Abstract: We investigated the efficiency of DK-1 and Macabee® pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) traps placed in lateral tunnels in both open and closed tunnel sets in rangeland and nonirrigated alfalfa ...

MANKATO, Minn. -- Elaine Poulson is accustomed to counting gopher tails. They're delivered in plastic bags or cheap bins, and Poulson counts each one. In Lafayette Township of Minnesota's Nicollet ...

Kansas State University Extension wildlife control specialist Charles Lee said it’s important to know what kind of rodents are digging holes in alfalfa fields to see if there is a way of controlling ...

The uneasy truce between myself and the pocket gopher population has been broken. They crossed the line the other day when they entered my potato patch from the pasture. Before the invasion the ...

ZUMBRO FALLS — Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited with saying, "Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door." If that is the case, then Ken Sprick, 79, of Zumbro Falls might ...

For the last couple of summers, my neighbor and I have been dealing with a pocket gopher invasion that is getting closer to our joint fruit orchard. Their familiar mounds kept appearing around the ...

‘I am getting these mounds of dirt in my yard. Something must be digging. Do I have moles, and if so, how do I get rid of them?” — L.S. Pocket gophers leave mounds of dirt, and moles leave raised dirt ...

The Plains Pocket Gopher’s range extends throughout much of the Great Plains region of North America and this gopher is found in suitable habitats throughout North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma. The ...

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 ...