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When you see damage to your trees, shrubs, roots, or bulbs, you might initially blame rabbits or other small rodents. However, it’s equally possible that voles—commonly known as “meadow mice”—are to ...

You may recognize those unsightly raised ridges and bumps all over your lawn as the handiwork of moles digging around for their dinners. But some types of tunneling are caused by a different small ...

Last week I mentioned a few critters that can cause plant damage when we have snow-cover for a period. According to predicted temperatures for next week, it looks like the snow might be around a bit ...

The smallest intruders can quickly turn a blossoming garden into a barren patch. While moles and voles are similar in appearance, these little critters each cause a different type of damage to your ...

CORVALLIS – Spring brings buds and blooms, but it also brings moles, voles and gophers. The small mammals take gardeners to their knees to peer down tunnels, set traps and toss in everything from ...

About the birds and bees ... You should be seeing lots of birds, bees, butterflies, and assorted other pollinators flitting around the yard by this time of year. If not, a leading explanation is that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. After a snowy January where 13.3 inches fell ...

I wouldn’t have thought we’ve had enough snow yet to establish a true subnivean zone — the magical realm that forms under the snow each winter allowing mice, voles and shrews protection from both the ...

DEAR JOAN: We have moles or voles. Our front yard look like Swiss cheese. How do we get rid of them? Katie, Orinda DEAR KATIE: Although it probably won’t improve your mood when you look at your yard, ...

Here’s how to tell if you have voles and what to do about them.