[NormsRevenge]

another research project gone bad.

apparently there was and is a market for the fur , a bulk of them are trapped in louisiana and texas, they don't like cold weather tho and mess up the environment for beaver and waterfowl alike..

http://www.nationaltrappers.com/nutria.html

[NormsRevenge]

Oh. btw.

HaPPY Easter to ALL!

except for folks that aren't into Easter and 'stuff' like that. ;-)

[CWOJackson]

Unfortunately the climate in the Pudget Sound area is "fairly" mild. That and the destruction of natural preditors has resulted in Canadian Geese no longer migrating from the region (it's safe to nest there).

Anyone from the area can tell you how big of a problem the geese have become. There are so many they've made Lake Washington a bio-hazard and turning bordering lawns into green slip and slides.

A few years back U.S. Fish and Wildlife netted a couple of thousand of them and trucked them to the Dakotas. Along the way a "few" of the geese died and the public went ballistic...no more catch and release.