The Utah Department of Natural Resources has come up with an innovative strategy for reducing the population of invasive bullfrogs: encouraging locals to catch and consume them. Here, the department’s mission is to manage bullfrogs’ adverse ecological effects on the local species and the ecosystems while they are offering possible nourishment for the locals. This approach is another step toward being consistent with comparable initiatives made in other areas where these exotic species are generating problems. Bullfrogs are one of the native species of the eastern and central United States. Because of their voracious appetite and lack of natural predators, … Continue reading From Pest to Feast: Utah’s Unconventional Solution to Invasive Bullfrogs