{"id":276745,"date":"2013-09-15T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=276745"},"modified":"2013-09-16T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T20:12:00","slug":"nutria-being-destructive-in-east-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=276745","title":{"rendered":"Nutria Being Destructive in East Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=276755\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-276755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/09\/agrilife-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"agrilife\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-276755\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212;  \u2014 They are not beavers, but they sure look like them.  The swimming rodent nutria is known to be a nuisance and cause a lot of damage, and it has topped the list of ten destructive species in Texas.  They eat farm and garden crops found next to water.   KETK spoke with extension agents about these pesky rodents and damage prevention.   &#8220;They were brought here, and we know we have them, and they can be a problem,&#8221; says Chad Gulley, Extension Agent, Smith County Agrilife, Texas A&#038;M.   &#8220;They&#8217;re going to follow water and get in areas, especially the low-lying areas where there&#8217;s not a lot of water.   They build a dam and back the water up so you&#8217;ll have water in areas where you&#8217;re not supposed to have water.&#8221;  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>Damage also occurs in area of vegetation, girdle trees, and dams.  The nutria are even known to bust water tanks.   They can lower the lake levels and streams on one side &#8220;to create water on the other side and in some cases cause flooding,&#8221; says Gulley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they&#8217;re not causing damage to your property you have to have a license to trap them and also sell the fur,&#8221; says Ashley Pellerin, Prairie View Extension Agent.   If people plan to trap nutria they are advised to contact Texas Parks and Wildlife for regulations and licensing fees.   As far as preventing nutria, &#8220;Minimize the amount of timber around water front property,&#8221; says Pellerin.   &#8220;A lot of people have to put barriers around their trees,&#8221; says Gulley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; \u2014 They are not beavers, but they sure look like them. The swimming rodent nutria is known to be a nuisance and cause a lot of damage, and it has topped the list of ten destructive species in Texas. They eat farm and garden crops found next to water. KETK spoke with extension &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=276745\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nutria Being Destructive in East Texas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 15:30:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=276745"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276762,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276745\/revisions\/276762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=276745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=276745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=276745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}