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sentiments. “Preserving wildlife is one of our core values. range and population of this species over the past 50
Allowing some of our idle properties to be used in a non- years. The information collected during this most recent
invasive genetic study to monitor the health and study will help with future management decisions that
population of the American Black Bear, certainly fits,” should allow this trend to continue.”
Whitt said. “We have seen significant restoration to the
Researchers with the Coastal Black Bear Project construct a
temporary hair sampling station at Martin Marietta’s
American Black Bear
Leland Yard in North Carolina.
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