Central Florida Counties Among Those Awarded Funding For Controlling Bears In Neighborhoods
• Four central Florida counties are among 12 counties across the state receiving more funding to keep bears out of neighborhoods.
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• Four central Florida counties are among 12 counties across the state receiving more funding to keep bears out of neighborhoods.
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• Florida wildlife authorities say the state’s bear population is growing at 4,030.
They say that is the final estimate after a count in 2014 and 2015. The Florida black bear was removed from the state’s threatened list in 2012.
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• UPDATE: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissions voted against having a bear hunt this year. After nearly 7 hours of comments, including public input, the commission voted 4 to 3 against a hunt in 2016.
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• This evening is the first of three webinars on Florida’s growing bear population. And the public is invited to chime in.
The webinars will address Florida’s latest bear count and range estimates, results from last year’s hunt and the possibility of another hunt this year.
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• Volusia County is urging the state not to hold another bear hunt. The county council wants the state to focus on other techniques to keep black bears out of suburban areas.
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• Enforcement begins this week of an ordinance requiring residents of Seminole County’s bear-weary neighborhoods west of Interstate 4 to secure their trash.
The measure is the first statewide aimed at bears in neighborhoods.
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• Beginning this week Seminole County is enforcing a new ordinance requiring residents of its bear-weary neighborhoods west of Interstate 4 to secure their trash.
The ordinance is the first statewide aimed at problem bears in neighborhoods. Wildlife authorities describe the area as the “epicenter of human-bear conflict.”
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