Chesapeake Bay Nutria Eradication Project
Northeast Region

 

Accomplishments and Conservation Outcomes

Maps

Nutria population status as of September 2011

Aerial view of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge showing marsh loss from 1939 (left) to 1989 (right).
Aerial photograph of Blackwater refuge in 1939. Aerial photograph of Blackwater refuge in 1989 showing significant marsh loss due to nutria.
Last updated: August 10, 2012