Otters' comeback could be a trap for some
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 00:00
in Earth & Climate
Illinois' effort to save the once-threatened otter has been so successful that it's becoming a menace – and the focus of the state's first trapping season in 83 years.With an expert's eye, trapper Irv Schirmer spots the pieces of fresh willow floating in a pond near the town of Marengo and notes the worn shoreline and flattened grass trails that run to the banks of the nearby Kishwaukee River.