Invasive aquatic rodent known as nutria spotted in Sacramento County
The invasive rodents known as nutria, spurred by California's wet winter, have been spotted on Sherman Island in Sacramento County.
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The invasive rodents known as nutria, spurred by California's wet winter, have been spotted on Sherman Island in Sacramento County.
A federal regulatory group voted Thursday to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish, also known as chinook, returned to California's rivers last year.
Experts fear native California salmon, which make up a significant portion of the Pacific Northwest's fishing industry, are in a spiral toward extinction.
The beloved animal, who helped raise awareness for California's big cat population for more than a decade, was "compassionately euthanized," officials said.
The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed further to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines.
An online forum held Thursday looked at the growing problem of wild pigs in California and how to lessen the danger and damage they are bringing around the state.
