Over 1,000 nutria have been eradicated in California this year, yet their presence continues to increase and spread. Nutria are an invasive species in California that harm infrastructure and wildlife.
Nutria, which may grow up to 2 feet long and weigh 20 pounds, were discovered in the Central Valley as early as 2017, after going undetected for 40 years in California. But recently they’ve ...
Known by a deceivingly healthy-sounding name —nutria — its eating and burrowing ways can literally destroy natural wetland systems if left unchecked. So far more than 500 nutria have been ...
California Department of Fish and Wildlife senior wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg holds a nutria caught near Gustine in 2018. More than 500 nutria, a large aquatic South American rodent ...