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Article: Threatened Louisiana black bear on the rebound.(N)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 27, 2008
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Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE
By Stacey Plaisance
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS
If the Louisiana black bear population continues to rebound as quickly as it has over the past several years, the animal could make its way off the federal government's threatened species list by 2013.
That's according to several experts in the field currently working to get an accurate count of how many bears are in the state and to fill gaps in the bear population. The bear has been on the U.S. threatened species list since the early 1990s.
The threatened status means the bear is at risk of becoming endangered, which would mean it is at ...