WILD PIGS ARE RARELY SEEN in the Bay Area, but it’s clear they’re here from the evidence they leave behind: hoof prints; grainy, black-and-white camera-trap sightings; and damaged natural and cultivated landscapes alike.  

With the arrival of summer, that damage is only going to get worse. As the land dries out and hardens, wild pigs will find their way to greener pastures: lawns, fields, vineyards, golf courses. Last summer, wild pigs made headlines in Sonoma County when they ransacked the grounds of a small school in Geyserville.

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