Gophers, Ground Squirrels, Voles, Roof Rats, and Deer Mice… Oh My! (2025)
Dr. Roger Baldwin (UCCE Specialist in Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution) discusses orchard management of pocket gophers, ground squirrels, voles (meadow mice), roof rats, and deer mice. This is a compilation of two episodes from 2022, with Luke Milliron providing a new introduction with highlights from 2024/2025.
Skip to the pest you’re concerned about:
00:05:35 Pocket Gophers
00:35:12 Ground Squirrels
00:48:33 Voles/Meadow Mice
01:02:38 Roof Rats
01:12:39 Deer Mice
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Almond Variety Trials: 2025 Field Meeting is next Wednesday April 30
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Online: UC AgExpert Webinar for CEUs on soil health later in the day on April 30
Gophers, Ground Squirrels, and Voles… Oh My!
UC IPM notes on pocket gophers
UC ANR video on how to set gopher traps
Vertebrate Pest Control Handbook Chapter on Controlling Pocket Gophers
Ground squirrels: http://www.groundsquirrelbmp.com/
Voles: http://vpcrac.org/files/4314/7612/1259/Meadow_vole_chapter.pdf
Deer Mice: http://vpcrac.org/files/3114/7612/0294/Deer_mice.pdf
Roof rats and deer mice: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8513.pdf; http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74106.html
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