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The nutria, an invasive swamp-dwelling rodent, is wreaking havoc on California ecosystems, ... damaging the marsh environment. ...
According to the agency, invasive species can damage the ecosystems they become part of, and eating them is just one way to protect native wildlife. ... Nutria, a native species to South America ...
Nutria are a perfect example of how the introduction of an invasive species can throw off the delicate balance that has developed inside vulnerable ecosystems over centuries of evolution. They are ...
Damage in Louisiana has been sufficiently severe since the 1950s to warrant legislative attention; in 1958, the first bounty was placed on nutria, though this effort was not funded. [ 53 ] : 3 By the early 2000s, the Coastwide Nutria Control Program was established, which began paying bounties for nutria killed in 2002.
The economic impacts of invasive species can be difficult to estimate especially when an invasive species does not affect economically important native species. This is partly because of the difficulty in determining the non-use value of native habitats damaged by invasive species and incomplete knowledge of the effects of all of the invasive species present in the U.S. Estimates for the ...
In addition, nutria burrow into levees and other flood control systems, weakening them, as well as eroding the banks of streams and rivers. [58] This damage to waterways contributes to water pollution. The zebra mussel attaches to native mussel species and prevents them from moving, eating and reproducing. [59]
They cause serious damage to coastal marshes and may dig burrows in levees. Hence, Louisiana has had a bounty to try to reduce nutria numbers. Large alligators feed heavily on nutria, so alligators may not only control nutria populations in Louisiana, but also prevent them spreading east into Florida and possibly the Everglades. Since hunting ...
The giant rodent is known to dig into the side of levees causing them to fail and cause flooding.