By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, the season for trapping otters in Trapping District 1 in northwestern Montana will close at midnight on the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2008. The district includes portions of Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Powell and Sanders 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.