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Black Bear Encounters In The Wildland-Urban Interface Of Upstate South Carolina, Victoria Luke
Black Bear Encounters In The Wildland-Urban Interface Of Upstate South Carolina, Victoria Luke
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As humans move into more remote areas wildlife are displaced and there are an increasing number of human-wildlife interactions. Human dimensions research is important in order to understand social components necessary to maintain healthy wildlife populations while also maintaining healthy relationships between wildlife and the local community. In upstate South Carolina, the number of wildlife nuisance calls received by the Department of Natural Resources has increased. More importantly, wildlife populations, particularly the American black bear (Ursus americanus), continue to move into urban areas. The following study explores black bear encounter report calls coming into the SC Department of Natural Resources …