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Article: Groups Launch Statewide Campaign to Save Florida Black Bear
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 29, 1993
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ORLANDO, Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The national
conservation group Defenders of Wildlife and the Florida Chapter of
the Sierra Club will launch a statewide campaign this weekend to
help save the habitat of the imperiled Florida black bear.
The Habitat for Bears campaign will kick off on Oct. 2, with a
forum in Orlando on black bear conservation issues and a field trip
to nearby Wekiwa Springs State Park. In a related development, the
state Game and Freshwater Fish Commission is expected to release a
long-term management plan for the Florida black bear on October 1.
Although the most publicized part of the commission's plan