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••000 Verizon LTE 10:37 PM 55%O <br /> coloradooutdoorsmag.com [Tj <br /> Reintroduction occurred from 1976-1991, as a <br /> total of 122 river otters were distributed across <br /> the Gunnison River, Upper Colorado River, <br /> Dolores and San Miguel Rivers, Piedra-San <br /> Juan-Navajo-Pine Rivers and their tributaries, <br /> as well as the Yampa and Green Rivers. <br /> Today, river otters have been identified in <br /> almost every major basin in Colorado — not <br /> including the Arkansas — and in 2002 were <br /> down-listed from a state endangered to a state <br /> threatened species. River otters are not a <br /> federally protected species. <br /> River otters thrive in long, contiguous stretches <br /> of rivers and riparian areas with high prey <br /> biomass — crayfish, frogs, and fish— good water <br /> quality and dense bank cover. <br /> To survey otters just before high spring runoff <br /> n/ $$ 000 <br />