by Meg | Jul 27, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With a couple hundred pounds of equipment and supplies stuffed into several full-sized roller bags, PDXWildlife is about to begin the Summer/Fall research season in Sichuan, China. Even though we’ve managed to turn this trip is this a “family”...
by Meg | Jul 18, 2017 | China |
Halfway through our internship in China and it feels like we have been here both an eternity and barely a moment. Although we just recently had a group trip to Emeishan, three of us still needed to leave the country for visa purposes. Thus: three day vacation in Hong...
by Meg | Jul 7, 2017 | Internship
Our 2017 “Christmas” Giant Panda Internship application will be closing on July 14th. This internship period is one of my favorites as the Sichuan weather is dry and cool. Our main focus during this time is to monitor the newborn cubs and to collect...
by Meg | Jul 3, 2017 | Travel |
Having worked at the panda base for a solid month, everyone decided to spend a few “relaxing” days in the highly recommended mountain town of Emeishan. Mt. Emei, as it is also called, is renowned for its Buddhist temples, wild monkeys, and impressive...
by Meg | Jun 26, 2017 | Internship |
I can’t believe we are now in our second month here in China! Time has flown by and we’ve made great progress in this summer’s studies. As many of you know, PDXWildlife interns are assigned specific projects at the start of the internship based on our interests and...
