俄勒冈动物园招募志愿者参加哥伦比亚河峡谷的皮卡群体研究. Oregon Zoo recruits volunteers for pika population study in Columbia River Gorge.

俄勒冈动物园正在招募志愿者参加"布小熊观察", 一项公民科学倡议, The Oregon Zoo is recruiting volunteers for Cascades Pika Watch, a citizen science initiative to monitor American pika populations in the Columbia River Gorge. 培训会将于5月14日至16日举行, 教导参与者通过视觉和听觉标志识别这些小子动物. Training sessions will be held on May 14–16, teaching participants to identify the small, rabbit-like animals through visual and auditory signs. 通过哥伦比亚峡谷委员会的生命标志指标计划, 对气候变化影响进行评估并为保护决策提供信息. The project tracks pika distribution at the edge of their habitat to assess climate change impacts and informs conservation decisions through the Columbia Gorge Commission’s Vital Sign Indicators program.