So with this information, by the way, confirming what our own state F&G estimated, the N.J.F &G Council now has moved forward to include the states’ first black bear hunt since 2005 in it’s proposed bear management policy
Posts Tagged ‘bear management’
Should there be Black Bear Hunt in New Jersey?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bear encounters, bear hunt, bear management, bear overpopulation, bear statistics nj, black bear country, black Bears, Governor Christi on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Preservation of Black Bears in New Jersey
Posted in black bear overpopulation, tagged animal rights, balance, bear encounters, bear management, bear overpopulation, bear population, bear statistics nj, black bear country, black Bears, co-existence with bears, ne, new jersey bears, new jersey fish and game council, overpopulation on November 10, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The black bears in New Jersey had been successfully preserved through the years as a result of efforts from the New Jersey Fish & Wildlife/Fish & Game Commission and the professional state biologists.
The Need For a Bear Hunt, Now
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bear encounters, bear hunt, bear management, black bear overpopulation, black Bears, Governor Corzine, new jersey bears, overpopulation on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Push for a Hunt
With the failure of the present programs, pressure is growing from a number of sources to re-instate the bear hunt. A contingent of legislators, led by state Sens. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex/Morris/Hunterdon) and Anthony Bucco (R-Morris) and Assembly Members Alison Littell McHose (R-Sussex/Morris/Hunterdon) and Gary Chiusano (R-Sussex/Morris/Hunterdon), are pressuring the governor to reverse the three-year-old policy of attempting to control the bear population with non-lethal means. They cite the high number of bear complaints and the dangers presented when bears become too accustomed to human contact.
Black Bears and the Zoo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bear encounters, bear management, bear population, bear safety, black bear population, black Bears, human life, new jersey fish and game council on August 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the past the Black Bear has only two predators to fear the Brown Bear and the hunter. However, over the past (10) years the black bear has faced a new threat; the tree-hugging human community.
Anti-hunting and animal-rights groups have joined forces to use the black bear as a platform for their core existence. Although, [...]
