Hurricane Carmen first breached Trinity Island, part of the Isles Denieres barrier in Terrebone Parish, in 1974. This created one of the worst breaches in the barrier islands and hastened coastline marsh loss. This island chain is located approximately 12 miles south of Cocodrie, Louisiana.

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The dredging and placement of close to one million cubic feet of soil was completed in July, 2007, and the plan was to introduce nine species of native barrier island plants onto the new created land to hold the soil in place.

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Trapper John, when consulted, recommended removing the nutria before planting the new vegetation.

That's when the Louisiana State Department of Natural Resources hired Trapper John to remove the problem; before nutrias could begin jeopardizing the new growth.

 

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Trinity Island, and the restored area of the New Cut Restoration project, is home to a large bird population including some rare species like the Rosetta Spoonbill.

Nutria, a destructive alien species, causes extensive marsh damage annually.

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"The DNR was thoroughly pleased with Trapper John's performance and would highly recommend future use of this contractor. Trapper John performed work in a timely, professional and dependable manner and can be relied upon to provide excellent nuisance species management. Throughout the contract period, Trapper John exhibited extensive knowledge of nutria behaivor and patterns and worked tirelessly, under extremely difficult project conditions to achieve the highest degree of population control."

Keith Lovell, Coastal Resources Scientist Manager

 

Mr. Keith Lovell, Project Manager of the New Cut Nutria Eradication Project, proudly displays a live nutira caught by Trapper John during a visit to Trinity Island.