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One of the last runs for Swamp Rat 1B before retirement in early 1961.
Population size varies dramatically from year to year in southern Texas.
In southern environments, young muskrats mature in six months, while in colder northern environments, it takes about a year.
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While the numbers fluctuate, Normand says the program has been quite successful in obtaining its goal of reducing nutria caused marsh damage.
But a fur-market crash in the 1980s removed the incentives for trappers and left the nutria population unchecked.