PDXWildlife 2017 Annual Meeting

PDXWildlife 2017 Annual Meeting

Greetings All. We will be having our PDXWildlife annual meeting on July 20th, 2017 @ 6:00 PM. We plan on going over all of our accomplishments in the previous year as well as what we expect to see in the year ahead. The meeting is open to everyone, and we are...
Quick Trip to Hong Kong

Quick Trip to Hong Kong

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...
2017 Christmas Giant Panda Internship

2017 Christmas Giant Panda 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...
Four Days in Emeishan

Four Days in Emeishan

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...
Preparing for Panda Cubs- Katherine Brantley

Preparing for Panda Cubs- Katherine Brantley

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...