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	Northern River Otter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The North American river otter’s body measure is somewhere between 25.98" to 42.13", and their tail measure is between 12.40" to 18.11" (a river otter’s tail makes up 30 to 40% of the total length of its body).
		Otters are powerful swimmers, but can also travel quickly on land and often propel themselves into a rapid slide on their bellies on snow or ice; they also like to slide down river banks into the water.
		Northern river otters have their dens on land, and they hunt in a wide variety of aquatic habitats, including lakes, rivers, inland wetlands and swamps, coastal marshes and even the open ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_River_Otter (1237 words)

	MPCA - Ottertail River Watershed in the Red River Basin
		The watershed is a drainage basin of the Red River and the major tributaries of the watershed are the Ottertail and Pelican Rivers.
		Of all of the watersheds in the Red River Basin, the Otter Tail River Watershed is one of the least impacted by flooding.
		However, the Pelican River Watershed District oversees the north-central portion of the watershed along the upper reaches of the Pelican River in the vicinity of Lakes Detroit, Sallie and Melissa; and the Cormorant Lakes Watershed district oversees water management activities in the Cormorant Lakes area, west of Detroit Lakes.
	www.pca.state.mn.us /water/basins/redriver/ottertail.html (701 words)

	EEK! - Critter Corner - The River Otter
		Otters will hang out at a few of their favorite spots in this large area, depending on where the eating is good.
		Otters use dens to raise their 2-4 pups which are born in April or May following one year of gestation (pregnancy).
		We know that otter numbers will never be as high as beavers or muskrats because of their need for a large territory and a large amount of food.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/critter/mammal/riverotter.htm (758 words)

	River Otter (Lutra canadensis)
		River otters are largely aquatic and frequent lakes and the larger streams.
		Otters are notorious wanderers in their chosen habitat and an animal may range over several kilometers of a waterway.
		Otters may occupy two dens, one as a temporary resting den and the other as a permanent nesting den.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/lutrcana.htm (552 words)

	Otter Tail County, Minnesota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Otter Tail County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
		The Otter Tail River as it passes Phelps Mill in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
		‡ Wadena is in Wadena County, but a small part of the city extends into Otter Tail County.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Otter_Tail_County,_Minnesota (426 words)

	River Otter - Colorado Division of Wildlife
		The river otter is the longest of our weasels, ranging from 3 to 4 1/2 feet, of which the powerful, cylindrical tail (which thickens toward the base) comprises about one-third.
		They are also smaller than otters, at about 1 to 2 feet in length from their nose to the tip of their furry, slender tail, which is less than one half the length of their body.
		Their tail is fl, scaly, flattened side-to-side, and resembles that of a rat; again, differing significantly in shape from the otter’s tail.
	wildlife.state.co.us /WildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcern/Mammals/RiverOtter.htm (774 words)

	Phelps Mill County Park - Otter Tail County Minnesota
		Otter Tail county was considered a prime location for the construction of mills.
		An abundance of water power from the Red River (now known as the Otter Tail River) lured entrepreneurs with dreams of turning the county into the largest flour producing area west of Minneapolis.
		At a point in the river was a slight rapids as the river swept down from hill country to meadow lands.
	www.co.otter-tail.mn.us /phelpsmill (923 words)

	Illinois Furbearer Guide: River Otter
		From 1994 through 1997, 346 otters were captured in Louisiana using small foothold traps and released in southeastern and central Illinois.
		Otters tend to drag large fish onto the shoreline or a logjam to dine.
		Otter toilets (known as spraints) are marked by piles of large, coarse droppings that are dark-colored and contain fish scales and crayfish parts.
	dnr.state.il.us /orc/wildlife/furbearers/river_otter.htm (1171 words)

	Life History Notes: River Otter
		River otters were historically distributed throughout much of North America, excluding the frozen Arctic and the Southwest.
		Otters are generally nocturnal (active at night) or crepuscular (active at dawn or dusk), although diurnal (daytime) activity is not uncommon in undisturbed areas.
		River otters are often seen in family groups in the summer and early fall.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/resources/wildnotes/pub384.htm (741 words)

	River Otter: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		The river (or land) otter is found throughout Alaska with the exception of the Aleutian Islands, the offshore islands of the Bering Sea, and the area adjacent to the arctic coast east of Point Lay.
		Otter fur consists of a very dense undercoat overlaid with longer guard hairs, which are usually removed by furriers.
		Otters travel together and operate as a social unit but do not cooperate in hunting or share what is caught.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/furbear/rvrotter.php (1132 words)

	River Otter in New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Otter are the only members of the weasel family having webbed feet and a heavily muscled tail.
		Otter breed in February but the young are born the following year between April and May. This seemingly long pregnancy is due to a delayed implantation of the fertilized egg.
		Otter are long-lived and are not thought to breed effectively until they are several years old; this is unusual among small to medium sized mammals.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/wildgame/ottrinny.htm (576 words)

	Lake information report: Minnesota DNR
		Primary inlets are the Otter Tail River along the north shoreline and the Dead River along the northwest shoreline.
		Otter Tail Lake has a maximum depth of 120 feet; however, 57% of the lake is less than 15 feet in depth.
		The shoreline substrates of Otter Tail Lake consist primarily of sand interspersed with gravel.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /lakefind/showreport.html?downum=56024200 (932 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for otter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		otter OTTER [otter] name for a number of aquatic, carnivorous mammals of the weasel family, found on all continents except Australia.
		The common river otters of Eurasia and the Americas are species of the genus Lutra.
		Otter, Peaks of OTTER, PEAKS OF [Otter, Peaks of] two peaks, W central Va., in the Blue Ridge, W of Lynchburg.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/09696.html (427 words)

	RIVER OTTER
		The Northern river otter’s habitat is primarily along pond, rivers, and lakes in areas that are wooded.
		The Northern river otter’s body is three to four feet in length, and their tail is their tail is one to one and a half feet long.
		River otters were hunted for their dense fur, which kept people warm.
	www.onrc.washington.edu /trail/riverotter.htm (315 words)

	Analysis to delineate redox processes and flow paths in riparian zone glacial outwash aquifer-stream system
		Ground-water flow is generally from the higher elevations of the moraines on the west, north, and east sides of the aquifer toward the Otter Tail River-chain of lakes in the center of the aquifer.
		Otter Tail River samples were collected approximately monthly at a gaging station about 1 km downstream of the intersection of the study transect and the river (Figure 1).
		concentrations in Otter Tail River water and in the ground waters sampled under the wetland and in the adjacent up-gradient aquifer (Figure 6) indicate that mixing of ground and surface waters in the riparian zone is unlikely since the wetland samples did not fall along the mixing line between the two end members.
	water.usgs.gov /nawqa/nutrients/pubs/wrr_v38/wrr_v38.html (9438 words)

	NPWRC :: The Species-environment Relationship
		Species richness of streams in the Red River basin ranged from a low of 13 for the Mustinka River to a high of 65 for the Otter Tail River (Table 7).
		Specific conductivity (µS/cm) ranged from 357 for the Otter Tail River in the NLF to 3802 for the Turtle River in the RRV (Mean=999, SE=89) (Table A2).
		Dissolved chloride (mg/L Cl) ranged from 2 for the Otter Tail River in the NLF, the Red Lake River in the NMW, and the Wild Rice River, Minnesota, in the NLF to 741 for the Turtle River in the RRV (Mean=43, SE=16).
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/fish/norbasin/specarea.htm (2693 words)

	Otters - River Otters, Inside & Out
		Tail: Completely covered with fur, a river otter's tail is flat and thick at the base and tapers toward the tip.
		Head: The river otter's head is broad and rather flat, with a blunt muzzle.
		River otters have an acute sense of smell.
	sciencebulletins.amnh.org /biobulletin/biobulletin/story924.html (159 words)

	River Otter Alliance - Otter Place Names: You Otter Go There
		While I was researching otter ecology in Arkansas it was helpful to me to understand their past distribution and relative abundance.
		Otter place names pretty much occur from "sea to shining sea." Overlaying these localities with the known original scientific distribution of river otters (from E. Raymond Hall's 1981 work) in the U.S., it is a fair match.
		There are a few otter place names in the Swedish word for otter, which is "utter." However, this may refer to the mammary gland of a cow also.
	www.otternet.com /ROA/Spring2002/youottergo.htm (1569 words)

	WildWNC.org : Animals : RIVER OTTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		River Otters are very agile swimmers and are one of the few animals that seem to spend much of their time actually playing.
		Otter dens are often dug into the bank of a stream or they may utilize an old beaver lodge, muskrat house, or even a hollow tree.
		In North Carolina, River Otters are still common in the eastern coastal plain, with much fewer found in the Piedmont region and almost none in the western mountains.
	wildwnc.org /af/riverotter.html (689 words)

	River Otter Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		River otters are sleek, furry, streamlined aquatic mammals that live in rivers, streams, ponds, and marshes in Canada and the USA.
		The river otter is an endangered species because of overhunting (it was hunted for its beautiful, dense fur).
		River otters are nocturnal (most active at night).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/weasel/Riverotterprintout.shtml (303 words)

	Michigan Wildlife--River Otter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The otter's fur is dense with a waterproof, oily undercoat and an outer coat of long, stiff guard hairs.
		The otter is 35 to 55 inches long with the tail representing nearly 1/3 of that total length.
		Otters are found in large bodies of water containing abundant aquatic life and prey.
	obsessivegardening.com /michiganwildlife/riverotter.htm (1803 words)

	Animal Tracks - River Otter (Lutra canadensis)
		River otters are playful members of the weasel family who love to frolic in the water.
		The tail drag is sometimes visible in an otter trail.
		Otter scat commonly contains fish scales and is often found on prominent landmarks near water, including rocks, stumps, and boat docks.
	www.bear-tracker.com /otter.html (707 words)

	Tourism
		The canoe tour the length of the river was organized as a way to celebrate the river's history in transportation and commerce of the region.
		This is the oldest village in the Red River valley, McCauleyville was settled in 1858.
		Fort Abercrombie was established in 1858 on the Red River of the North.
	www.breckenridgemn.net /tourism/index.html (1035 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The 11,347,300 acre Red River of the North basin in Minnesota was subdivided into 12 unique agroecoregions primarily upon distinctions between soil types and geologic parent material, slope steepness, natural and artificial internal drainage, and erosion potential.
		The Agassiz Peatlands encompasses 930,300 acres in north-east portion of the Red River of the North basin in Minnesota.
		Outwash landscapes occur in the south-east portion of the Red River of the North basin in Minnesota with roughly one fourth of the lands occurring next to lakes.
	www.soils.agri.umn.edu /research/redriver/doc/agecoregion.html (1608 words)

	Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
		In Otter Tail County, the Perham-Dent Public School received a grant for a research project at Mud Lake on the Otter Tail River.
		In Otter Tail County, funds were used for pier installation and shoreline improvements on the Pelican River.
		In Otter Tail County, this program allowed the acquisition of 400 acres of land at the Head Lake Wildlife Management Area and acquisition of 27.5 acres at the Elmo Wildlife Management Area southeast of Henning.
	www.state.mn.us /ebranch/msl/etf/otter.html (1475 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Otters use their hind limbs and undulating movement of their tail as the main source of propulsion through water, but they may also use their forelimbs for paddling.
		Otters are also very vocal, and communicate to one another with a large variety of calls, such as whistles, buzzes, twitters, staccato chuckles and chirps.
		However, since 1976, efforts have been made to reintroduce the North American river otter into several of the interior states of the U.S. Nevertheless, as their numbers continue to decrease, the future existence of all species of otters in the wild is in jeopardy.
	www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/otter/otter.htm (1112 words)

	Area Attractions and Maps - Otter Tail Country, Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Otter Tail Country is located in West Central Minnesota, just two and a half hours from Minneapolis - St. Paul.
		To find Otter Tail country coming from Minneapolis - St. Paul, simply follow Interstate 94 West to either exit 77 to Battle Lake and Ashby, exit 67 to Dalton, or any of the five exits to Fergus Falls.
		Several other thoroughfares run near the Otter Tail Country area - US Hwy 10 runs along the north edge, US Hwy 59 runs along the west end, and State Hwy 210 runs right through the center of the area.
	www.nesstech.com /ottertailcountry/area.htm (585 words)

	Breckenridge Parks & Recreation
		At this spot the Red River of the North begins it's Northward flow 549 miles to Lake Winnipeg, Canada, and from there continues onto Hudson Bay, making it the longest North flowing river in the United States.
		The Red River of the North is formed by the joining of the Bois De Sioux and Otter Tail Rivers at this spot.
		Bank fishing is available from both side of the river and include a boat ramp at the Brushvale Bridge Recreation Area located on the North Dakota side.
	www.breckenridgemn.net /tourism/parks.html (831 words)

	USGS Description of the Red River of North Dakota
		The Red River of the North (Red River) begins at Wahpeton at the confluence of the Otter Tail River, which originates in east-central Minnesota, and the Bois de Sioux River, which originates in northeastern South Dakota.
		The Red River forms the boundary between North Dakota and Minnesota and flows north into Canada, meandering for 394 miles, which is nearly double the straight-line distance.
		The Red River flows north through this plain to Lake Winnipeg because, despite the plain being very flat, a difference in elevation exists along the route of the river, making the line between southeastern North Dakota and Lake Winnipeg slightly downhill.
	nd.water.usgs.gov /canoeing/red/desc.html (598 words)

	River Otter Observation Form
		Your answers will be used to help the river otter conservation program.
		Their thick, muscular tail tapers toward the tip, and comprises about one-third of their length, at 12” to 17”.
		Mink are semi-aquatic members of the weasel family like their larger cousin the river otter.
	wildlife.state.co.us /apps/otter/otterform.htm (548 words)

	Life on the water - Otter Tail Country, Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		When you visit Otter Tail Country, you had better be ready to spend some time on the water.
		Otter Tail Country is a fisherman's paradise, even in winter!
		Live bait is a good choice for Smallmouth, or try a jig with a twister tail or a small crankbait.
	www.nesstech.com /ottertailcountry/h2o.htm (384 words)

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