By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, the season for trapping otters in Trapping District 3 in western Montana will close one-half hour after sunset on Friday, January 23, 2004. The district includes portions of Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Madison, Meagher, Park and Silver Bow counties. For more information visit FWP’s web site at www.fwp.state.mt.us, then Hunting, at "Hot Topics" click on "Fisher, Bobcat & Otter Quotas," or call the toll free number at 1-800-711-8727.