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Article: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA RESEARCHERS TO STUDY THE STATUS OF BLACK BEARS IN MISSOURI
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 13, 2007
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The University of Missouri issued the following news release:
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia are studying the status of black bears in Missouri. Black bears were abundant in the state during the 18th and 19th centuries, but have been considered almost extinct in Missouri since the late 19th century. The results of the MU study will be used by the Missouri Department of Conservation to help manage Missouri's black bear population.
The researchers - Kaitlyn Faries, a senior biology and chemistry major, and Lori Eggert, assistant professor of biological science in the College of Arts and Science - will use a non-invasive sampling technique called "hair snares," barbed wires ...