Colorado's black bears are starting to emerge from winter slumber

Colorado's black bears are starting to emerge from winter slumber

Heads up, Coloradans – bears are about to be roaming the state at a higher rate once again.

Keep your distance from those bear cubs

RALEIGH — As the weather becomes warmer and people become more active outdoors, encounters with bears may increase. Hibernating bears will emerge from their dens, with mothers and cubs being the last to emerge. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC)…

Be careful. Bears coming out of hibernation

During this time of year, there is little natural food for bears, causing them to search for other food sources, including garbage and bird feed

Bears Becoming Active,  Advice and More - The Hardwick Gazette

VERMONT — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (F&W) has begun to receive reports of bears coming out of their dens as the weather warms.  Bear incidents have been on the rise over the past several years. 2022 saw high numbers of bear homes break-ins, and two bear attacks.  Officials believe this trend is a result of Vermont’s healthy black bear population learning to associate people and food over multiple generations. Seeing black bears in…

The Battle Over Black Bears

Almost everyone in Lake Tahoe agrees that allowing large predators to eat human food is a bad idea. But there’s little consensus on what to do when these scimitar-clawed creatures start insisting on it. A fatality and an increased number of home invasions and attacks have raised the stakes—just in time for spring, when hibernation ends.

After their winter hibernation, bears are looking for food and are irritable.