{"id":8454,"date":"2015-04-22T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:26:52","slug":"dnr-urges-western-marylanders-to-be-mindful-of-bears-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/04\/22\/dnr-urges-western-marylanders-to-be-mindful-of-bears-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DNR Urges Western Marylanders to Be Mindful of Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/BlackBear.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8330\/8112959491_0451da8cfb.jpg\" alt=\"Black bear in the woods \" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/BlackBear.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Bears<\/a>\u00a0are leaving their winter dens in search for food now that their long winter slumber has come to an end.\u00a0 Since natural foods are scarce in the early spring, they often seek out human-provided sources. Those living in, or visiting bear country can help keep Maryland\u2019s black bears wild by being proactive and exercising good judgment.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>DNR urges residents to clean or remove anything outdoors that may smell like food. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>locking\u00a0garbage in a bear-proof trash container, or keeping inside until the day of pick-up;<\/li>\n<li>rinsing trash containers with ammonia to eliminate food odors;<\/li>\n<li>storing cooking grills inside or keeping them clean of food residue; and<\/li>\n<li>removing birdfeeders\u00a0from April through November \u2500 there are many wild food sources for birds during this time period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on living and camping around bears <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/bblivingwith.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> or call the Western Region DNR Service Center at 301-777-2136.<\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\">DNR\u2019s Wildlife\u00a0and Heritage<\/a> Service on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/MD-DNR-Wildlife-Heritage-Service\/264705513668546?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDDNRWildlife\">@MDDNRWildlife<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bears\u00a0are leaving their winter dens in search for food now that their long winter slumber has come to an end.\u00a0 Since natural foods are scarce in the early spring, they often seek out human-provided sources. Those living in, or visiting bear country can help keep Maryland\u2019s black bears wild by being proactive and exercising good<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/04\/22\/dnr-urges-western-marylanders-to-be-mindful-of-bears-2\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[],"class_list":["post-8454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-wildlife"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8454","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8457,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8454\/revisions\/8457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}