Why there?

      Brock, who rents the land pulled out a half mile fence. The fence line was buried in places. Likely from soil drifting off the field over a period of years. A field road ran along the fence line. It was very bumpy, the gift of pocket gophers. The pocket gophers were gone. Brock bladed the area for a smooth road. Then he seeded it down to permanent grasses. Now it's a nice, smooth path on grass which is quickly sodding. Brock's reward is more tillable land.

    At least it was a nice smooth path until pocket gophers mounded a section of it. "There's hundreds of acres of land, why must you choose the road?" It's the grass of course, the root systems of which provide food for the gophers.

   Gophers, rocks, thistles and cedars, my form of a gym membership! 😄

Takk for alt,

Al

Pocket gophers are fossorial rodents named for their fur-lined cheek pouches. Their cheek pouches, or pockets, are used for transporting bits of plant food that they gather while foraging underground. They have special adaptations for their burrowing lifestyle, including clawed front paws for digging, small eyes and ears, and sensitive whiskers and tails. They’re also able to close their lips behind their long incisors so they can use their teeth to loosen soil without getting any dirt in their mouths. Pocket gophers are medium-sized rodents that range in length from 5 to 14 inches.

Only once have I seen a pocket gopher above land.