GOLDEN MEADOW, La. (AP) - Even for a state known for its hunting and fishing rodeos, this new rodeo is offbeat: Go catch invasive species like nutria - that South American water rodent scientists say are eating up south Louisiana's fragile marshland - Asian carp, feral swine and coyotes.
The Courier reports that Sassafras Louisiana, a coastal advocacy group founded by south Lafourche Parish teens after the BP oil spill, is hosting what it hopes will become an annual Nutria Rodeo on Dec. 3 in Golden Meadow.
Enrolled hunters and fishermen can compete to take down some of the area's biggest invasive pests, take home prizes and help save the coast.
Recently approved laws:
Nighttime Take of Nuisance Animals & Outlaw Quadrupeds
Sound Suppressors – Legal Use for Take of Outlaw Quadrupeds
http://www.sassafrasla.org/Our_Initiative.html
The Courier reports that Sassafras Louisiana, a coastal advocacy group founded by south Lafourche Parish teens after the BP oil spill, is hosting what it hopes will become an annual Nutria Rodeo on Dec. 3 in Golden Meadow.
Enrolled hunters and fishermen can compete to take down some of the area's biggest invasive pests, take home prizes and help save the coast.
Recently approved laws:
Nighttime Take of Nuisance Animals & Outlaw Quadrupeds
Sound Suppressors – Legal Use for Take of Outlaw Quadrupeds
http://www.sassafrasla.org/Our_Initiative.html
