The data comes from Cascades Pika Watch, a program of the Oregon Zoo that began in 2018 after the Eagle Creek Fire destroyed much of the pika’s habitat. Every summer, volunteers now go out into ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Zoo is looking for help tracking “the Columbia River Gorge’s fluffiest resident,” the zoo announced Tuesday. The Cascades Pika Watch program is returning ...

Meep! The pika population in the Columbia Gorge is making a strong comeback six years after the Eagle Creek Fire burned much of their habitat in Oregon in 2017. A survey conducted this year by ...

Varner holds a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology, and she volunteers her time with Cascades Pika Watch, a conservation program supported by the Oregon Zoo and the Oregon Zoo Foundation.

The data they collect will help Varner and the Oregon Zoo’s Cascades Pika Watch understand how the Gorge’s truly extraordinary pika population is faring in a rapidly changing, post-wildfire world.

The Oregon Zoo is once again seeking volunteer pika watchers to scan Columbia River Gorge terrain for the tiny, squeaking mammals. Pikas are small, potato-sized members of the rabbit family known ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Zoo is calling on volunteers to help monitor the American pika, one of the Columbia River Gorge's most charming residents, as part of the Cascades Pika Watch ...

Where in the Gorge can you locate such cuteness? That’s just what Cascades Pika Watch, a citizen-science effort coordinated by the Oregon Zoo, wants you to help find. Volunteers are welcome to ...

The Oregon Zoo is recruiting volunteers to seek out one of the Columbia River Gorge’s fluffiest residents: the American pika. Cascades Pika Watch is a collaboration between organizations and ...