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

Meagan Gombart

Communications/Outreach Manager

Katie Zajac

Research Associate

Sharon Glaeser

Conservation Biologist

 

What’s Happening Now?

Tai Shan & Mei Sheng

Tai Shan & Mei Sheng

Two beloved bears from the United States- Tai Shan from the National Zoo and Mei Sheng from the San Diego Zoo, were our first stops at Dujiangyan. They both seemed to be drawing in quite a crowd from the other fellow tourists/onlookers, including Hailey and myself....

Dujiangyan and the Unknown

Dujiangyan and the Unknown

When you have four superstar interns, the workload is considerably less than you might think. Hailey, Doireann, Nicole & Bryan have hit our required benchmark of 90% inter-observer reliability, which now allows them to collect behavioral observations on their own....

7 Things You Learn in Your First Week as an Intern

7 Things You Learn in Your First Week as an Intern

Nicole Murray describes what she learned in her first week as a PDXWildlife intern- Pandas are way cuter in person and you might have a meltdown when you see your first one. If you saw Hailey's post, you already know that meeting your first panda is incredibly...

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