In 1995, Indiana began restoring the river otter population by introducing 303 otters at 12 sites around the state. Otters had been on the endangered species list due to unregulated hunting and rapid ...

Public comment is now open to the Indiana Natural Resources Commission, or NRC, for proposed changes to the state’s river otter trapping rules. If adopted, the changes would take effect this November ...

Natural Resources Commission member Patrick Early (left), department Director Dan Bortner and commission Chair Bryan Poynter at a commission meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Leslie Bonilla ...

Indiana’s Natural Resources Commission has opened a public comment period for proposed changes to the state’s river otter trapping rules before its members vote on their final adoption. If adopted, ...

Dear Fish and Game Department, When I was walking on a trail at Sweet Pond with my grandmother and my sibling I saw an otter just barely peeking its head over a rock. It was an incredible experience ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) — Although river otter trapping season in Indiana typically ends March 15, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) prematurely ended the 2023-2024 trapping season due to ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The river otter season harvest limit of 20 was reached today, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department (GFP) said. If a river otter is caught in an existing trap in ...

The following is a news release from Idaho Fish and Game. SALMON — The river otter harvest quota for Idaho’s Salmon Region was reached on Thursday, March 27. The otter trapping season for the entire ...

Larry Kline stood knee-deep in a Virginia creek, laying a trap. He lowered the trap's spring-loaded metal frame -- something like a large mousetrap -- into the current. If a river otter swam through, ...

Amateur photographer Kevin McGorry has captured images of some elusive wildlife in Bucks County including a great egret, green herons, bald eagles and a peregrine falcon. But what he photographed ...

The otter drowned after becoming trapped in an illegal crayfish trap. The police has shared government guidelines on removing native and non-native crayfish in England. An otter has died after ...