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By Sabrina Garone

Published January 30, 2023 at 6:02 PM EST

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 file photo, a river otter known as Sutro Sam carries seaweed back to its nest, in San Francisco. First there was Sutro Sam, the first river otter seen in San Francisco in decades, who delighted crowds of gawkers. Then, in October, a rower on Oakland's Lake Merritt saw one of the whiskered critters hoist himself onto a dock and munch on a fish. A month later a man who walks along Richmond Marina regularly was surprised by another otter. All were photographed and confirmed sightings of river otters on the edges of San Francisco Bay. The species once thrived here, but were nearly wiped out by decades of hunting, development and pollution. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) — A river otter carries seaweed back to its nest.

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.

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