WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Town Bear Task Force members are seeking to have a local law adopted with heavy fines for business owners who fail to secure trash containers. Plans discussed following a Town Board meeting Tuesday included drafting regulations based on state Department of Environmental Conservation recommendations. “We want this legislation and we want it fast,” […]
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Bear Task Force member Anula Courtis urged a heightened sense of awareness about bears as they enter the time when they are most likely to be stopping at known food sources and are least willing to be interrupted while doing so. “Last year the (state Department of Environmental Conservation) received at least […]