Problem: Pocket Gophers (Lawns)
The pocket gopher lives and feeds primarily underground, coming to the surface only to bring up soil from its burrows, look for new territory, or feed close to its hole. Pocket gophers eat plant roots and occasionally whole plants. This rodent has fur-lined pouches on each side of its mouth. It has small eyes and ears, long sharp claws, a blunt head, and a tail sparsely covered with hair. Pocket gophers form their typical crescent-shaped mounds by pushing soil from their tunnels.
Trapping is the quickest and surest way to eliminate pocket gophers from your yard. Two types of traps-the wire trap and the box trap-are available. Find the pocket gopher''s main run and insert two traps, one facing in each direction. Check and move the traps daily.