From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: WSFAns in The Washington Post
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:34:33 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 9:23 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: WSFAns in The Washington Post

> Interestingly, N Lynch said:
> >We must get a different edition of the POST.  The Wed.
> >Nov. 17 Metro section has a picture of a crying woman
> >with the "Seeking Ways to Prevent Teen Deaths", a
> >water way, map, and a nutria with a story about
> >nutrias.  The Metro "Town Hall" meeting story has no
> >picture.
> >
> >Nicki
>
> Louisiana had quite an industry with people poling boats into the swamps
to
> trap nutria for their fur.  Don't know if the market is there any more,
but
> if it starts up here, at least the trappers won't have to be looking out
> for alligators.

Nutria are alien imports, just like kudzu vines, and they do Bad Things to
the local ecosystem.

--Ted White