

Pika Watch: 2022
We are fortunate to have a population of pika in Horse Barn Valley and we may have some in other corners of the Nature Park. These furry little rock rabbits are particularly sensitive to warm temperatures and are disappearing from some of their previous habitat in American national parks in the Rocky Mountains. In other locations, they are surviving at higher altitudes where their green feed is less plentiful. Pikas are obviously very difficult to count, but they do leave ver