GREENE — On Friday, Sept. 25, Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial will present “Yellowstone’s Trails and Tales,” by Sandy Mortimer, the wildlife program of its travel and adventure film series.

The film captures scenes primarily of otters, as well as coyotes, wolves, bears, moose, fox, mountain sheep and elk – all filmed in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park.

Viewers may be surprised to see how many creatures are dependent on otters in order to survive during the coldest months. Because otters can catch fish in Yellowstone even in winter, other animals and birds can sometimes steal enough of the otter’s catch to get them through the lean times.

A bald eagle boldly confronts an otter, seeming to demand that the otter hand over its fish. A coyote catches an otter diving into a hole in the ice and pulls him out by the tail.

Otters also take viewers on a journey deep down in Yellowstone Lake, where there are mysterious spires not previously known to have existed at the lake bottom.

Some action scenes feature two coyotes chasing a wolf, wolf pups sliding down hills, ravens playing with a feather, fox kits learning to pounce, geese sliding on ice and an eagle trying to catch a fox.

Mortimer’s career has ranged from politics to television production to travel films. In 1986, she started doing travel documentaries, traveling to Central America to film a look at the Maya culture of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. Her more recent adventures have taken her to the Middle East, Ireland, Costa Rica and back to Mesoamerica.

In 1993, she was recognized for her work, receiving the Rising Star Award from the Professional Travelogue Sponsors Association; and in 1997, she received the Hall of Fame Award from that organization.

Mortimer’s films have been shown on foreign TV and are also available on videotape in schools and libraries. Her love of the unusual and out-of-the-way culture — coupled with her passion for history, the spoken word and travel — combine to create an informative, entertaining presentation filled with human interest and drama.

“Yellowstone’s Trails and Tales” will be shown at 2 and 7 p.m. Admission is free.