The range is from the northeastern Minnesota to northeastern Canada and southward in the U. S. to North Carolina and Tennessee. Within this geographic area, the rock vole occurs in small populations ...

Woodland voles are approximately 118-130 mm (4.6-5.1 in) in total length, and weigh 20-35 g (0.7-1.4 oz). The range is most of the eastern U.S., extreme southeastern Ontario, and Southwestern Quebec.

I briefly mentioned a rodent called a vole. What I didn’t say is how destructive they can be. I once had them completely wreck a nice bed of thyme. Fortunately, the bed filled back in because of ...