Posted by Kirk Dean | Pest Control, Rock Chucks
What are rock chucks? Rock chucks are Idaho’s name for the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris), a large ground squirrel found throughout the state’s rocky slopes, talus fields, foothill lots, and irrigation canal banks. They’re sometimes called “whistle pigs,” though that nickname is technically reserved — Idaho Fish and Game officially designates the Piute ground squirrel …
