Managing Pocket Gopher Damage
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- January 25, 2022
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Pocket gophers can seriously damage cultivated farming areas, rangelands, orchards, tree farms and lawns. Mechanical control by probing and chemical control by hand baiting and using fumigants are explained. (4 pages)
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