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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, ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho wildlife officials on Thursday approved expanding trapping for river otters despite widespread opposition. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted 6-1 to approve the plan that ...

Strong coffee in hand and waist-high rubber waders in the bed of his pickup, Mike Kroger will often set out in the early morning hours of the day to meander somewhere along a 3-mile stretch of the Big ...

SEATTLE - State and federal wildlife agents are trying to trap the otter that attacked a boy and his grandmother as they were swimming in the Pilchuck River about 30 miles northeast of Seattle.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — North American river otters won’t be on South Dakota’s list of threatened species any longer, the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission decided Thursday. Commissioners agreed 8-0 ...

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 ...