Bears in Our Backyards
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Websites
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection / Division of Fish & Wildlife
- The Humane Society of the United States
- The American Bear Association and the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary
- North American Bear Center
- The Great Bear Foundation
- Black Bears
Articles
Articles may be accessed at WMTL or remotely via our research databases.
| Boburg, Shawn. "Six-day bear hunt ends with more than 560 killed." Star-Ledger, 12/12/2010 |
| Newall, Mike. "In North Jersey, hunters moving in on black bears." Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/09/2010 |
| "N.J. approves bear hunt, first since 2005." Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/21/2010 |
| Kolton, Tara. "DEP commissioner approves bear management policy." Suburban Trends, 3/21/2010 |
| Kolton, Tara. "Bear management policy on Fish and Game agenda." Suburban Trends, 3/7/2010 |
| Grossi, Mark. "Bears favor minivans for snack attacks." The Fresno Bee, 10/19/2009 |
| "NewsTracker: To hunt or not to hunt as bear run-ins increase." The Record, 7/29/2009 |
DVDs
| DVD 599 BEA | Bear Country |
| DVD 599 BEA | Bears |
| DVD 599 BEA | Bears in Our National Parks |
| DVD J591 REA | Awesome Animal Builders |
Books for Adults
| 031 COM | Compton's Encyclopedia. Volume 3, p. 116. Bear. |
| 599.78 ASH | Ashworth, William. Bears, Their Life and Behavior. |
| 599.78 BRE | Breiter, Matthias. Bears: A Year in the Life. |
| 599.78 CRA | Craighead, Lance. Bears of the World. |
| 599.78 DOL | Dolson, Sylvia. Bear-ology : fascinating bear facts, tales & trivia. |
| 599.78 FER | Fergus, Charles. Bears. |
| 599.78 FUR | Furtman, Michael. Black Bear Country. |
| 599.78 KIL | Kilham, Benjamin. Among the Bears. |
| 599.78 SMI | Smith, Dave. Backcountry Bear Basics. |
| 741 LIN | Lindstrand, Doug. Bear: the Ultimate Artist’s Reference. |
Adult Reference
(Must be used in Library)
| 031 NEW | The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Volume 2, p. 252. Black Bear. |
| 590 ANI | Animal. p. 188. |
| 590.3 ENC | The Encyclopedia of Animals. p. 130-133. |
| 590.3 SIM | Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals. p. 124-125. |
| 599 ENC | The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Volume 1, p. 80-81. |
| 599 GRZ | Grzimek’s Student Animal Life Resource. Volume 3, p. 596-598. |
| 599 MOR | World of Animals: Mammals. Volume 2, p. 90-93. |
| 599.097 SMI | The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. p. 157-160. |
Books for Kids
| J599.74 BUX | Buxton, Jane Heath. Baby Bears and How They Grow. |
| J599.74 CRE | Crewe, Sabrina. The Bear. |
| J599 FER | Fertl, Dagmar. Bears. |
| J599.74 HOD | Hodge, Deborah. Bears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears. |
| J599.74 LAN | Lang, Aubrey. The Adventures of Baby Bear. |
| J599.74 PAT | Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Looking at Bears. |
| J599.74 SWI | Swinburne, Stephen R. Black Bear: North America's Bear. |
| J599.78 FEE | Feeney, Kathy. Black Bears. |
| J599.78 KAL | Kallen, Stuart. Black Bears. |
| J599.78 KAL | Kalman, Bobbie. What is a Bear? |
| E599.74 SIM | Simon, Seymour. Wild Bears. |
| E599.78 TAG | Tagliaferro, Linda. Bears and Their Cubs. |
Children's Reference
(Must be used in Library)
| J031 WOR | World Book Encyclopedia. Volume 2, p. 182-186. |
| J590 BUR | The Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. p. 268-269 |
| J590 MCG | Encyclopedia of Animals. p. 36-37. |
| J590 NEW | New Jersey Wildlife Profiles. Volume 1, p. 50. |
| J599 HAR | Animal Fact File. p. 24-25. |