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 ...

It’s an exasperating experience. You go to the nursery, pick out a flowering plant, shrub or tree and bring it home only to have some critter damage or destroy it within the first week. Pests cause ...

For the outdoors person, springtime is here and rapidly moving forward towards summer. Our regulated spring hunting seasons are rapidly closing. Spring turkey season generally closes May 31 and spring ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lori Dunkel spotted a dirt mound in her yard last fall. Next to it was another mound, and another one next to that. “Wow, this is getting worse,” Dunkel recalled telling herself. It was October, she ...