Community science apps for pika

If you’ve spent a lot of time wondering “What species is this?” on a hike, look no further than iNaturalist. This crowdsourced species identification system was launched in 2008 and has approximately 1.8 million users, meaning chances are good someone else has asked – and answered! – the same question.

Most importantly for our program, iNaturalist doubles as an organism occurrence recording tool. This means that any time you record a pika sighting in Colorado, it’s registered on a network that allows researchers to see whether pikas are present in a given location.

The best part? Simply by entering your Colorado pika sighting into iNaturalist, your data is automatically submitted to the Colorado Pika Project! 

**COMING SOON**

The Colorado Pika Project will soon be launching our very own app! This is specifically designed to help community scientists submit more casual data to the project without the need to participate in a formal Pika Patroller training. Details about the app, including how to use it and links to download it, will be available on this website – so stay tuned!