{"id":13620,"date":"2017-04-06T08:47:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T12:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=13620"},"modified":"2017-04-11T20:34:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T00:34:24","slug":"black-bears-emerging-from-dens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/04\/06\/black-bears-emerging-from-dens\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bears Emerging From Dens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Homeowners, Campers Should Avoid Attracting Ursine Guests<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8330\/8112959491_0451da8cfb.jpg\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/bbfaq.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Black bears<\/a> are starting to leave their dens after a long winter slumber in a search for food. With a scarcity of\u00a0their natural food sources\u00a0&#8211; plants, berries and insects &#8211; this early in the season, bears are particularly attracted to human-provided sources.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> reminds residents of the state&#8217;s bear country\u00a0to be proactive and exercise good judgment to avoid contact.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping bears wild is a community effort that benefits both them and us,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a> Director Paul Peditto said. \u201cUsing care to avoid attracting bears now will help keep them away throughout the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bears are most common in Maryland&#8217;s four westernmost counties &#8211; Allegany, Frederick, Garrett and Washington. They typically make dens in wooded areas.<\/p>\n<p>The department urges residents to clean or remove anything outdoors that may smell like food, by taking a number of actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lock garbage in a bear-proof trash container, or keep it inside the house or garage until pickup.<\/li>\n<li>Rinse\u00a0trash containers with ammonia to eliminate odors.<\/li>\n<li>Store cooking grills inside or keep\u00a0them clean of food residue.<\/li>\n<li>Take down backyard bird-feeders from April through November \u2500 birds have plenty of wild food sources during these months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information on living and camping in bear country\u00a0is available <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/bblivingwith.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a>\u00a0Any bear-related issues or questions can be directed to 301-777-2136.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeowners, Campers Should Avoid Attracting Ursine Guests Black bears are starting to leave their dens after a long winter slumber in a search for food. With a scarcity of\u00a0their natural food sources\u00a0&#8211; plants, berries and insects &#8211; this early in the season, bears are particularly attracted to human-provided sources. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/04\/06\/black-bears-emerging-from-dens\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,13],"tags":[2948,2946,2918,2949,2945,2909],"class_list":["post-13620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife","tag-allegany-county","tag-bears","tag-frederick-county","tag-garrett-county","tag-paul-peditto","tag-washington-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13620"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13634,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620\/revisions\/13634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}