Stephanie Simek
Stephanie Simek
areas continue expanding four habitat numbers pressure time
We know that so long as the pressure on the habitat continues, we can't have populations continue to expand, but for the time being we're pretty sure that we do have expanding numbers in at least four areas around the state.
aware bears definitely hunting inclined increase numbers people reports since
We think part of the increase in reports is just that people are more aware of bears and more inclined to report sightings, but there definitely has been an increase in bear numbers since hunting closed.