Tired of tarpon? There's a new rodeo in town. Sassafras Louisiana will host their first annual Nutria Rodeo on Dec. 3 in Golden Meadow. Enrolled hunters and fishermen can compete to take down some of ...

Their nonstop munching and burrowing destroy the plants that keep marshes stable, leading to erosion, loss of habitat, and wetlands that look like something out of a disaster movie,” experts said.

Hunting effort Most hunters have been averaging between 20 and 30 days tracking nutria during the program's hunting seasons, officials say, resulting in the deaths of more than 300,000 nutria during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) is encouraging Americans to hunt and eat five invasive animal species. An article on the ...

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — “Save a swamp, Sauté a Nutria.” Wildlife officials are proposing a special way of dealing with an invasive species wreaking havoc on Florida’s natural reserves. The nutria, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walter Heathcock retrieves a nutria; swamp rats feed ­heavily on the root systems of marsh grass. I CAN’T HELP but be transported ...

They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey. And conservation officials want you to eat as many of them as you can. The nutria, ...

I am a Boy Scout working on my Communications Merit Badge and am writing to share my opinion on your recent article about the Nutria Rodeo, published Feb 8. I recently researched the nutria and ...

A bigger bounty for nutria didn’t result in a bigger body count last year. Louisiana hunters and trappers notched one of the smallest numbers of kills since the the state nutria control program was ...