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This fall is one of the mildest in recent memory and many bears are still out of their dens actively foraging. Mild fall weather and late den entry are not completely related, however. Black bears in Maine enter their winter dens as early as late September and as late as mid December. The most influential [...]

By Travis Barrett Maine’s black bear biologists are leaders in their field, a fact only cemented with their recent work with both the Eastern Black Bear Workshop and Northeast Black Bear Technical Committee. In early May of 2011, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists Jennifer Vashon and Randy Cross traveled to Hendersonville, N.C., [...]