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Otter-ly noteworthy

By Sabrina Garone
Published February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST
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FILE - This November 2009 file photo shows river otters at Tippecanoe River State park near Battle Ground, Ind. Indiana's first river otter trapping season since the furry species was reintroduced to the state in the 1990s following a long absence has seen trappers take two-thirds of the statewide limit less than halfway into the season. State officials authorized the trapping season — Indiana's first for otters in more than nine decades — in early 2015. They set a statewide quota of 600 of the animals for the season that opened Nov. 15, 2015 and ends March 15, 2016. (Frank J. Oliver/Department of Natural Resources via AP, File)
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FILE - This November 2009 file photo shows river otters at Tippecanoe River State park near Battle Ground, Ind. Indiana's first river otter trapping season since the furry species was reintroduced to the state in the 1990s following a long absence has seen trappers take two-thirds of the statewide limit less than halfway into the season. State officials authorized the trapping season — Indiana's first for otters in more than nine decades — in early 2015. They set a statewide quota of 600 of the animals for the season that opened Nov. 15, 2015 and ends March 15, 2016. (Frank J. Oliver/Department of Natural Resources via AP, File)

River otters make a splash on Long Island! But first, Governor Hochul is officially New York’s democratic nominee for governor. New data shows a troubling pattern inside Connecticut prisons. And our countdown to America 250 continues with a closer look at the U.S. Constitution. 

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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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