… Nutria are rodents native to South America, but they are causing a headache for crews in California. … Crews are now getting help from outside the state. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy supplied an $11 million grant to bring in detection dogs from the East Coast. The dogs are experts at finding nutria scat, which helps find the best area for DFW crews to set traps. Congressman Josh Harder has backed bills authorizing federal funds in the fight. “These nutria cost places like Louisiana hundreds of millions of dollars every year in infrastructure losses,” Harder said. “That’s going to happen to California if we don’t get this eradicated.”