A screech owl emerges from his box. Officials with Canyon County Weed and Pest Control have a program in which they set up owl boxes at a discounted cost to help control gophers, but farmers have been ...

1. Biological pest control is gaining greater acceptance as an important part of integrated pest management for sustainable agriculture. However, knowledge regarding biological control of rodent pests ...

Commonly found throughout Idaho, the meadow vole can cause significant problems to lawns and landscapes. Meadow voles are small, chunky, ground dwelling rodents. When mature, they measure 4 ½ to 5 ½ ...

Our street is new, having been a Christmas tree farm, and before that a potato farm. There are just a dozen houses here, and last year, for the first time, about half of us found that voles enjoyed ...

Voles or field mice populations are increasing due to a mild winter. Vole populations crash every 2-5 years, due to cold weather and a lack of food and shelter. This year, vole populations are ...

Have you ever had plants or bulbs that seem to disappear below ground or plants that look as though a critter was below ground gnawing at the roots and stems? If you have experienced some of these ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- With the melting snow outside, you might notice your yard looks torn up with crisscrossing trails. Pest control experts at Wil-Kil in Sun Prairie say those are usually caused by ...

Q. We have a large bed of big-leaf green hosta that was nearly destroyed over the winter. It was planted 10 or more years ago. While mulching it a few weeks ago, I noticed hollow areas where each root ...

A. Voles are a real problem to eliminate, but the longer you wait, the more they multiply. Do you have moles? Voles often use the mole runs as super highways, so if you have moles, it would be smart ...

“With the snow in my garden now mostly melted, I am seeing what appear to be tunnels in my lawn in a few areas. What is happening here, and is there something that I should do now?” The damage you are ...