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In North America sea otters once ranged from Baja California, Mexico, all the way to Alaska. Between 1741 and 1911, the maritime fur trade fueled voracious large-scale hunting and trapping that ...

Though sea otters are an unofficial mascot of Monterey County and popular among tourists and locals alike, they are also ...

Bixby is named after Bixby Estuary along California's Big Sur coast. This location is incredibly significant in the history of southern sea otters. It is the place where the last remaning southern ...