TRR photo by Sandy Long Otters can live up to 20 years within a healthy habitat.

Otters in our waters

For the past month, employees of The River Reporter have been treated to the playful antics of three otters that appeared in Little Lake Erie behind the newspaper’s office in Narrowsburg, NY.

The sleek and graceful animals are perceived to be carefree and fun loving. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), “Otters slide on ice or snow, shoot down slick muddy banks into creeks, play with food, sticks and stones and wrestle each other.”

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October hawk watch

By SCOTT RANDO

STOKES STATE FOREST, NJ — Sunday, October 16 started out slow for hawk watching [on the Kittatinny ridge] due to a light southwest breeze—not the best wind direction for migrating hawks. But the weather forecast called for the wind to veer more to the west by mid morning, and by 9:30 a.m. the first sharp-shinned hawk appeared, flying close to the ridge and close by us.

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Klausmeyer to receive first annual Golden Hook Award

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY —The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum will honor David Klausmeyer with the first Poul Jorgensen Golden Hook Award at the 2006 Fly Fishing Hall of Fame Dinner, to be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 21 at King’s Catering, Old Route 17.

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