are there bears in the san juan mountains?
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Range in Colorado: Black bears are locally common in suitable habitats in the western two-thirds of the state. Highest population densities occur in the montane shrublands from Walsenburg and Trinidad west to the San Luis Valley, in the San Juan Mountains, and in the canyon country of west-central Colorado.
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Bears also have been frequently sighted in most surrounding counties in recent years. While black bear attacks are exceedingly uncommon, it has happened in the Chattanooga region.
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Of the three bear species (black, brown, and polar bears) in North America, only the black bear lives in Virginia. Shy and secretive, the sighting of a bear is a rare treat for most Virginians. However, bears are found throughout most of the Commonwealth, and encounters between bears and people are increasing.
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Only a few months after wildlife officials confirmed a grizzly sighting in Cody, Wyoming, now they captured three grizzlies south of Byron. “This is certainly first time in recent history we've captured a bear in Big Horn,” Dan Smith, Wyoming Game and Fish (WGFD) regional supervisor, told the Cody Enterprise.
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Grizzly Bears in the Wild Grizzly bears historically lived in every part of Idaho. Now they are only found in the northern part of Idaho and in eastern Idaho near Yellowstone National Park. ... A grizzly bear's hearing is good, but the most important sense for a bear is its sense of smell.
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Black bears are increasingly common in Knoxville, but officials hope to leave them alone. The occasional black bear sighting is nothing new in the Knoxville area, but wildlife management officials confirm that encounters are on the rise.
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There is a bear roaming around in Bella Vista, McKinzie said, although a smaller one. ... There are bears in every Northwest Arkansas county, he said. "There are always more bears than people think.
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Bears in the Smokies are unusual in that they often den high above the ground in standing hollow trees. Bears do not truly hibernate, but enter long periods of sleep. They may leave the den for short periods if disturbed or during brief warming trends.
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San Francisco (CNN) The grizzly bear is a well-known California symbol. After all, it's on the state flag. But the only place you'll find them in California is at the San Francisco Zoo. A conservation group believes they should be brought back into the wild, ideally in the iconic Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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A plethora of bear sightings have been reported around the region in the past month, but the one near Idyllwild was different. Unlike communities along the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains such as Beaumont and Banning, sightings in the San Jacinto Mountains are rare.
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There do seem to be pockets where “cinnamon bears” – black bears with a reddish-tinged coat – show up. About one percent of bears in north-central Pennsylvania, for instance, reportedly exhibit this coloration.
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Grizzly bears (ursus arctos) in northeast Washington's Selkirk Mountains are one of two federally-designated grizzly populations found in our state. The other is in the North Cascades, where fewer than ten grizzly bears are believed to reside.
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Wildlife officials frustrated over bear conflicts in Aspen and Snowmass Village. A bear sleeps in an Aspen alley. State wildlife officials are frustrated because they feel not enough Aspen-area residents and visitors are taking the potential for conflicts with bears serious enough.
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There are more cougars than bears in the backcountry on the Bear River Range, but the black bears are indeed there, and the Division of Wildlife Resources wants people to be aware and be safe. ... In the last two weeks, there have been two different bear sightings by people in the Mill Hollow area of Logan Canyon.
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There are no wolves to speak of in San Bernardino County or Southern California at present, outside of venues of strict captivity such as zoos. Indeed, they had been very rare or non-existent in California for some time, although in recent years they are making something of a comeback in the northern part of the state.
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Black bears (Ursus americanus) are native to Newfoundland and Labrador. They are found throughout the province, although they are rarely observed on the Avalon Peninsula.
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While bear sightings are rare in the Czech Republic, there are an estimated 700-900 brown bears living in the wild in Slovakia, and instances of them crossing the border around the Beskydy mountains are not unusual.