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Master Gardener Decision Support Guide


Black Bear

Use heavy woven wire or electric fencing to exclude bears. Use proper sanitation and solid waste management techniques. Never feed or approach bears. Learn safe behavior and follow safety precautions when around bears. The information from Nebraska contains numerous suggestions. Black bears are covered by North Carolina Law for Wildlife Killed for Depredations.

Additional Information

The following information on conserving or increasing this species is provided by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Wildlife Specialist. This is an external document. Use your brower's back button to return to the Master Gardener Decision Support Guide.

Black Bears

The following document links to a file provided by the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, Great Plains Agricultural Council, and the USDA Department of Agriculture. All files are provided in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf) and require Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view and print.
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Designed by David Goforth on October 31, 2000