Missing plants and lawn tunnels surrounded by a crescent of dirt can be a sign of gophers. Here’s what to do. zhuclear / Getty Images North America has about 40 species of gophers or “pocket gophers,” ...

One of the many signs of spring is the emergence of pests, including pocket gophers. There are other species of rodents that emerge at this time of year, but today, I will focus on the pocket gopher ...

Gophers are persistent; to deter them, you must be, too. We recommend a multipronged strategy. First, be willing and prepared ...

Question: Gophers are wrecking my garden. What can I do to stop them? A: Take heart. We have some tips for managing them. Five species of pocket gophers are found in California, with Botta’s pocket ...

CORVALLIS – Spring brings buds and blooms, but it also brings moles, voles and gophers. The small mammals take gardeners to their knees to peer down tunnels, set traps and toss in everything from ...

Gophers tunneling through your yard can be a nightmare. These burrowing rodents create unsightly mounds, damage plant roots, and turn well-manicured lawns into obstacle courses. As a result, ...

Pocket gophers certainly don’t qualify as card-carrying 4-H members, but the rodents might be farming roots in the open air of their moist, nutrient-rich tunnels. The gophers subsist mostly on roots ...

When Kansas State College hired Freddie Hisaw as an assistant professor of zoology and mammalogist in 1919, he “didn’t even know what a mammalogist was. It turned out to be a fancy name for rodent ...

The long, snowy winter helped human recreationalists to thrive and also rodents. Many Routt County residents have noticed an increase in signs of both voles and pocket gophers in yards, open spaces ...

The extension office often receives inquiries from homeowners about little crit ters that dig holes in their yard. They are usually rodents — some excavate mounds of soil, others just create holes in ...