But even as the volcano despaired, scientists were making their plans. They were planning to test whether pocket gophers — a widespread burrowing rodent that many people persecute as pests ...
Located in southern Washington state, Mount St. Helens is notorious for its eruption on May 18, 1980. The eruption of ...
In an experiment, the scientists airlifted local gophers, known as northern pocket gophers, to two enclosed pumice plots for a day. “Bringing them there was like bringing a mini-ecosystem just ...
When relocated to Mount St. Helens, the volcano that erupted in 1980, pocket gophers helped rebuild the environment.