50 Years of Bronx River Clean-Up Efforts Lead to the First Otter Sighting in a Century

Nature seems to be healing along the Bronx River in New York.

This week, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) confirmed the recent appearance of an North American river otter in the Bronx section of the river—the first such sighting recorded in about a century. Though it’s not clear whether otters en masse have returned to the area, the discovery is likely another sign that decades-long efforts to clean up the river are indeed going well.

“There are moments in conservation that remind us why this work matters, and this is one of them,” said Craig Piper, director of the Bronx Zoo and interim executive vice president of Zoos & Aquarium at…

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