Pocket gophers are burrowing rodents, which live almost entirely underground. They are well adapted to their underground existence, with stout forelegs and strong, curved claws for digging.

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What makes this misidentification an issue is that there are species-specific control methods for both pocket gophers and ground squirrels, one of which is the use of strychnine.

Moles, voles and gophers all create tunnels and are active underground, but what they eat and the damage they cause varies.

Its ease and efficiency make nontoxic gopher control viable even for farmers with large acreages and for homeowner associations with extensive landscaping.

Lawson said that, like most pest-control operators, he used “gopher-getter bait” — the kind that doesn’t require a special license. “We place it down in the tunnels.

NAMPA — The Canyon County pest control district has declared one rodent a pest worth trapping: the pocket gopher.

I may have offended a few people last month when I suggested only lethal forms of gopher control rather than subtler, more tolerant methods.