Monday, December 3, 2012
DEP said bear sighting reports are down 34 percent from last year.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
New Jersey's third annual bear hunt began Monday, with the first black bear brought in as part of the hunt killed in Sussex County. The bear, a 165-pound male, was three years old and was not lured by hunters, according to The Record. The second killed bear brought in was a year-and-a-half old and was killed near Sparta. The bear hunt, which is designed to help control the state's black bear population, will continue until Saturday and is held in conjunction with the firearm deer-hunting season. According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), 469 black bears were harvested last year while 50,109 deer were harvested. Bears are allowed to be hunted by licensed hunters with black bear permits, one bear per hunter, …
Friday, June 17, 2011
Residents in danger from a bear should call 911, police say.
Chatham Township Police said Friday afternoon that they had received two more reports of bear sightings Friday morning. One sighting was reported along River Road near the Chatham Township Fire station, and another bear was seen near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Tanglewood Lane. Police said they responded to both reports, but both times the bear disappeared into the woods by the time police arrived. This news comes after several residents reported bears along Fairmount Avenue between the 500 and 800 blocks on Thursday. Every time police responded, the bears were not found. Township police policty is to leave a bear alone unless it ventures into residential areas and either destroys property or poses a danger to humans. Anyone …
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Some safety tips from law enforcement and the state DEP.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Spring is here, the gardens are reaping fruits and vegetables and birds are out gathering seeds from the feeder you put in the backyard. But beware, for that feeder may bring you an unwanted visitor. Bears have already been sighted recently in Madison, Summit and Millburn, and multiple sightings were reported in Chatham Township in the summer of 2010. So in case you see one in Chatham, the Chatham Borough Police Department and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection offers some tips on how to handle a bear encounter. The spring months are when black bears are at their most active, according to the state DEP. They lose about half of their body weight during hibernation, and when they wake up they begin the process of packing the …
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