protected wetlands within an American city. This area also has one of the largest remaining populations of Western...
Oregon Zoo Doo – Free fertilizer for your garden!
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 organic mater into...
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