Otters in New Mexico?
New Wave guide and photographer Britt Runyon photographed these baby otters in the Taos Box run of the Rio Grande. They were not afraid of the rafts, and stuck around. You never know where you will see them next, since they move upstream and down all the time.
They were transplanted into the river by environmental nonprofits from across New Mexico, including folks from Taos Pueblo, Amigos Bravos and the BLM.
Otters love crayfish, an introduced species in the Upper Rio Grande. When the crustacean is plentiful, it can be upwards to 100 percent of an otter’s diet. The rest of the time, otters mostly eat fish. The top predator is more liable to take introduced fish species, like white sucker and carp, whose slow moving ways make them easy targets. That, in turn, frees up habitat for trout.
Amigos Bravos has monitored the otters with game cameras along the Rio Grande. If you happen upon these fun loving creatures take a moment and report you sighting to Amigos Bravos, located in Taos New Mexico.
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