Countryside: Be on the Lookout for Otters

Countryside: Be on the Lookout for Otters

There are a few things that those responsible for the health of our waterways are watching. There’s the bacteria in stream and river samples, the number of benthic invertebrates (clams, worms, crustaceans) in the mud and river bottoms, and the presence of the best-loved—maybe the only-loved—member of the weasel family.  We think of otters as being cute and playful, but they also have a certain exalted status, said Claire Sanderson of the Rivanna