i'm sheila bradford. i'm a gardener at the golf course.he past two and a half years i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden gate to crocker amazon park she logged more than five years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san francisco recreation and parks. then she found her calling. >> i have a peta card. so it is not like i enjoy killing the gophers. but i don't like them in the lawn. they do so much damage. it is so many tripping hazards. >> reporter: bradford was working here. her turf was overrun. a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass. at least one dog broke its leg. so she developed a strategy and went to war. >> this is the gopher trap. i just ordered them on ebay then i started catching more. >> reporter: a lot more. enough to reclaim the plaza and launch a gopher count for the record books. >> when i started my tally sheet. >> the total was 1290. my little going to battle mascot. >> now the war rages on at harding park. >> the greens. >> there it is. >> a little shovel. >> repor

>> i'm sheila bradford a gardener at harting park golf course.or the last 2.5 years i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden great to amazon park, she logged more than 5 years mowing lawns and pulling reeds for san francisco recreation and parks, and then she found a her calling. >> i have a peta card. it's not like i enjoy killing the gofers, but i don't like them in the lawns because they do so much damage, having the mounds and just so many tripping hazards. >> reporter: she was working here, also plaza park, and her turf was overrun. a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass, and one dog broke its leg. >> this is the gophernator trap. i ordered them on ebay, and i started trapping more. >> reporter: a lot more. larging a -- launching a gopher account for the record books. >> the total 1290. he's like my little going to battle mascot. >> reporter: now the war rages on at harding park. >> god forbid the greens, and shovels. >> reporter: with simple tools. >> my trusty gopher probe. >> reporter:

i'm sheila bradford a gardener at harding park golf course.past 2.5 years, i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden gate to crocker amazon park, she logged more than 5 years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san francisco recreation and parks. then she found her calling. >> i have a peta card so it's not like i enjoy killing the gophers. but i don't like them in the lawns. they do so much damage. having the mounds and tripping hazards. >> reporter: she was working here alta plaza park and her turf was overrun a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass. at least one dog broke a leg so shield a strategy and went to war. >> so this is the trap. i ordered them on ebay and i started catching more. >> reporter: enough to reclaim alta plaza and launch a gopher count for the record books. >> see when i started my tally sheet, so the total 1290. he is like my little going to battle mascot. >> reporter: now the war rages on at harding park. >> god forbid the greens... >> there it is. >> little shovel. >>