News & Publications
Publications and Reports
- 2023 Final Report, Pixels v. Nucleotides – December, 2023
- 2021 Inclusive Monitoring Report — March, 2022
- 2019 Inclusive Monitoring Report — February 2020
- 2018 Inclusive Monitoring Report — February 2019
- An Approach to Long Term Monitoring of Recovering Populations of Nearctic River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. — Northwestern Naturalist 101(2):77-91
- State Parks Monitoring Report – 2017
- Mt. View Sanitary District River Otter Study, Final Report — July 2017
- Mt. View Sanitary District River Otter Study, Interim Report — February 2017
- Return of North American River Otters to Coastal Habitats of the San Francisco Bay Area, California — Northwestern Naturalist 96(1):1-12
- Health of Mount Tamalpais — White Paper, River Otter Chapter, 2016.
Comment Letters
- 2024. March 13 – California WDM EIR-EIS
- 2023. November 10 – Water Quality Strategy for Ranching Operations, Pt. Reyes National Seashore
- 2023. September 25 – Tomales Point Elk Management Plan, Pt. Reyes National Seashore
- 2023. February 10 – Drake’s Beach Hazards, Pt. Reyes National Seashore
- 2022. June 30. Sign-On Housing & Safety Element Comments
- 2022, June 10 – Stream Conservation Ordinance, SG Valley
- 2022, June 13 – Natural Resource and Water Committee, Senate Transportation Committee, regarding AB 2344 Safe Roads & Wildlife Protection Act – SUPPORT
- 2022, April 24 – Comment Letter PRNS Tomales Point Area Plan
- 2022, March 25 – Sonoma Development Center Specific Plan
- 2022, April 1 – To: California Coastal Commission regarding, Oppose Approval of the Water Quality Strategy and Climate Action Plan, Point Reyes National Seashore
- 2021, April 22 – Remarks to Ca Coastal Commission regarding Point Reyes National Seashore General Management Plan
- 2021, April 16 – To: Ca California Coastal Commission regarding Point Reyes National Seashore General Management Plan
- 2021, April 5 – To: California Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee, in Support of AB 542, waiving State Parks Entrance fees for 4th grade children
- 2021, January 7 – To: California Coastal Commission regarding Point Reyes National Seashore General Management PlanAB 542
- 2019, September 23 – Comments, Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a General Management Plan Amendment (GMPA) for Point Reyes National Seashore and the North District of Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- 2019, March 29 – To: Ca Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, Statement in Support of AB 1788 (California Ecosystems Protection Act)
- 2018, November 30 RE: Environmental Impact Statement for a General Management Plan Amendment, Point Reyes National Seashore and North District of Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- 2018, July 18 – To: FHWA-CFLHD, Comments on SFDB Improvement Project Draft SEA/SIS (Drake’s Beach Parking Lot Resto)
- 2018, April 27 – To: Ca Assembly Natural Resources Committee Opposing Assembly Bill 2754
- 2018, February 20 – To: Marine Resources Committee March 6, 2018 – Aquaculture Conducted on State Water Bottom Leases
- 2017, November 22 – Comments on General Management Plan Amendment Concepts, Point Reyes National Seashore
ROEP in the News
2023
- When Otters Attack: Experts Weigh in on Spate of Incidents by Amanda Kooser, Forbes, August 18, 2023.
- Otters Attack Swimmers in Sierra Nevada River and Lake, by Lisa Krieger and Ethan Baron, Bay Area News Group, August 13, 2023.
- Two River Otter Attack Reported in Northern California, by Amanda Bartlett, SFGate, August 17, 2023
2022
- Meet Megan Isadore, by Kristin Hugo, Bay Nature Magazine, Spring 2022
- River Otter Ecology Project to Celebrate 10 Years, Weekly Calistogan, March 17, 2022
2021
- Neubacher Marine Science Fund Grantees, by Ellen Greenblatt, Voices at the Seashore Newsletter, Point Reyes National Seashore Association, August 11, 2021.
- Mixed Odds for Wildlife in Severe Drought, by Lisa M. Krieger, Point Reyes Light, August 4, 2021.
- Marin hike: May’s the month for otters, grasshopper sparrows and violets, by Wendy Dreskin, Marin Independent Journal, May 2, 2021.
2020
- You Too Can Become an Otter Spotter, by Kathleen Scavone, Napa Valley’s Living Landscapes, Napa Valley Register, December 25, 2020.
- Tracking the Return of River Otters: First Results From a Long-term Monitoring Project, Bay Area News and Science Blog, National Park Service, November, 2020.
2019
- River Otters and Beavers are Coexisting in a Sonoma Creek, by Anne Ward Ernst, Sonoma Index-Tribune, December 26, 2019.
- Two long-scarce freshwater mammal species are staging a comeback by Joe Eaton, San Francisco Estuary News, August 2019.
- New State Map Shows the Return of River Otters to the Bay Area, by Robin Meadows, Bay Area Monitor, June/July 20
- Little Otter Learns to Swim by Artie Knapp/Book Review, The Children’s Book Review, May 9, 2019
- River Otter Rebound, by Mara Grunbaum, Scholastic Math, March 11, 2019
- Elusive River Otter Spotted in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park by Alix Martichoux, SFGate.com, January 28, 2019
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