The Oregon vole is smaller than the Townsend's vole, and the Oregon vole is found from the coast to the Cascade Mountains, while the Townsend's vole is found primarily on the coast and in the Coast Range. Oregon Voles can be controlled with the Vole Control Bait Station System using the Mulch Covered Method.

In Oregon, the long-tailed vole occurs in 30 of the 36 counties. It is absent from the Willamette Valley and other interior valleys west of the Cascade Range. Within its rang,e it occupies a diversity of habitats: coniferous forest, thickets, forest-meadow ecotones, riparian zones, marshes, and grassy or sagebrush areas.

The creeping vole is the smallest vole in Oregon. It has an exceedingly short tail and tiny eyes. The short, dense fur on the dorsum ranges from sooty gray to dark brown or black, with scattered yellowish hairs.

Is it a mole, gopher or vole? Positive identification is crucial for deciding what to do. Moles make little volcano-shaped dirt mounds. They eat insects, slugs and snails, not plants. Gophers make little dirt crescents. They eat roots and bark and they help to aerate and improve soils.

The Townsend's vole is a large vole with large ears that extend above the fur, a long brownish or blackish tail and brownish or blackish feet equipped with brown claws.

Voles are small rodents with big appetites. They play a vital role in food webs and support many other species of wildlife, but they can also cause severe economic losses to farmers. The Oregon Wildlife Institute has initiated a number of research projects on vole ecology and management, focusing on the gray-tailed vole ( Microtus canicaudus ...

May 16, 2022 · CORVALLIS, Ore. – Spring brings buds and blooms, but it also brings moles, voles and gophers. The small mammals take gardeners to their knees to peer down tunnels, set traps and toss in everything from kitty litter to gum.

Nov 1, 2021 · Yes, there is an Oregon Vole although it’s more commonly known as the Creeping Vole, or scientifically as Microtus oregoni, and while it’s small, it can leave a large path of destruction. The Oregon vole has short gray to dark brown hair, small eyes, a …

Jun 16, 2022 · Voles, you say? Yes, voles. Sometimes mis-referred to as field mice, these small rodents resemble mice, but they have a distinctively shorter tail, among other, less obvious differences. The Willamette Valley’s most common vole species is …

The creeping vole (Microtus oregoni), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of North America, it is found in forests , grasslands , woodlands , and chaparral environments.