Around Montana
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local mole information
Mole control in Montana
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Moles in Montana: what to know
What to note
Where you see moles, 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
Moles in Montana: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which moles actually live in Montana, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Moles do not occur in Montana
Moles in Montana
Montana State University Extension's vertebrate pest key states this outright; the eastern mole is shown only for comparison.
Montana State University Extension Pesticide Education ProgramPocket gophers create fan-shaped mounds, rarely come to the surface, and eat plant roots
What is actually digging
Alfalfa is a favorite; fields can look like the ground exploded.
Montana State University Extension Pesticide Education ProgramVole trails cut in grass are less than 2 inches wide; holes are 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide and cluster in fields
Vole sign
Voles gnaw tree bark below the snow line, with marks running in different directions.
Montana State University Extension Pesticide Education ProgramMontana burrowing complaints are pocket gophers, voles or ground squirrels; there is no mole to trap.
Rules that apply in Montana
For context, nationally
- 7 — Mole species in North America. Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
- Up to 150 feet — New tunnel per day. Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech)
Sources: Montana State University Extension Pesticide Education Program; Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management; Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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