Article: New Jersey to test drugs to curb rising bear population.

Article: New Jersey Struggles With Bear ...
The Washington Post;  July 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of northwestern New Jersey, within commuting ... divided communities in New Jersey's bear country ... of the state's bear population count and suggest ... the last century. New Jersey's bear population had fallen below ...

Article: Open hunting season on growing black bear ...
AP Worldstream;  December 4, 2005 ;     583 words ... ... spokeswoman for the New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance ... Dara, chairman of the New Jersey State Federation of ... suspended because the black bear population had dropped to about ... Atlantic City in southern New Jersey, a 150-pound (68 ...

Article: State panel divided on bear population
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... panel divided on bear population OLIVER SHAPIRO ... study estimates for New Jersey' s black bear population and to look at ... black bears in New Jersey today. Some of ... extrapolate to a current bear population of about 3,090 ...

Article: Bear Hunt May Haunt New Jersey Governor
AP Online;  December 15, 2003 ;     675 words ... ... for managing New Jersey's bear population. "This would ... estimated bear population. The hunt ... and western New Jersey, came in ... northwestern New Jersey welcomed the ... the whole bear population,'" said ...

Article: Bear Hunt May Trap New Jersey Governor
AP Online;  December 15, 2003 ;     675 words ... ... for managing New Jersey's bear population. "This would ... estimated bear population. The hunt ... and western New Jersey, came in ... northwestern New Jersey welcomed the ... the whole bear population,'" said ...

Article: Researchers track 300 black bears in an unlikely state: ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 17, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... afternoon for McConnell, New Jersey's black-bear expert ... ledge just above the cave was New Jersey's cub environmental commissioner ... cubs. Hunters had reduced New Jersey's bear population to 30 when bear hunting was ...

Article: HSUS Appeals to New Jersey Governor to Halt Bear ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... planned bear hunt. The donation would fund non-lethal means of reducing conflicts with New Jersey's black bear population. The bear population in New Jersey is estimated to be 1,000 - 3,000, and the impact of a hunt in which 500 bears could ...