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Hamish MacLean , Canmore Leader: The province's recently released grizzly bear numbers don't tell the full story of what's needed to help Alberta's grizzly populations, Alberta conservationists say.
Jim Pissot, the executive director of Wild Canada Conservation Alliance, and Nigel Douglas, Alberta Wilderness Association conservation specialist, both see the report as a call to the government to limit motorized access to grizzly habitat.
HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN, Brattleboro Reformer: Tuesday, March 9 2010 BRATTLEBORO - State Biologist Forrest Hammond received his first report of bear tracks in the snow last week, and with those reports expected to increase daily, Hammond is reminding people that it is time to take the bird feeders in.
A black bear was killed in Dummerston last year after it was found roaming around a populated area and Hammond wants to keep the same thing from happening this year. "It's getting warm outside and it's time to take the bird feeders down," Hammond said Friday. "The males are wandering around and they are hungry."
Pam Doyle, Banff Crag & Canyon: A large amount of grain was spilled Friday by a CPR train around 500 metres east of the Banff train station, worrying conservationists about the safety of wildlife.
"The pile has already attracted wildlife to the site," said WildCanada Conservation Alliance's Jim Pissot.
Considering the grizzly bear status report that was released by the Alberta government on March 3, people should do everything they can to keep grizzly bears alive, Pissot said. The report estimates that only 359 mature breeding grizzly bears are found on provincial lands and within Waterton Lakes national park and portions of Banff and Jasper National Park.
MaryAnne Spoto, New Jersey Real-Time News: New Jersey’s black bear population has soared to nearly 3,500, a level that can no longer be controlled solely by non-lethal methods, a wildlife biologist said today as the state Fish and Game Council adopted a management policy recommending a six-day hunt in December.
The biologist, Patrick Carr, said the main reason for the growing population is the abundance of food state residents willingly and unwillingly provide. The result, he said, is that the bruins are living longer and giving birth to more cubs than bears in other parts of the country.
Dave Wax, First Coast News: LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- You say bears keep taking your garbage and redistributing it around your yard? Well, do something about it.
At this year's Florida Black Bear Festival, held on March 27, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have a challenge for everyone.
Figure out a way to keep them out of your garbage. If you can do that, you can win one of three $100 gift card to Lowe's.
Darcy Henton, Edmonton Journal: Minister mulls reinstating spring hunt even as gov't report recommends bears be listed as threatened species
After eight years of research, studies and consultations over the status of the province's grizzly bear population, Alberta appears to be back where it began.
Alberta's Endangered Species Conservation Committee is poised to reiterate its recommendation to the provincial government that grizzlies be listed as a threatened species.
Milford Daily News: A state wildlife agency is reminding Middlesex and Worcester County residents living near black bear habitat to remove bird feeders and other potential food sources before the hungry mammals emerge in coming weeks from hibernation.
Tim Mowry, Daily News - Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska: FAIRBANKS - Interior hunters won't have to spend $25 on a brown bear tag this season.
The Alaska Board of Game on Monday voted to eliminate brown bear tag fees in all Interior region game management units.
The game board is holding a 10-day meeting at the Westmark Hotel in Fairbanks. After two days of hearing public testimony, the board began debating and voting on more than 130 proposals submitted to change hunting and trapping regulations in the Interior.
Glen Gardner, Public News Service - FL: FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - When Florida's black bears come in contact with humans it often results in a death sentence for the bear involved, but it doesn't have to be that way. An event to let people know about ways to live responsibly in bear country will feature some simple steps residents can take to coexist with the Florida Black Bear.
Dave Telesco, a bear expert with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, says securing trash would be a huge step in the right direction.
Media Release, Y2Y News: An updated grizzly bear status report released today by the Alberta government confirms shockingly low numbers of mature breeding grizzly bears in Alberta and highlights the urgency of reducing the number of grizzly deaths in the province. Conservationists now assert that there is no longer any reason to delay necessary recovery actions, including listing the grizzly as Threatened under the Alberta Wildlife Act, limiting the densities of roads and reducing the amount of motorized access in prime grizzly habitat, and implementing effective public education and conflict prevention programs.
Government of Alberta: A status report on Alberta’s grizzly bear population and habitat, prepared by an independent scientist, is now available online.
The status report establishes a new baseline of information using the advanced technique of DNA surveys and other data.
The report estimates 691 grizzly bears ranging in density from five to 18 bears per 1000 square kilometres. Some local populations with significant habitat alteration may be declining, other populations appear stable
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Approximately 2,000 black bears are killed every year in California where it remains legal to hunt bears who weigh over 50 pounds (including cubs) with packs of dogs. The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has now proposed radical changes to bear hunting regulations that would allow even more bear killing. California residents: we need your help to stop this proposal.
Janet Urquhart, Aspen Correspondent, Post Independent Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado: ASPEN, Colorado — An underweight, yearling black bear, found Monday on the back of Aspen Mountain, is now under the care of a wildlife rehabilitation center near Silt.
A woman found the bear near Midnight Mine Road and brought it to the Aspen Animal Shelter, according to ReRe Baker, animal safety director for Pitkin County. No other information about the bear's rescuer, or how she managed to collect the animal and get it to the shelter, was available.
The Baltimore Sun: The nonprofit Get Bear Smart Society is running a campaign to get folks to lock up their garbage and to persuade government officials to use bear aversion tactics - similar to what Maryland's Department of Natural Resources does in Garrett County. After capturing a nuisance bear, humans play loud sounds and shoot rubber bullets at the bear's behind as it is released. Sometimes the tough love works and the bear moves on. Bear-human conflicts that end up with the animal being killed have dropped 50 percent over the past decade. But paying for the program isn't easy. During the Olympics, one way has been selling thumbnail-sized pins depicting a bear cub, a Maple Leaf and the word "Whistler." Tom Thomson - no relation - came up with the idea, and paid for making 8,000 "cubby pins."
Allison Cross, National Post: Polar bears and grizzly bears, two mighty beasts of the Canadian wilderness, could soon be battling over territory. Hungry grizzly bears are increasingly encroaching on their northern counterparts' territory in Northern Manitoba, according to experts.
Mark Hume, Globe & Mail: Provincial parks, the Rocky Mountain corridor and a major highway in British Columbia are the main areas where grizzly bears are being killed by sports hunters, according to a new statistical analysis by the David Suzuki Foundation. Using provincial government records the environmental organization plotted on a map the locations where 11,000 grizzly bears have been killed in B.C. over the past 30 years. "It paints a distressing picture," says Dr. Faisal Moola, director of terrestrial conservation for the David Suzuki Foundation.
Bob Downing, Beacon Journal: Ohio is getting wilder out there. Confirmed sightings of both black bears and bobcats increased across Ohio in 2009, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The agency said Ohio had 119 black bear sightings, of which 51 were confirmed by state personnel. That compares with 38 confirmed sightings in 2008.
WMAZ : The Mullen family spotted a black bear in their backyard looking for a snack in their garbage. The bear scattered the trash all over the yard before scurrying back into the woods.
Great Falls Tribune: ellowstone National Park authorities said today that bears are beginning to wake up from winter hibernation and are emerging from their dens. Grizzly bear tracks were spotted in the Blacktail Deer Plateau area east of Mammoth Hot Springs on Feb. 19.
AP - MercuryNews.com: INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.-A bear advocacy group is criticizing the fatal shooting of a black bear at Lake Tahoe by a sheriff's deputy.
The Washoe County deputy shot and killed the 600-pound bear that rushed him Tuesday after wildlife officials tried to flush the hibernating animal out from under a home in Incline Village. Ann Bryant of the Tahoe-based BEAR League says her group has freed numerous bears from enclosed spaces and never needed to harm one. She says the bear's killing was unnecessary and unethical. Wildlife officials say the 10-year-old male bear was a nuisance animal that would have been euthanized anyway. They say the bear was accustomed to eating out of trash cans, and that's why bear-proof trash containers are important in bear country.
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