CA Department for Fish and Wildlife
Information Officer at the CA Department for Fish and Wildlife.
PROFILE
Peter Tira
Guest
FROM Peter Tira
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What to do about the giant rodent invasion in California? Large aquatic rodents called nutrias keep showing up in the Central Valley. The California Department for Fish and Wildlife is looking into eradication plans that other states have tried. Maryland killed more than 14,000 nutria in the Chesapeake Bay. Other states, like Louisiana, encourage their residents to eat nutria.
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