As bears come out of hibernation, DEM is reminding Rhode Islanders to remove potential food sources from property
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is out with a springtime message: Bears are waking up from their winter slumber, and they’re hungry. Charlie Brown is a wildlife biologist with the Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife. Brown says, “It’s pretty reliable that, you know, we start getting our first bear reports of the spring around the last week of March, first week of April.” Their numbers dwindled over the years as they were pushed out of our area, but now black bears are slowly making their way back. Brown says, “We’re seeing...
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