{"id":8822,"date":"2020-07-31T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/?p=8822"},"modified":"2020-07-31T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:06:47","slug":"new-umaine-extension-publication-on-managing-woodchucks-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/2020\/07\/31\/new-umaine-extension-publication-on-managing-woodchucks-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"New UMaine Extension publication on managing woodchucks in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new publication in response to a common issue \u2014 how to manage woodchucks <i>(Marmota monax)&nbsp;<\/i>on lawns and in gardens in Maine.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/7154e\/?utm_source=UMaine+Extension&amp;utm_campaign=baf8a59681-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_21_01_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_db142d0da0-baf8a59681-3717505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/7154e\/?utm_source%3DUMaine%2BExtension%26utm_campaign%3Dbaf8a59681-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_21_01_29%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_term%3D0_db142d0da0-baf8a59681-3717505&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1596286813728000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEnUcsMOrI3A6RxHVtGnsxa87qQwQ\">Managing Woodchucks on Your Maine Property<\/a>\u201d includes recommendations to help protect vegetable gardens and prevent destructive tunneling, as well as techniques to avoid based on <span class=\"gmail_default\">the <\/span>biology and natural history<span class=\"gmail_default\"> of woodchucks<\/span>. <span class=\"gmail_default\">The publication was produced by the <\/span><span class=\"gmail_default\">University of Maine, University of Southern Maine and UMaine Extension, with funding provided by the USM Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\nUMaine Extension bulletins <span class=\"gmail_default\">may<\/span> be ordered&nbsp;or downloaded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1596286813728000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGu3jbn9apelpyk7j9BvB7uyRk5zQ\">publications catalog<\/a> <span class=\"gmail_default\">or by contacting&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">207.581.3792; <\/span><a href=\"mailto:extension.orders@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extension.orders@maine.edu<\/a><span style=\"color: #1155cc\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new publication in response to a common issue \u2014 how to manage woodchucks (Marmota monax)&nbsp;on lawns and in gardens in Maine. \u201cManaging Woodchucks on Your Maine Property\u201d includes recommendations to help protect vegetable gardens and prevent destructive tunneling, as well as techniques to avoid based on the biology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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