Gopher Problems Near Torrance — Madrona Marsh, Golf Courses, and Palos Verdes Border

Torrance is a large South Bay city with an often-underappreciated diversity of gopher pressure sources. Madrona Marsh Preserve — a rare coastal freshwater marsh — sits within the city's residential footprint. The Palos Verdes Peninsula with its dramatic open space forms Torrance's western boundary. Two golf courses and an extensive community park network round out the gopher sources that affect neighborhoods throughout this sprawling South Bay community.

The Main Gopher Sources in Torrance

Madrona Marsh Preserve is a 43-acre coastal freshwater marsh and upland habitat preserve embedded within Torrance's residential grid. As one of the last remaining coastal freshwater marshes in Los Angeles County, it is carefully protected — and completely unmanaged for pest control. The preserve's upland grassland sections surrounding the marsh sustain gopher populations that push into the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Properties along Madrona Avenue, Plaza del Amo, and the residential streets surrounding the preserve see consistent pressure from this in-community natural source year-round.

Palos Verdes Peninsula border — Torrance's western residential neighborhoods in the Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes adjacent areas border the Peninsula's dramatic open space terrain. The Palos Verdes Nature Preserve's extensive grassland and natural terrain presses eastward into the Torrance neighborhoods at the base of the Peninsula. Properties in western Torrance near the Palos Verdes border experience the same Peninsula-origin gopher pressure as Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes.

Torrance Municipal Golf Course and Los Verdes Golf Course — Torrance's municipal course and the nearby Los Verdes course on the Palos Verdes border maintain irrigated fairways that sustain established gopher populations. The surrounding residential neighborhoods see consistent year-round activity from both courses. Los Verdes in particular, positioned at the base of the Peninsula, combines golf course pressure with Peninsula open space pressure in the immediately surrounding communities.

Charles H. Wilson Park, Columbia Park, and the Torrance park network — Torrance maintains an extensive community park system with irrigated athletic fields distributed throughout the city. These parks distribute gopher pressure broadly across the residential footprint, with the largest parks generating the most significant neighborhood-level pressure on surrounding residential blocks.

Torrance Unified School District campuses — including South High School, North High School, and West High School along with their athletic facilities — sustain local gopher populations affecting the surrounding residential neighborhoods throughout the city.

Service Areas Near Torrance

• Gopher Control in Rancho Palos Verdes — Peninsula open space preserves
• Gopher Control in Rolling Hills — equestrian estates and Peninsula terrain
• Gopher Control in Long Beach — El Dorado Park and golf courses
• Mole Control in Torrance

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• Gopher Problems Near Rolling Hills Equestrian Estates
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Call 909-599-4711 to schedule gopher control in Torrance. We serve all neighborhoods including western Torrance near the Peninsula and areas surrounding Madrona Marsh.