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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 ...

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.

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 ...

Hello, friends. For several years I have applied for a permit to trap otter and fisher. I received a fisher trapping permit three years ago but did not try trapping for them. This past fall when I got ...

Indiana’s Natural Resources Commission has opened the final public comment periods for proposed changes to Indiana’s deer hunting and river otter trapping rules before members vote on final adoption.

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 ...

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 ...

The following story is a press release from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department: CHEYENNE, Wyoming — Wyoming House Bill 0045, which removes otters from protected status, took effect after Gov. Mark ...

On Aug. 20 in Helena, the Fish, Wildlife and Parks commission will meet to likely rubber stamp some more of Gov. Greg Gianforte's "War on Wildlife." Besides the obvious effort to destroy wolves, ...