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Join the Front Range Pika Project!

To volunteer in 2017 you will need to attend an evening classroom training on Thursday, August 3rd from 6-8 pm at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden and a field training on Saturday, August 5th from 9am-1pm at Loveland Pass on Highway 6. Sign up for these trainings to become a 2017 FRPP volunteer.

Volunteers must be able to hike on talus at high altitudes, willing to navigate to somewhat remote field sites independently, and able to attend both an evening classroom training and a half-day field training. You must visit at least one Front Range field site and enter your data online by late September 2017. For safety reasons, field site visits must be with a partner (another volunteer or a friend or family member). To participate on your own, you must be 18 years old. The minimum volunteer age is 12 (when accompanied by an adult).

If you have a conflict with the scheduled training dates, please e-mail us at frpp@denverzoo.org. We may conduct additional trainings if we have enough interest.

What is the Front Range Pika Project?

The Front Range Pika Project is a citizen science program that engages the public in conservation research on the American pika. Pika Patrol volunteers follow monitoring protocols to collect data about pikas and their habitat in high altitude field sites, thereby informing efforts to assess whether pikas are impacted by climate change. The project will provide long-term data to aid the conservation of this little-understood alpine species and its associated habitats. Join the Pika Patrol to contribute to pika monitoring studies currently underway throughout the West and help us better understand this native Colorado species.

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