SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - An ongoing research project by the Missouri Department of Conservation has found the state's black bear population is growing. Researcher Laura Conlee told the Springfield ...

The conservation department is conducting research to better understand Missouri’s bear population, including how many cubs are being born and surviving and their geographic distribution.

COLUMBIA – The black bear population in Missouri is growing ... to do in a bear encounter on its website. There is also a map of reported bear sightings. “At home, as bears become more ...

Missouri’s black bear population is increasing and recently ... The department has a map that shows where bears have been spotted in the past. The most recent data is from 2020.

The black bear population in Missouri has nearly doubled in the last seven years, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. RELATED: Black bear population in Missouri has nearly ...

As recently as 20 years ago, any bear sighting in Missouri made statewide headlines. Today, the state’s bear population has become established, the range of these large mammals in Missouri ...

Two years ago, the Missouri Department of Conservation allowed bear hunting for the first time, following decades of work to rebuild the state’s population – which collapsed and almost went ...

BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) -The Missouri Highway Patrol says as the state’s bear population grows, it’s likely bears will try to get across our highways. “Bears are big animals, and they can move ...

Conservationists estimate that since the first study categorizing the bear population in Missouri found around 300 bears in 2010, the population has grown to more than 900. The season, which ran ...

The conservation department is conducting research to better understand Missouri’s bear population, including how many cubs are being born and surviving and their geographic distribution. “There’s ...