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?
“Trash” Fish Supper: Featuring Top Portland Chefs and Little Known Fish
“Sustainability is complicated, but dinner is a reality that we all very much understand.” – Barton Seaver, Sustainability Fellow in Residence, New England Aquarium The oceans have changed more in the last 30 years than in all of human history. Decades of intense...
A Little Taster of my Life as a PDX Wildlife Panda Intern: Somewhere in the middle…
I’ve been on base and annoying the keepers for nearly seven whole weeks. Time flies when you work with pandas. In the seven weeks I’ve been at Bi Feng Xia I’ve made progress on all studies and have finished the maternal observations. There’s still a lot of work to be...
The Social Side to a Solitary Animal
You know you have one of the best jobs in the world when you get to watch baby pandas play during your time off. I often walk down to the Kindergarten on base and just sit and watch. I find it incredible that such a solitary animal can be so social. These furry...
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