Union City, CA

Are you seeing crescent- or horseshoe-shaped piles of dirt appearing in your lawn or garden beds? Gophers are burrowing rodents that live underground and feed on plant roots. In Union City, gopher mounds often appear near lawns, garden beds, and landscaped areas where plants provide a reliable food source.

Because gophers feed directly on plant roots, homeowners may also notice plants declining or disappearing entirely. In some cases, smaller plants can even be pulled underground into gopher tunnels.

Our gopher control services focus on locating active tunnels and addressing the source of the problem to stop damage and reduce future activity.

If you’re seeing piles of dirt that look more like small rounded hills or raised ridges across your lawn, you may be dealing with moles. While they create tunnels and mounds similar to gophers, mole mounds are often more volcanic in shape and the soil may appear chunkier.

Unlike gophers, moles do not eat plants. They feed on worms and small insects in the soil. However, their extensive tunneling can still disrupt root systems and create uneven areas in lawns and landscaped spaces.

If you’re noticing small open holes in your lawn but no piles of dirt, voles may be the cause. Voles are small meadow mice that are commonly found throughout the East Bay area.

Instead of leaving dirt mounds, voles create small openings in the lawn and narrow runways through grass or ground cover as they move around feeding. While they do eat plants like gophers, they typically chew the base of plants rather than consuming the entire root system.