By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, the season for trapping otters in Trapping District 2 in western Montana will close one-half hour after sunset on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004.

The district includes portions of Deer Lodge, Granite, Lewis and Clark, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and Ravalli counties.

For more information, visit FWP's web site at fwp.state.mt.us under "Hunting," then "Hot Topics" and then click on "Fisher, Bobcat & Otter Quotas," or call the toll free number at 1-800-711-8727.