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 ...

River otters at Trap Pond State Park Sept. 7, 2025 Note: These clips are not in chronological order. If an otter notices you and/or swims toward you, you are too close and should move away.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public input on changes the department is considering for the state’s river otter trapping rules. The change would ...

Jim Kauffman holds an adult female otter that he captured last October in the Big Bushkill Creek in Porter Township, Pike County. The otter was captured and released as part of a study conducted by ...

SEYMOUR, Ind. | The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is considering allowing a trapping season for river otters less than two decades after the animal was reintroduced. Wildlife officials say ...

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 ...