BearWise Articles by Category
BearWise in the News
“Black bear sightings on the rise in Northeast Iowa”
April 30, 2025 | The Outdoor Wire
“Driver OK after vehicle hits bear near Sparta”
April 26, 2025 | WIZM News Talk
Sparta, WI
“BearWise Basics: How to coexist with the growing black bear population in WNC”
April 28, 2025 | ABC 13 News
Asheville, NC
“VDWR sends a reminder that spring brings increased bear activity”
April 24, 2025 | Rocktown Now
Harrisonburg, VA
“Six Things You Can Do For Wildlife”
April 2025 | Pennsylvania Game Commission
“Mississippi’s Bear Week aims to educate about black bears”
April 21, 2025 | WJTV 12
Jackson, MS
“California’s Black Bear Conservation and Management Plan gets an update after nearly 30 years”
April 22, 2025 | Sierra Sun
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“3 bears ‘lethally removed,’ including 2 yearlings, after report of woman bit and dragged from porch“
April 17, 2025 | ABC10
Sevier County, TN
“Keep bears at bay: simple steps to prevent bear encounters this spring in South Carolina”
April 16, 2025 | ABC News 4
Mount Pleasant, SC
“South Carolina bears emerge, prompting public reminders on safety”
April 16, 2025 | News19
Columbia, SC
“Word from the Smokies: For bears, relocation is no ‘happily ever after’”
April 15, 2025 | Citizen Times
Asheville, NC
“DEC: Remove Bird Feeders, Feed Pets Indoors To Keep Bears Away”
April 16, 2025 | The Post-Journal
Jamestown, NY
“Be ‘BearWise’ This Spring; Public Encouraged to Remove Bird Feeders, Feed Pets Indoors”
April 12, 2025 | Adirondack Almanack
Adirondack region, NY
“Maryland black bears emerge from dens, seek easy meals”
April 11, 2025 | NottinghamMD
Baltimore, MD
“Spring is time to start being BearWise”
April 8, 2025 | The Apalachicola Times
Apalachicola, FL
“DEC Reminds New Yorkers to Be ‘BearWise’ This Spring”
April 11, 2025 | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Press Release
“As Maryland’s Black Bears Emerge from Winter Dens, Residents and Visitors Can Help Keep Them Wild”
April 11, 2025 | The Outdoor Wire
MD-Statewide
“NCWRC offers guidance as animal encounters increase in spring”
April 10 2025 | The Coastland Times
North Carolina’s Outer Banks
“MN DNR asks homeowners to prepare their houses as bears emerge from dens”
April 8, 2025 | Northern News Now
Duluth, MN
“Bears are pushing farther south in Michigan. We have to learn to coexist, says DNR”
April 10, 2025 | Detroit Free Press
Detroit, MI
“Bear caught and released by Eugene resident; wildlife officials call act illegal, dangerous“
April 8, 2025 | The Register-Guard
Eugene, OR
April 2, 2025 | The Maple Lake Messenger
Maple Lake Area, MN
“Spring weather is coming, and with it some very hungry bears”
April 2, 2025 | Tahoe Daily Tribune
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
“Georgia DNR warns black bear sightings may increase”
April 2, 2025 | 95.5 WSB
Atlanta, GA
“Several people call 911 following bear sightings in Northeast Knoxville”
April 1, 2025 | 10News NBC
Knoxville, TN
“In Brief | Missouri Department of Conservation: Be BearWise”
April 2025 | Missouri Conservationist
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