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?
The Break in Period
When the interns first arrive, a laundry list of items have to be taken care of. Police station to register, tour of the city, choosing a bedroom, groceries, ATM, going over apartment rules, base rules, safety, and working together as a team. This usually takes place...
“Just Keep Swimming”
I'm currently in Dujiangyan accompanying Dr. Kersey (pictured above) for training the staff in fecal hormone analysis. We've had a productive couple of days, but as part of this trip I was supposed to drop off our male-male competition fecal samples for analysis....
Panda Mercury Project: Six Years Later
2011 marked the beginning of our Panda Mercury Project. Now that we are in our 6th year, we are coming to the conclusion with the analysis taking place early next month. Similar to our fecal hormone analysis, there is a lot of effort that goes into the collection,...
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