The Oregon Zoo is calling on volunteers to help monitor the American pika as part of the Cascades Pika Watch program.

The Oregon Zoo is once again seeking volunteer pika watchers to scan Columbia River Gorge terrain for the tiny, squeaking mammals.

The Oregon Zoo is looking for help tracking “the Columbia River Gorge’s fluffiest resident,” the zoo announced Tuesday.

The Columbia River Gorge Commission was created by both Oregon and Washington in 1987 to help manage land use in the newly-created Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, which forms the ...

The Columbia River ... have protected the Gorge for nearly four decades.” According to the organization, the Gorge Commission has requested a total of $4.4 million from Oregon and Washington ...

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 ...

The Columbia River snakes through the Columbia River Gorge, seen from the Cape Horn ... funding from Washington would have to be matched by Oregon. That would leave the agency entirely without ...