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

Using traps or toxic bait are the most reliable methods for controlling gophers. Both methods work best in a portion of a burrow system where a gopher is active.

The strategies to address gophers in hay pastures differs slightly to control methods around a home because of the size and scale of the area to cover, Corriher-Olson said.

If you offer it, they will come, and come they did to a March workshop on gopher control. So many people came, in fact, that dozens had to be turned away. As a result, the UC Santa Cruz Farm is ...

Controlling pocket gophers should be conducted in the spring or the fall when gophers are most active near the surface. In the summer, they are deeper due to the heat. There are two methods of ...