Portland's pika population pops past previous peak

A unique group of these adorable critters living just 30 minutes from Portland was threatened by a fire some years back, but ...
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‘Science, hiking and cuteness’: Oregon Zoo seeks pika watchers in the Gorge

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 to the ...
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Oregon Zoo seeks volunteers for pika monitoring in Columbia River Gorge

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 program. This initiative, which ...
The Columbian

Cascades Pika Watch: Training program teaches volunteers to count adorable Gorge denizens

The heroically durable American pika appears to be making a comeback as it faces down such existential challenges as wildfire and climate change. And that’s a whole lot to face down for a creature as ...
SFGate

This adorable mammal was supposedly doomed, but it has thrived in a national park

On a breezy August afternoon in Rocky Mountain National Park, as I stepped out of the car along Trail Ridge Drive, a slope of loose angular rocks known as talus caught my attention. It looked just ...
Oregonian

Volunteer pika watchers wanted in the Columbia River Gorge

If you love spending time outside with a pair of binoculars, spying on adorable little critters, then this is the job for you. The Oregon Zoo is once again seeking volunteer pika watchers to scan ...