{"id":34596,"date":"2021-10-04T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=34596"},"modified":"2021-10-01T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:27:22","slug":"maryland-black-bear-activity-increasing-in-fall-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/10\/04\/maryland-black-bear-activity-increasing-in-fall-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Black Bear Activity Increasing in Fall Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents Reminded to Take Common-Sense Precautions<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Photo by Ryan Van Nosdeln<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a>\u00a0reminds 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 be dangerous for both people and bears.<\/span><\/p>\n

Black bears in Maryland are concentrated in\u00a0Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties, collectively known as Maryland\u2019s black bear country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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 and most will be inside dens by mid-December.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marylanders in bear country should delay filling songbird feeders until the winter months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKeeping food sources like 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<\/span>Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Director Paul Peditto said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More information about living with black bears can be found\u00a0<\/span>online<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or by calling 410-260-8540 or 301-777-2136.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Residents Reminded to Take Common-Sense Precautions The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0reminds 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 be dangerous for both people and bears.  Read the Rest…<\/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":[2948,3531,5093,2918,2949,2909,5045],"class_list":["post-34596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife","tag-allegany-county","tag-black-bears","tag-fall","tag-frederick-county","tag-garrett-county","tag-washington-county","tag-wildlife-and-heritage-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34596","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=34596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34598,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34596\/revisions\/34598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}