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 ...

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, ...

North Dakota could become the latest state to allow the killing of North American river otters, an animal that was once nearly wiped out in parts of the U.S. by unregulated harvests. Experts say the ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) – There’s one last chance to tell Indiana’s Natural Resources Commission what you think about its proposed rule changes for deer hunting and otter trapping. Comments can be ...

The inaugural otter trapping season in 2016 was the culmination of one of Pennsylvania’s greatest conservation success stories. At one point, river otters were nearly extirpated in the state, and in ...

It finally happened. New Holland's Chuck Engle took photos proving that river otters, at least one, reside at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, near Kleinfeltersville. "I've been looking for it ...

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 ...