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

The Black Bear Litter and Diet Survey will produce new estimates of black bear reproductive rates within each bear management ...

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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 ...

More than 5,969 hunters applied in May for hunting permits, but the state only offers a maximum of 400 each season. Here's ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

He said the black bear population has a problem with mange, which other hunters echoed, but believes that culling the herd helps minimize the skin disease. The DNR’s website says securing human ...

He said black bears typically inhabit southern Missouri near the Ozarks. "Our bear population has been growing steadily for the last several decades," Bowersock said. The department estimates that ...

“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 ...

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 ...