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Tag: Black Bear

  • Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm – The Black Bear in Massachusetts

    The Sterling Land Trust will host Department of Fisheries & Wildlife Technician Sue Ingalls, who will cover black bear natural history, research efforts, management practices, and human/wildlife interactions. Her talk will take place at 2:30 P.M. at the First Church Parish Hall on 6 Meetinghouse Hill Road in Sterling (on the common just off Rte 12/Rte 62.) The event is free and open to the public and the building is handicapped accessible. Contact Marion Larson of the Sterling Land Trust at (978) 422-5162 or email marion46@verizon.net for more information.

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  • Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 pm – Our Neighbor the Black Bear

    A free, public presentation about black bears titled Our Neighbor the Black Bear; How to Keep Them and Us Safe will be presented at 7PM in the Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton. Ralph Taylor, MassWildlife District Supervisor will talk about black bears, the Division’s long term studies on bears, and how state agencies respond to bear situations. A Northampton Public Health representative will discuss the new city ordinance on feeding wildlife. This talk is co-sponsored by MassWildlife, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, City of Northampton and Riverbend Animal Hospital.  Photo courtesy of www.npr.org.

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