MassBears researchers seek to estimate state’s black bear population through DNA analysis, observations

“While evidence indicates that Massachusetts black bears are becoming adept at weaving their lives around our own and are expanding their territories eastward, it’s not clear just how many of them are out there.

An ongoing study, called MassBears, is attempting to answer that and other questions through DNA analysis and reports of sightings from residents who encounter bears, or evidence of them, near their homes and workplaces, in their neighborhoods or in the woods.”

Read the full article here: masslive.com