A healthy native otter population inhabits northeastern Pennsylvania, where between 30 and 40 otters were captured and released in other parts of the Commonwealth. Residents in southcentral and southeastern Pennsylvania continue to see otters returning to the lower Susquehanna River basin. Because otters are secretive and nocturnal, it's hard to estimate the population. Otters and sportsmen and sportswomen are allies in the fight for clean water. If otters are able to return to the waterways in this area, it means the Youghiogheny River and its tributaries also will be providing quality fishing opportunities for humans.
Females are slightly smaller.
An otter's tail is long and tapered, thickest where it joins the body and furred its entire length. The face is broad, and the eyes protrude slightly. As grand prize winners in the Pennsylvania Game Commission's 1999 Hunter Education Essay Contest, Michele M. Reider of Newport, Perry County, and Jeffrey C. Deussing, Philadelphia, are bound for Texas and Wyoming, respectively. Apprentice Hunter Camp at the YO Ranch in Texas. What it means to me.