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The Cranberry Wilderness is a 47,815-acre (19,350 ha) U.S. wilderness area in the Monongahela National Forest of southeast West Virginia, United States. [2] Its name derives from the nearby Cranberry Glades as well as from the Cranberry River and Cranberry Mountain. In addition to being wilderness, it is a designated black bear sanctuary.
A bear that’s “overcome all odds” was caught on camera waddling about the woods in West Virginia on its two hind legs — thanks to a bizarre birth defect that left it with a pair of front nubs.
In the case of the American black bear, hunting is encouraged by some authorities to ameliorate past management issues. Historically protected, by 2016 and 2023, higher-than-projected reproduction rates have resulted in over-population and public safety concerns in some areas. Certain populations of black bear remain at risk of extirpation. [1] [2]
There are around 80,900 licensed bear hunters in Canada. Canadian black bear hunts take place in the fall and spring, and both male and female bears can be legally taken, though some provinces prohibit the hunting of females with cubs, or yearlings. [26] Currently, 28 of the U.S. states have American black bear hunting seasons. Nineteen states ...
A hiker was bit on the stomach by a female bear with cubs while hiking in Henrys Lake State Park in 2020. That bear was killed in September 2023 after it fatally mauled a woman in Montana and ...
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The American, or northern, short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) The woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), typical of Canada, reaches its southernmost distribution in West Virginia. The American black bear (Ursus americanus) has been the West Virginia state animal since 1973 [1] The river otter (Lontra ...
The two men were hunting elk in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, west of Henrys Lake in Island Park, when the bear attacked them, Idaho Fish and Game Department said. The adult male grizzly ...