by Meg | Sep 24, 2017 | Internship |
We are still hard at work with our reintroduction project and things are finally starting to go a lot more smoothly. As with any new study, there are speed bumps and things that occur which you didn’t consider at the beginning of the study. This requires being...
by Meg | Sep 9, 2017 | Science |
Located about 2 hours from Chengdu, Gengda is nestled in the picturesque Wolong Nature Reserve and is the newest location within the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas (CCRCGP). All together, the CCRCGP is comprised of Bifengxia, Dujiangyan,...
by Meg | Aug 13, 2017 | How to help
PDXWildlife needs to re-hire Zachary David for the Winter 2018 field season. Zack is currently contracted to assist us with our giant panda reintroduction research in Gengda, Sichuan, China, but his funding runs out later this year. If we are able to raise the travel...
by Meg | Aug 7, 2017 | PDXWildlife, Science |
Working with and conducting novel research on giant pandas is, admittedly, a very cool job. But, what really makes this a dream come true is that we get to do this as a family. When I’m jet lagged, sitting in the dark on the living room couch at 2:30 in the...
by Meg | Mar 31, 2015 | Endangered Species, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife |
I promised Frances that I’d get some pictures of Su Lin and her new baby while in China. Little did I know that this request would be harder to fulfill than I originally thought! We left Ya’an on the 10th, stopped at the Dujiangyan giant panda base for...
