Environmental protections for the Mazama pocket gopher would be overturned by new legislation introduced last week by state senator Dan Swecker (R-20), representing Thurston and Lewis Counties. The ...

Close-up shot of a pocket gopher pocking its head outside its burrow - James Cruz/Getty Images If you've noticed gophers in your yard, along with damaged plants and missing bulbs, chances are you are ...

Gophers are herbivorous. Spending lots of time underground, they tend to eat the underground parts of plants. This includes the bulbs of bulb plants, carrots, potatoes, and, yes, the roots of your ...

While visiting with friends last week, they were talking about flood irrigating and it prompted me to remember this! A call came in to dispatch to contact the person about a drowning critter! She had ...