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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
likely will relate to black bear hunting, the two forum ...