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Bear Alert! Secure Your Trash NOW as NJ Black Bears Gear Up for Winter Denning

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NJ Bear Warning: Hungry Black Bears are Ramping Up Activity – Here’s How to Protect Your Home!

file photo by Boyd Loving

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, as the leaves turn and the air chills, a critical season begins for New Jersey’s black bears: hyperphagia. This means they are entering a period of intense feeding, consuming over 20,000 calories per day to build up fat reserves for winter hibernation.

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NJDEP Fish & Wildlife is Offering Fishing Education Instructor Training!

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photo courtesy of Tom Seretis

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Ridgewood NJ, NJDEP Fish & Wildlife is offering Fishing Education Instructor Training!

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Garden State’s Largest Land Mammal the Black Bear

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Ridgewood NJ, Black Bears have been sighted in all 21 of New Jersey’s counties? The start of the new school year is a great time to educate students about the Garden State’s largest land mammal . Black bears (Ursus americanus) are native to North America and are found in various regions, including New Jersey. Here’s some information about black bears in New Jersey:

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NJDEP Fish & Wildlife Announces the Capture of the Piscataway Alligator

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Piscataway NJ, Update regarding the nearly 4-foot-long alligator originally spotted in Ambrose Brook in Middlesex Borough and later found on a roadway in Piscataway:

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