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Amargia wrote:
Traveling through Louisiana is a bitter sweet experience. I enjoy the food, music and low key atmosphere of the bayou country, but I also know how threatened the traditional way of life is there. The land itself is subsiding Even without hurricanes and tropical storms hastening the process. Its odd to think A stretch of marsh I'm in may be part of the gulf twenty years from now.
I wonder if anyone has ever submitted a photo of a nutria for the invasive species photo contest. They were introduced to the Louisiana wetlands unintentionally around 80 years ago from Argentina. Nutrias have pushed muskrats of of their ecological niche and are ,in general, a nuisance. A French chef attempted to convince people to add nutrias to the local cuisine, without much success. It's a little like convincing New Yorkers to eat pigeons.
Jim didn't realize rice was a major crop in LA and SE Texas.
Ps We did get hold of Debra and have a way to contact her
Photo: Rice growing.
Link to Nutria wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coypu