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Wolong Panda Nature Reserve
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The Pitiao River flows through the Sichuan Province, China.
The research team arrives at the entrance to the Wolong Nature
Reserve in Sichuan Province, China.
Trucks in Wolong are inspected to make sure people aren't poaching
or hauling lumber away illegally.
A panda enjoys bamboo at the Wolong Nature Reserve.
Hemin Zhang, director of the China Giant Panda Research Center,
and MSU scientist Jack Liu with a young panda at the panda breeding
center.
Kevin Epling and Sue Nichols get up-close-and-personal
with a couple of young pandas.
The research team hikes up the rugged terrain at the Wolong Nature
Reserve.
Researchers examine droppings from pandas, which provide essential
clues to the panda's nutritional information, where it has been
and even bite length.
Graduate student Scott Bearer shows off his work with the Global
Positioning System, striving to merge data the team already collected
from satellites which maps suitable panda real estate with what
actually is on the ground for a more complete picture.
Professor Jack Liu peers into a rare den that once protected
panda mothers and their cubs at the top of a mountain in Wolong.
The hope is to establish more mature-growth forest that can harbor
pandas.
Graduate student Guangming He interviews members of the Chen
family about changes they are experiencing as governmental policy
changes to protect panda habitat.
The matriarch of the Chen family hugs one of the family's youngest
members, 4-year-old Xian Yu (which means fragrant diamond).