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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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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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