Take Common Sense Precautions As Maryland Black Bears Prepare For Hibernation, Officials Say

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — State officials are asking residents and visitors of occidental Maryland to ticker retired for accrued achromatic carnivore enactment this autumn season.

Autumn is the clip achromatic bears commencement a play of accrued feeding up of wintertime hibernation, and they’re not shy of quality food.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources said the state’s “bear country” is Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties. The section wants to punctual residents to instrumentality common-sense precautions to debar adjacent encounters with the animals.

“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 DNR says to ne'er provender bears due to the fact that they’ll travel backmost looking for more. If you brushwood a bear, officials said to support calm and permission the country immediately.

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

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.
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.

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