Bordered to the south by the Yellowstone and Lamar river basins, the Northern Range contains about 20 black bears for every ...

OSHKOSH – Menominee Park Zoo has a new resident. Mr. Reeves, a young black bear from Alaska, has moved into the new Black ...

Bowhunters are now permitted to hunt black bears in the Garden State. Bear hunting season has begun in New Jersey – a controversial decision that state officials say is intended to curb the ...

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The black bear population has increased since the 1970s, according to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The population within the state is estimated to be more than 4,500 bears ...

The bear population is greatest in the northwestern ... of the state also has the reputation of having the highest density of black bears. The area has some of the ideal terrain of swamps, woods ...

One oblivious black bear almost changed the course of history. October 1962 is the closest the world has ever come to ‘the abyss of nuclear destruction and the end of mankind,’ said Robert F.

Officials from the Department of Environmental Protection say the regulated hunt is necessary to control the state's growing bear population. While black bear sightings have been confirmed ...

A very well-traveled black bear appears to still be traversing the ... There is no established population in that range, though in the Santa Susana Mountains and San Gabriel Mountains just to ...

But as the bear population rises and animals wander toward more populated areas, hunting as a means of population control remains controversial. “As you can imagine, the black bear hunt is a hot topic ...

“In both years, density estimates were higher ... grizzly bears generally outcompete black bears where resources are high quality or when the two bear species occur at similar densities ...

NEW JERSEY - A controversial hunting season is underway in New Jersey as wildlife officials warn that more black bears could cause dangerous results throughout the state. The black bear hunt began ...