Residents exchange gopher tails for cash

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Residents of a New Mexico town have been turning in dead gopher tails for money as part of a bounty program established by the Carlsbad Soil and Conservation District to control the pests.
The district offers residents $6 for each gopher tail brought in on the first Monday of each month, The Current-Argus reported.
“We’ll have a handful more this month,” said Judith McCollaum, who works in information and education in the district. “They save u