Key Points Gophers make mounds on your lawn; to guarantee it's gophers, look for fan-shaped mounds.Address a gopher threat ...

Gophers are a common and destructive garden pest. A farmer shared some of his top tips for removing them from a garden with ...

Question: Gophers are wrecking my garden. What can I do to stop them? A: Take heart. We have some tips for managing them. Five species of pocket gophers are found in California, with Botta’s pocket ...

After hearing concerns from farmers, the province submitted a request to Health Canada last week, asking for the area to be ...

The SaskSPCA says the pest-control poison leads to “a slow, painful and inhumane death” for Richardson’s ground squirrels, ...

The federal government has approved the limited, temporary use of strychnine in Saskatchewan and Alberta, responding to ...

Producers in the Moosomin area are eligible to access strychnine for gopher control after the governments of Saskatchewan and ...

The emergency registration of strychnine for use on gophers in areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan may actually hamper control ...

Producers in the Moosomin area are now eligible to access 2% liquid strychnine for controlling Richardson’s ground squirrels (RGS) after Saskatchewan and Alberta received approval for a revised joint ...

The Richardson's ground squirrel destroys crops and creates burrows that can damage machinery and endanger livestock. The use of strychnine to control their numbers is no longer legal.

Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's ...