Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Californian wineries turn to owls as answer for growing pest problem

So far, the graduate students have found that the barn owls in vineyards are reducing the number of gophers, but not mice.

Four-fifths of the study's wineries now use the owl nest boxes and notice a difference in rodent control. Image: Unsplash/Andy Chilton

Paige Bennett
Writer, EcoWatch
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Graduate students at Humboldt State University are using owls to protect vineyards from rodents.
Graduate students at Humboldt State University are using owls to protect vineyards from rodents. Image: Barn Owl Research HSU
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Of 75 wineries in Napa Valley surveyed four-fifths now use the owl nest boxes and notice a difference in rodent control. Image: Wine Folly
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