Northern River Otter

Northern river otter / Loutre de rivière / Nigig

FUN FACTS

• Found along creeks, rivers, ponds and lakes, their diet consists mainly of crayfish, turtles, frogs and fish.
• Playful and social, they are often seen sliding down banks, balancing sticks on their noses, or diving for pebbles.
• Watch for their serpent like motion in water as they swim, or their slide marks in the snow.

HOW REGREENING HELPS THIS SPECIES

• Restoration of watersheds has improved water ecosystem health and abundance of aquatic organisms that form the diet of otters.