Many people are flooding Governor Christi’s office with letters trying to block the 2010 bear hunt. There are too many bears in NJ and something needs to be done.
Posts Tagged ‘black bear overpopulation’
Are There Too Many Black Bears in New Jersey? 2010
Posted in black bear overpopulation, tagged bear control, bear hunt, bear management, bear overpopulation, bear safety, black bear overpopulation, black Bears, Governor Christi on June 28, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Black Bears in New Jersey 2010
Posted in black bear overpopulation, tagged bear control, bear encounters, bear hunt, bear overpopulation, bear safety, bear statistics nj, black bear country, black bear overpopulation, co-existence with bears, new jersey bears on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine, after some of these groups waged a war on Governor Christi with ads showing bloody, dead bears and captions stating; “this will be the fate of “our” black bears if Chris Christi is elected”, are now looking for his support to stop another hunt.
Black Bears Take Over Garden State
Posted in black bear overpopulation, tagged balance, bear control, bear encounters, bear overpopulation, bear relocation, bear statistics nj, black bear overpopulation, black bear population, fish and wildlife, Governor Corzine, new jersey bears, NRA, overpopulation on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Black bears are taking over in the Garden State. What is being done to control the over population?
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 | 2 Comments »
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 BEAR PROBLEMS IN NEW JERSEY 2009
Posted in black bear overpopulation, tagged bear encounters, bear population, bear safety, black bear overpopulation, black Bears, co-existence with bears, New Jersey Fish and Wildlife, overpopulation on July 31, 2009 | 24 Comments »
As New Jersey enters the (4th) year since the last allowed hunt, the black bear problems have drastically increased
New Jersey Black Bear Overpopulation Requires Urgent Attention
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bear encounters, bear hunt, bear safety, bear statistics nj, black bear overpopulation, black Bears, Governor Corzine, new jersey fish and game council, sussex county nj bears on April 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »
New Jersey is the only state that does not and as a result of cancelled hunts in 2006 and 2007, 2008 saw the largest increase in all categories of black bear complaints
New Jersey Black Bear Mania
Posted in black bear overpopulation, tagged black bear country, black bear overpopulation, Governor Corzine, NJ bears, nj dep on September 15, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The animal-rights/anti-hunters have tried throughout this year, as in years past, to inundate Governor Corzine and DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson with e-mails and phone calls to keep this issue a “political-matter” rather than a “wildlife management” issue. Unfortunately, both Governor Corzine and Lisa Jackson have absolutely no experience in this matter and have [...]
For Sammy and everyone’s Sammy’s
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged black bear overpopulation, black Bears, vernon nj on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Don’t know why I am writing this guess I can figure out a way to work it into my Bear Blog so if you will indulge me for a spell you might just find some good here. Sammy was our American Bulldog, a stout 65 pound female brindle color. We bought her almost eight [...]
Why I Am a Black Bear and Support Hunting
Posted in black bear overpopulation, tagged 2008 bear hunt, Add new tag, bear diet, bear hunt, black bear overpopulation, female bears, fish and wildlife, male bears, NJ, NJ bears, omnivore on August 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I am an “omnivore” and my diet includes plants, meat, insects, bee’s wasps, yellow jackets and honey. I also like skunk cabbage, horsetail, tree bark and acorns. If I want I will dine on, small mammals, like rodents, Whitetail fawns, Elk or Moose calves, I vary my diet with salmon, suckers, crayfish and trout. [...]
