Monday, August 30, 2010

Local author, artist shows young readers life inside a real bear's den

Here is a story about someone Lily Fans know and love.
"WEST LIBERTY - In the north woods of Minnesota, a black bear cub is born. It
happens every January, and most of us would not give it a second thought. But
this time thousands of people watched a wild bear give birth via a live
streaming webcam."


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Lily and Hope’s friends become Facebook fundraisers | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

"Combine the public’s fascination with two Ely-area black bears with the instant global connection of Facebook, and what do you get?"


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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Nevada: Bear hunting season pursued for Nevada | rgj.com | The Reno Gazette-Journal



"Nevada wildlife commissioners are pursuing plans to establish a bear hunting season for the first time in state history, saying Nevada’s bruin population now is stable enough to allow for one."

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Black bears: Florida tries to get a grip on expanding bear population - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

"In the 1950s, pounded by wide-open hunting and the loss of habitat to farms and cities, Florida's black bears had become ghosts of the forests, elusive and rarely seen."

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Pennsylvania: Wayne County man convicted of bear kill

"Raymond Carl Kresge Sr., 66, of Gouldsboro, Wayne County, was found guilty of unlawfully possessing a 600-pound male black bear, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation officer Jim McCarthy, who investigated the case and filed the charges on June 21."


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Bear Head Lake State Park can win $100,000 grant from Coca Cola. Vote in the Your Favorite Park contest. VOTE HERE!


More Exposures: Minn. State Park Leading Smokies In Contest

"A Minnesota state park is more than half a million votes ahead of the Smokies in an online contest for favorite parks that nets the winner $100,000."

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Minnesota Sports Bears

Who doesn't loves sports and bears -- get your own state related bear Team Bear....