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Be gone voles! Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park closed until March 2011

A friend of mine said he noticed fencing all the way around the Polo Fields on Friday. Today, RichmondSFBlog reader rodesfishburne said he heard from SF Rec & Park that the Polo Fields will remain closed until March 2011.

During the closure, they are installing new irrigation and anti-vole technology.

Voles are also known as meadow mice or field mice, and according to Wikipedia they are “a small rodent resembling a mouse but with a stouter body, a shorter hairy tail, a slightly rounder head, smaller ears and eyes, and differently formed molars.”

Perhaps we need more stray cats in Golden Gate Park to eradicate these voles? 😉 It would be interesting to know what technology they’re using to ward off these evil voles. I found these stakes that emit a noise at a frequency of 300 Hz and a vibration from the internal motor.

Below is a photo of the work taken a couple of weeks ago. Thanks orion for the tip!

Sarah B.


Photo by orionsan.

8 Comments

  1. Well, as long as they keep the fence up and pave the field when they are done, we’ll all know that the Rec and Park service was on top of things. I couldn’t be more proud of them.

  2. I believe It is the resident gophers that are mostly responsible for destroying the field in the past. Hopefully, they will be excluded from calling the Polo Field their home in the future.

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