Source: COASTAL REVIEW, 4/19/21

 The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said it’s seeing a spike in black bear reports this spring. The commission said the increase comes as no surprise since the state’s residential footprint has grown and people are moving closer into bear habitat, creating opportunities for bears to approach their property, specifically by leaving out food sources. Colleen Olfenbuttel, the commission’s black bear and furbearer biologist, said residents can co-exist with black bears...

For more of this story, click here.