February Tracking Club: Otter Find 'Em

Come join us for our annual Otter Survey Tracking Club at Fort Snelling State Park

Sunday, February 16

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Fort Snelling State Trail, St Paul, MN 55111

River Otters are a delight to track. That they are also good indicator of the health of an aquatic ecosystem. Beginning in 2009, the National Park Service conducted track and sign surveys along the Mississippi River to study our metro area otter populations. Since 2015, members of the Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project have been adding to the Park Service database through our iNaturalist project, the Minnesota Metro Otter Survey. Come join us as we search the shores of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers for signs of these inquisitive aquatic members of the weasel family.

We will gather at 9:00 in the parking lot near the Visitor Center. We will head out on the trail after a short introduction, and return to the Visitor Center to share our findings before wrapping up at 1 PM. If you need to reach us the day of the outing, please call Jon's cell at 612-388-4700. Please note that cell reception is sometimes spotty in the park

RSVPs are encouraged:

E-mail Jon <poppele@umn.edu>