• 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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• Florida wildlife authorities are seeking public comment on a first-of-its-kind plan for bringing back the state’s 57 imperiled species.
The deadline to comment is tomorrow (Wednesday).
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• A DeBary man faces a misdemeanor citation after Florida’s bear hunt last month.
Wildlife authorities say the man tried to bait the bears using two honey buns, a chocolate éclair, a doughnut, a fish filet and a piece of cherry pie.
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• Environmentalists protested around Florida, a day before the state’s bear hunt.
More than 3,500 people have bought a permit for the hunt, as many hunters as there are bears in the state.
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• Saturday more than 2,500 hunters will take to the woods in pursuit of the Florida black bear.
It is the state’s first bear hunt in more than 20 years.
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• Florida will hold its first bear hunt in two decades this weekend to manage the population of the animal that is a nuisance in many neighborhoods and responsible for maulings statewide.
Wildlife authorities agree the best way to keep bears out of neighborhoods is to remove food sources like garbage. State regulations prohibit leaving garbage outside for bears.
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• It’s been 20 years since Florida’s last bear hunt, and environmentalists opposed to the hunt are seeking volunteers to monitor hunters, to make sure everything is being done by the books.
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