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By Mike RocheAt the September meeting of the Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife Board, held at Field Headquarters in Westborough, the agenda included a review of the management of the black bear population.Dave Wattles, who serves as Black Bear and...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The public is encouraged to take down bird feeders, as the public feeding of wildlife is the likely cause of last Thursday’s bear shooting in Athol, according to MassWildlife.Four bear cubs were orphaned as a result of the shooting, which took...

By Mike RocheAs you may have heard, a horse was killed by a bear in South Athol last week. This ultimate wildlife/livestock conflict was a great loss for the owners of the 24-year-old pony, who had been a great show horse in her day. It is easy to...

By Carla CharterWhen the Wendell Historical Society opens to the public, among the items on display will be a bear costume. The outfit signifies one small part of a much larger story of how community resistance saved Bear Mountain in Wendell.The story...