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.