Pika Helpers

[Jim]

Since you're going anyway...

 

Assist long-term pika project in North Cascades National Park

 

The wildlife division of North Cascades National Park, in conjunction with North Cascades Institute, is seeking motivated and responsible individuals to collect data on pika abundance, distribution and habitat use throughout the park. Pikas are a proposed indicator species for climate change and have been petitioned for listing under the Endangered Species Act. The research will continue a project started in 2009 to document population trends.

 

Volunteers may commit to day trips, multi-day trips or for the entire project, with priority given to those who can commit for extended periods for consistency purposes. The work will be conducted in 2-4 person field crews and can involve extensive backcountry hiking and camping and off-trail travel across rugged terrain. There are also easier one-day frontcountry trips.

 

For more information, join the Yahoo! Group page at: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/pikaproject/ or email Ashley Kvitek at Ashley_Kvitek@ncascades.org.

 

 

[JasonG]

Interesting project!

 

I'm not so sure about pikas, but my experience is that the snaffles are doing just fine in NCNP. I can only hope that climate change will take them out.