The Cascades Pika Watch program is returning to the Columbia River Gorge May 8-10, the zoo said, noting they need volunteers to help locate and map pika ... populations and habitat could be ...

Much pika habitat was destroyed by the fire ... Complete the training and you get online access to site maps and directions for about 100 study sites in the western Gorge. Most are on familiar ...

This year, volunteers will begin monitoring sites at the edges of the core pika habitat, where the Columbia Gorge transitions into the more arid landscape east of Mount Hood, the Oregon Zoo said.

The American pika, a small mammal adapted to high altitudes and cold temperatures, has died out from a 165-square-mile span of habitat in California's northern Sierra Nevada mountains, and the ...

The program is particularly focused on understanding how climate change might affect pika populations, as their specific habitat and temperature needs make them vulnerable to warming climates.

That habitat suffered a serious blow in 2017, when a firecracker tossed by a visitor sparked a fire that raged across 50,000 acres in the western Gorge.. Cascades Pika Watch, launched with a ...

The Cascades Pika Watch works to locate and map Pika populations. The zoo is offering free crash courses on how to identify Pikas and participate in the project.

(Photo by Chris Ray) The American pika, a small mammal adapted to high altitudes and cold temperatures, has died out from a 64-square-mile span of habitat in California’s northern Sierra Nevada ...

The Cascades Pika Watch program is returning to the Columbia River Gorge May 8-10, the zoo said, noting they need volunteers to help locate and map pika populations in the Gorge to track changes ...