What can be done to help the lawn recover from vole damage?
Rake up the mounds of dead grass in the spring and the grass will come back up from the crown. Within a few weeks we won’t even be able to see where the voles fed. Usually the voles will move back out into the fields after the snow melts away. They spend the winter under the snow banks feeding on the dead grass and thatch. Can anything be done to prevent vole damage this winter? Reducing the vole population would be my first suggestion. Don’t know of anything which will keep the voles away from your lawn. Putting something around your trees to prevent vole damage on the trunks is also very important.
