By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, the season for trapping otters in Trapping District 7 in southeastern Montana will close at midnight on Wednesday, December 20, 2006.

The district includes portions of Bighorn, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Musselshell, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone and Wibaux counties.

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