According to the FWC, the black bear population has come back from just several hundred bears in the 1970s to over 4,000 ...

Florida wildlife officials host three public meetings starting Tuesday to decide whether to hold the state’s first bear hunt ...

Legislation no longer establishes CT bear hunt. Instead, bill allows farmers to kill bears damaging crops under limited ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The state is considering updating bear hunting regulations and is seeking public comment. One regulation under consideration is expanding the time frame of bear hunting season.

Lawmakers on the Environment Committee on Friday voted 27-6 to send a substitute bill to the Senate floor that strips away ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will host three virtual meetings in April to discuss a potential black bear hunt. The FWC is considering a hunt because the state's ...

As black bears continue to flourish across Florida, state wildlife officials are revisiting the possibility of an upcoming regulated bear hunt. The public will have an opportunity to weigh in on the ...

Alarmed by the steady stream of headlines documenting their run-ins with humans, some lawmakers say it’s past time for the state to open a hunting season on bears. The debate over bear hunting ...

“Despite the title of this bill, an ‘Act Concerning Bear Hunting,’ this bill is not moving forward a bear hunt,” said state Rep. John-Michael Parker, D-Madison, who serves as co-chair of ...