River otters spotted at Cuyahoga River gorge

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River otters spotted!

Since 1812, the City of Cuyahoga Falls has called this section of the Cuyahoga River home.

As the city grew, so did industries that damaged the Crooked River. That early history is chronicled at the Cuyahoga Falls Historical Society and Museum.

Society President Douglas McGivern sets the scene. "If you look at old photographs...It was completely packed with industrial plants. They were all emitting all sorts of horrible things into the river."

Those days of indiscriminate dumping into the river are long gone, and it's taken time to improve.

This river habitat is so good, in fact, it's attracted something that hasn't been seen here in well over a hundred years. River otters.

Don Howdyshell captured video of the mammal. "All the credit goes to my dog. Molly saw the otter first so she's been nicknamed the otter spotter."

The sleek, swimming mammals have made a comeback in Ohio.

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Sunday night, I will be fishing under the Harvard/Denison high level bridge.
A great spot for channel catfish.
Saw a beaver there last year, must have been three feet long with the tail.

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We have plenty of them in Oklahoma. Come get them. Wish you had all of them

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