Pocket gophers that invade yards are destructive pests. They damage and kill a variety of edible plants when they feed on roots, bulbs and other underground plant tissues. Gophers also gnaw on plastic ...

As an independent businessman, Steve Salas has but one goal: to build a better gopher trap. That means more of the old-fashioned kind. Although there are now electronic gopher traps on the market, ...

Spring is here, and sprouting seeds are not the only living things stirring the warm, moist soil of California gardens. The gophers are stirring down there, too. It is now peak breeding season for the ...

Ray Festa, UCCE Master Gardener, demonstrates how to place a trapline gopher trap in a gopher hole. Joe Johnston jjohnston@thetribunenews.com Have you ever discovered dirt mounds in the middle of your ...

The Canyon County pest control district has declared one rodent a pest worth trapping: the pocket gopher. Gopher trapper and Canyon County Gopher Control supervisor Jim Martell said he sets most traps ...

Q: I have a resident gopher in my lawn. We’re on speaking terms, but unfortunately I can’t write what I have been saying to it. I asked my neighbor for advice and he advised me to stand patiently over ...