By Megan Isadore, Executive Director, River Ecology Project July 25, 2016 Badgers are notoriously hard to spot. They’re crepuscular fading to nocturnal, shy, and they move around a lot. They can look like walking ottomans; shaggy, slow and approximately...
By guest blogger Brenden Collett-Grether July 9, 2013 Brenden joined ROEP as our first high school intern. We’re delighted with his motivation, intelligence and passion. Brenden is learning field techniques and protocols, and will soon be able to fill in on camera...
By guest blogger Jason Parks December 2, 2012 First published in the Martinez Patch For the past 14 years I have lived in Martinez with direct access to Hidden Lakes Park. I have walked my dog many times there and around the lakes. The lakes have always been...
By guest blogger Rich Stallcup October 4, 2012 Sometime around 1.8 million years ago, Eurasian River Otters (Lutra lutra) crossed the Bering Land Bridge onto the North American continent. Analysis of molecular clustering suggests that North American River Otters...
ALMOST A CONVERSATION by Mary Oliver I have not really, not yet, talked with otter about his life. He has so many teeth, he has trouble with vowels. Wherefore our understanding is all body expression— he swims like the sleekest fish, he dives and exhales...
I have not really, not yet, talked with otter about his life. He has so many teeth, he has trouble with vowels. — Mary Oliver, from “Almost a Conversation” By Megan Isadore, Executive Director, River Otter Ecology Project January 9, 2012 When I was...
