Nutria study suggests giant invasive rodents were deliberately introduced to Delta

Nutria study suggests giant invasive rodents were deliberately introduced to Delta

THERE’S NO DOUBT San Joaquin County harbors its share of invasive species. Their origin stories, however, raise a few more questions. Golden mussels presumably found their way into the marshes of the Delta after attaching themselves to the bottoms of ships arriving from Asia, where they are native. They were first detected in California near the Port of Stockton in 2024. Airborne pests like mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus may have simply …