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?
2016 Fall Intern #3: Sofany Montoya
This post will finish out the "introductions" for our fall 2016 interns. Please help me welcome Sofany Montoya to the PDXWildlife team. Sofany didn't bring a parent with her but I feel like they must be wonderful people because they sure did raise a great women! I...
Zhen Zhen and the Zwinkies Fall 2016
I know you've all been waiting for an actual update on PDXWildlife's work here during the Fall 2016 season and (more importantly) my visit to Zhen Zhen and her one-year old cubs, affectionately dubbed the "Zwinkies" by admirers. I only got about 15 minutes for my...
Giant Panda Fall Intern #2: Celina Tu
The 2nd (in chronological order only!) 2016 Giant Panda Fall Intern is Celina Tu. She's a very talented, enthusiastic (Mandarin speaking!!!) young lady and I'm sure you'll love reading about her passions below. We were also lucky enough to host her lovely mother,...
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