PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management has issued some tips to residents on how to live with black bears and discourage them from becoming nuisance animals. Black bears are generally shy and secretive and will avoid interactions with humans. However, if they become dependent on backyard food sources they can lose their fear and […]
DEM offers tips on co-existing with black bears in Rhode Island as black bear populations increase in southern New England
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