The Urban River Otter Research Project recently launched in Cook County. One of the early goals is to gather otter sightings from the public in order to get a sense of the extent of the animal’s presence in and around Chicago.
Once heavily hunted by fur trappers, river otters in Illinois gained state protection in the 1920s and their population numbered fewer than 100 by the 1970s, according to an IDNR
jim: it is time for a southwest tournament update. the butler bulldogs, matt howard, vanzant, you talk about different contributors. clark: and zach hahn with a big run all by himself and the bulldogs got contributions from a number of players and we will see them monday in the championship game against the team that can hold on and survive here because that s what it looks like it s gonna come down to. steve: and meanwhile, we have terrence jones to the line for a 1 and 1. this is critical. and jim, this is the under 8:00 time-out. jim: even with time-outs called by the coaches, it s still considered the under eight. steve: meaning the next one is the under 4:00 time-out and i think it s hurt kentucky. clark: no question, steve. steve: their lack of depth. the time-outs haven t helped. and a huge miss from jones. clark: now you have to play 30 seconds of defense, as well. and come up with the stop. jim: jones 0-5 from the line tonight. the captioning on thi