Black Bear Activity Expected To Increase In Maryland, Officials Remind Residents To Take Precautions

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Fall successful Maryland is clip for the state’s achromatic bears to commencement a play of accrued feeding up of wintertime hibernation, and that means those successful occidental Maryland mightiness commencement seeing much carnivore activity.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources said the state’s achromatic bears are concentrated successful Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties. The department wants to punctual residents to instrumentality common-sense precautions to debar adjacent encounters with the animals.

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“Keeping nutrient sources similar vertebrate feeders, favored food, and trash successful a spot wherever bears can’t get to them is the champion mode to debar problems,” Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto said.

The section said motorists traveling successful occidental Maryland should besides ticker for bears crossing roads successful hunt of food.

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The section provided these pointers to minimize carnivore problems connected property:

• Reduce garbage odors. Rinse nutrient cans and wrappers earlier disposal.
• Compost rootlike scraps decently distant from house.
• Keep nutrient scraps successful the freezer until garbage pickup day.
• Wash garbage cans regularly and usage lime to chopped odors.
• Keep garbage cans successful a bear-proof instrumentality oregon successful an enclosed gathering until trash pickup. See links to bear-proof cans above.​
• Remove vertebrate feeders successful the spring. If you persist successful feeding during summer, region seed, suet and hummingbird feeders astatine night.
• Keep favored nutrient inside.
• Keep barbecue grills and picnic tables clean.
• Use an energized obstruction to support bears retired of beehives, saccharine corn, effect trees and berry patches. (An energized obstruction is powered by a low-impedance, high–voltage energizer that provides a short-duration, high-energy impulse.)
• Barking dogs, agleam lights and noisemakers volition sometimes discourage bears from coming into an area.

For much accusation connected surviving astir achromatic bears, visit the department’s website.

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