https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/nyregion/connecticut-bears.html Nobody denies that Connecticut has a bear issue (notice I didn’t say ‘problem’). Over the past few years, Bear/Human encounters (of the Too Close kind) have become almost a weekly issue. For the majority of these encounters, it see…

Your Town or County Assessor’s office should provide information on parcels considered or slated for development. And yes, the public is SUPPOSED to vote on most of these transfers, but I have found many smaller townships merely require ‘Vote by Affirmation,’ yelling Aye or Nay, with the results, we…

Connecticut resident here. I’m not a NYT paid subscriber so I can’t read the article, unfortunately. I’ve had several bears come through my yard and they don’t seem to cause much of an issue. 30 years ago when I was a kid I don’t remember seeing a single one, so obviously their numbers have swelled …

Talk about hitting the nail (or paw) on the head, you just managed to air some of my own concerns. Yes, being vigilant in trash disposale and watching our bird feeders can certainly curb some of these encounters. I also worry about that definition of ‘threatened’, particularly regarding panic- fir…

I think in a perfect world we wouldn’t need to even consider thinning the population. If there could be an equilibrium reached without that measure it would be ideal. I’m not a conservationist professional nor do I know what the actual bear population is, so I can only speculate how we got here. My …

Yeah, pretty much. Sad that is has gotten to this point. People expect Nature to adapt to humans, yet we refuse to adapt to Nature, seeking to control it. Hmm, … Anywho, thank you. And Support YOUR Right to Keep and Arm BEARS. How’s THAT for a solution? :wolf::+1:

I hear you. When I go into the woods, the only thing I’m armed with is a knife. Not as a bear deterrent, but there’s a million uses for a knife in the woods. I’m more worried about WHO I might run into while I’m there, than what. There’s only been one time I’ve been scared of a bear, and that was be…

Like you, I worry more about ticks and ‘other’ predators more than the Black Bears around the area.

[image] OldDogJWD: Now, tell me exactly what ‘feeling threatened’ entails. I grew up in Clear Creek County, Colorado, around black bear and cougar. CDOW shot a cougar that hung out around our elementary school at one point. “feeling threatened” is a fuzzy definition, and I’ll grant that ri…

[image] daniel_observer: Apparently the State/LDWF is essentially happy about it so that they can start a Bear hunt and raise funds by selling bear tags, since selling hunting licenses is their primary revenue (LDWF receives very little, if any, state tax money) Hell I wish Texas Parks and Wi…

I lived most of my life in Oregon. During that time I encountered perhaps 15 or 20 black bears in the backcountry, and without exception they ran like heck as soon as they recognized me as a human. It seems that if black bears in Oregon know humans mostly as hunters, then they see us as very dangero…

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