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Englewood NJ, a bear was sighted in Englewood at 6:29 on June 1st.
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Bear Sightings Continue Throughout Bergen County
file photo by Boyd Loving
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Paramus NJ, Several more bear sightings have been reported since Monday . The Paramus Police Chief said he believes there is more than one bear in Bergen County. Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told several media outlets that two bears have been seen Monday in Paramus.
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UPDATE: Bear Sightings in Hawthorne ,Glen Rock and Ridgewood Near Hawes School
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Ridgewood NJ, a bear was photographed neat Hawes school early this morning around 930am , near Ellington and Dorchester .
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Ridgewood Police respond to multiple reports of bear sightings near Valleau Cemetery
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June 6,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood PD Patrol Officers Patrick Elwood and Douglas Christopher responded to multiple reports of bear sightings in residential areas surrounding the Valleau Cemetery and the Route 17 Park & Ride Facility on Monday morning, 06/05. Here, officers Elwood and Christopher arrive at a home on Albin Court, Ridgewood, where a bear was reportedly spotted in a back yard. Elwood is photographed loading a weapon with rubber bullets. Ho-Ho-Kus PD also received numerous calls from residents near the intersection of Race Track and Arbor Roads, Ho-Ho-Kus who spotted what is believed to be the same roving bear.
With more bears sightings reported in North Jersey, state considers expanded hunt
MAY 7, 2015, 9:45 PM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015, 9:51 PM
BY MARINA VILLENEUVE
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
After five years of an annual bear hunt in December, North Jersey still has one of the nation’s densest black bear populations, and state wildlife experts say encounters between man and bear are now occurring more frequently outside of what is commonly bear country.
As a result, the state is considering an expansion of the hunt, in October, starting next year.
The typically solitary, benign creatures are adaptable and can live close to human developments. When bears turn about one year old, they venture out in search of their own territory, said state Department of Environmental Projection spokesperson Larry Hajna.
“What we have in Northwest New Jersey is a situation where we have a very productive bear population, and limited habitat,” he said. Hajna estimated the area has two or three bears per square mile — not much “elbow room for foraging a habitat, finding a mate.”
This time of year, bears emerge from winter dens and seek to mate, sometimes roaming for miles. Police in Allendale, Saddle River and Ramsey say they have received multiple reports of sightings in the past few days.
About 3,500 black bears live in North Jersey, according to the DEP, about the same as when the hunt began in 2010.