Summer survey finds river otters continue to thrive on the Yampa River after successful reintroduction

The early 1900s weren't a good time to be a river otter in the state of Colorado. In 1906, the last known otter in the state was trapped on the lower Yampa River, and the species was declared extinct here. Today, the state's wildlife biologists are confirming it's a whole different story. A recent summer count of the river otter population on the Yampa River where it runs wild through the ...

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