You know it’s dry when your fish have ticks.

They’re out there rooting for mussels and other shellfish — they’ll eat practically anything.

This is not feral hog eradication. We will be using legal means to reduce the population so we can reduce damage.

We want to find out what works best where. We want to show landowners what will work best, and we want to know, ‘Can we have an impact and reduce the amount of damage?

They are coming into suburban areas as we build further out into wildlife habitat. We’re not going to eradicate feral hogs. But we can develop strategies to reduce their damages.