US States Grapple With Rising Bear-Human Encounters — SkimNews
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- Bears are increasingly entering places where humans live across the US, a trend forcing wildlife workers into tough management decisions
- Dan Thompson, supervisor of the large carnivore section of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, handles field captures of mountain lions, wolves, black bears, and grizzly bears
Why it matters: State wildlife agencies like Wyoming's sit on the front line of escalating human-wildlife conflict, and personnel such as Thompson carry the operational burden of physically managing each encounter as bear range and human development increasingly overlap.
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