Types of pests

Learn what you can do to control damage to property and crops caused by gophers, mice and moles.

Learn how to control bushy-tailed wood rats commonly called packrat on your land.

Learn about the different types of insects that can affect Alberta crops – from crop pests to beneficial insects.

Damage control programs, and how to reduce the risks associated with wildlife in urban settings.

Identification, life cycle, damage, monitoring and control of insect pests that can cause major crop losses.

Effective control requires a combination of sanitation, exclusion and population management.

Northern pocket gophers cause soil mounds in Alberta, where moles are not present.

Common birds that can be a nuisance and how control them.

Damage control measures can keep predatory animals such as coyotes, bears, wild boars, cougars, wolves and weasels from damaging flocks.

Wild boar are a provincially regulated agricultural pest in Alberta.