Effective Black Bear Conservation Methods: A Sustainable Agriculture Guide
Understanding the Challenges Facing Black Bears American black bears, vital components of healthy forest ecosystems, face dwindling populations due to habitat loss and escalating human-wildlife conflict. Development and agricultural expansion fragment their habitats, forcing bears into closer proximity with humans. This proximity often leads to negative encounters: bears raiding garbage, damaging property, or exhibiting threatening behavior. Such interactions can endanger both bears and humans, sometimes resulting in the relocation or, tragically, euthanasia of bears....