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Local gopher information
Gopher control in Wyoming
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Gophers in Wyoming: what to know
What to note
Where you see gophers, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Gophers in Wyoming: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which gophers actually live in Wyoming, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Wyoming pocket gopher (Thomomys clusius), found only in south-central Wyoming
Wyoming's only endemic mammal
Range runs roughly from southeast of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County to northwest of Rawlins in Carbon County.
Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentState of Wyoming: Nongame Wildlife; WGFD NSS2 (Ab), Tier I; WYNDD G2G3, S1
Wyoming pocket gopher status
Petitioned for federal listing in 2007 and 2016; USFWS found listing not warranted both times.
Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentShrub steppe and mixed desert shrubland on flat, well-drained clay soils with much bare ground
Habitat
Presence of Gardner's saltbush may be the best predictor of the species.
Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentGopher species recorded in Wyoming
- Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) — Smallest and most widespread western species; all of eastern Washington and Oregon east of the Cascades.
When gophers are busiest in Wyoming
Breeding mid-March to mid-June; juveniles disperse early June to late July.
Control in the Rock Springs-Rawlins corridor should account for the endemic Wyoming pocket gopher, ranked S1 by the state heritage program.
Rules that apply in Wyoming
For context, nationally
- 14 species in 3 genera (Thomomys, Geomys, Pappogeomys) — Pocket gopher species in the U.S.. Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
- 200 to 2,000 square feet — Botta's pocket gopher burrow system. UC IPM (University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Sources: Wyoming Game and Fish Department; Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management; UC IPM (University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources); Living with wildlife: Pocket gophers. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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