Bear Management Coordinator Patch News Today

NEW YORK — Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced bear hunters harvested an estimated 1,356 black bears during the 2023 hunting seasons. According to a press release from the DEC office, though rarely seen by most New Yorkers, black bears are valued by hunters, photographers, and wildlife watchers alike and are well-established […]

Two of the heaviest five bears harvested in New York were taken in St. Lawrence County, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). A hunter shot and killed a 485-pound bear …

The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday announced bear hunters harvested an estimated 1,356 black bears (Ursus americanus) during the 2023 hunting seasons. Though rarely seen by most New