Gophers eat grasses and forbs. Forbs are a family of wild plants that have broad leaves and herbaceous stalks. Some examples of forbs are sunflowers, spiny asters, goldenrods, watercress, and hyssop.

However, gophers are attracted to areas with plants and roots that they can eat, so that’s why many gardeners and farmers view them as pests. Health Risks of Gophers ...

Poachers remain a problem, though it is illegal to eat them now. They were a staple during the Great Depression, and old cookbooks have recipes such as gopher tortoise soup. “One summer, I had at ...

Florida gopher tortoises are a threatened species and 365 others depend on their burrows. Florida development boom is leaving little room for the native land tortoises.

The Government of Alberta is calling for strychnine to be unbanned for use on Richardson's ground squirrels, commonly ...

Raccoons, coyotes, and other predators often eat tortoise eggs and hatchlings, and mortality rates can be as high as 95% - Lisa Lord, Conservation Programs Director at The Longleaf Alliance. Private ...

First, the Dahlias. Knowing through experience that gophers eat Dahlia tubers I decided to grow them in large, terra cotta pots, safe from gophers.