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Managing Nutria Damage

Type
Publication
Date of Publication
January 25, 2022
Price
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Overview

Nutria are large, semi-aquatic rodents resembling beavers or muskrats. They eat desirable vegetation, girdle trees, and burrow into banks and dams. The biological, reproductive, and behavioral characteristics of nutria are listed, as well as control methods. (4 pages)

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