{"id":18229,"date":"2017-10-23T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=18229"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:02:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:02:31","slug":"black-bear-activity-increases-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/10\/23\/black-bear-activity-increases-in-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bear Activity Increases in Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Residents Reminded to Take Common Sense Precautions<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5644\/23204306644_cc68b26b7d.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of black bear in the evening\" width=\"351\" height=\"233\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/bblivingwith.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> reminds residents that black bears are beginning a period of increased feeding activity in preparation for winter hibernation.\u00a0During this time, bears may become more attracted to human-provided food sources and lose their natural fear of people, which can lead to potentially dangerous encounters.<\/p>\n<p>Black bears in Maryland are concentrated in\u00a0Allegany, Frederick, Garrett and Washington counties.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cKeeping bird feeders, pet food and trash in a place where bears can\u2019t get to them is the best way to avoid problems,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a> Director Paul Peditto said.\u00a0Marylanders should also delay filling songbird feeders until the winter months to avoid attracting bears.<\/p>\n<p>Since bears may travel many miles in search of food, motorists traveling in Maryland\u2019s western counties are reminded to watch for them crossing roads, especially during October and November. Bears will begin entering dens in mid-November; most will be inside dens by mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>More information about living with black bears can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/bblivingwith.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> or by calling 410-260-8540 or 301-777-2136.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents Reminded to Take Common Sense Precautions The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds residents that black bears are beginning a period of increased feeding activity in preparation for winter hibernation.\u00a0During this time, bears may become more attracted to human-provided food sources and lose their natural fear of people, which can lead to potentially dangerous<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/10\/23\/black-bear-activity-increases-in-fall\/\">&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":[2948,3531,2918,2949,2945,2909],"class_list":["post-18229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife","tag-allegany-county","tag-black-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\/18229","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=18229"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18243,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18229\/revisions\/18243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}