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?
A PDXWildlife Family
Even though I just returned from China, we are preparing to send Meghan off later this week. With reintroduction studies kicking into high gear in Gengda, we are both scrambling to prepare behavioral ethograms and camera equipment as this is new territory for our...
PDXWildlife: Year in Review
Giant panda no longer endangered The giant panda was down-listed from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list. This change in official status demonstrates how a multi-institutional, integrated conservation effort...
Hold on Little Panda!
PDXWildlife intern Zachary Steele was performing a maternal care observation on Shu Qin and her cub when the mom decided that it wasn't time to let go just yet. Watch the two videos below to see what happens. They will leave you rooting for the cub- Hold on Little...
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