Otter spotter? That could be you.

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Otter spotter? That could be you.</h1>
                <h2><p>Saying that little is known about river otters in Washington state, the Woodland Park Zoo is asking community members to consider serving as spotters to report on their presence locally. Field scientist Michelle Wainstein, PhD,  says, "The more reports of sightings we can collect, the more data we’ll</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jan 12, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Saying that little is known about river otters in Washington state, the Woodland Park Zoo is asking community members to consider serving as spotters to report on their presence locally. Field scientist Michelle Wainstein, PhD,  says, "The more reports of sightings we can collect, the more data we’ll have on the range and behavior of river otters." More information about studies of otters and a link to a sign-up form to become an "otter spotter" <a href="http://www.zoo.org/conservation/otterspotter?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">are here</a>.</p>
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Saying that little is known about river otters in Washington state, the Woodland Park Zoo is asking community members to consider serving as spotters to report on their presence locally. Field scientist Michelle Wainstein, PhD, says, "The more reports of sightings we can collect, the more data we’ll have on the range and behavior of river otters." More information about studies of otters and a link to a sign-up form to become an "otter spotter" are here.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi