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19Th Eastern Black Bear Workshop 19th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Human-Bear Conflict Management: Aversive Conditioning and Information Outreach i Proceedings of the 19th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Human-Bear Conflict Management: Aversive Conditioning and Information Outreach April 9-12, 2007 National Conservation Training Center Shepherdstown, West Virginia Hosted by: With support from Bear Trust International, www.beartrust.org; Responsive Management, www.responsivemanagement.com; and the West Virginia Bear Hunters Association Compiled by: Chris Ryan, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Harry Spiker, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Mark Ternent, Pennsylvania Game Commission Printed July 2008 by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources CONTENTS MEETING AGENDA …………………………………………………………………………………... 1 SUMMARY TABLE OF STATE AND PROVINCE STATUS REPORTS ……………………….... 2 STATUS REPORTS ARKANSAS ……………………………………………………………………………………………... 11 CONNECTICUT…………………………………………………………………….…………………..… 13 FLORIDA………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15 GEORGIA ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 KENTUCKY……………………………………………………………………………………………… 20 LOUISIANA ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 22 MAINE………………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 23 MARYLAND…………………………………………………………………………………………...… 26 MASSACHUSETTS ……………………………………………………………………..……………..…. 29 MISSISSIPPI …………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 31 NEW HAMPSHIRE……………………………………………………………………………………..…. 33 NEW JERSEY………………………………………………………………………………………….…. 36 NEW YORK ………………………………………………………………………………………….….. 39 NORTH CAROLINA …………………………………………………………………..…………….…… 41 OHIO ………………………………………………………………………………..……………..…… 43 ONTARIO ……………………………………………………………………………..………………… 45 PENNSYLVANIA ………………………………………………………………………………………… 48 RHODE ISLAND …………………………………………………………………………………………. 50 SOUTH CAROLINA ………………………………………………………………………..…………….. 51 TENNESSEE ……………………………………………………………………………………….…….. 53 TEXAS…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 55 VIRGINIA………………………………………………………………………………………….…….. 56 WEST VIRGINIA…………………………………………………………………………………………. 59 WISCONSIN……………………………………………………………………………….……….…….. 61 ORAL PRESENTATIONS DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF RELOCATION ON NUISANCE FLORIDA BLACK BEARS Kimberly M. Annis, Melvin E. Sunquist, and J. Walter McCown………………………………..…. 64 EFFECTS OF AVERSIVE CONDITIONING ON NUISANCE LOUISIANA BLACK BEAR BEHAVIOR Jennifer Leigh and Michael J. Chamberlain ………………………………..……………………….. 71 EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BEAR SMART PROGRAMMING IN COTTAGE COUNTRY: COTTAGERS, ATTITUDES, EVALUATIONS AND BEHAVIOUR J. Michael Campbell ……..………………………………………………………………….………. 80 FOCUS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM: ATTRACTANTS Maria W. Davidson, Paul L. Davidson, and David J. Telesco …………………………………….… 86 EDUCATING NORTH CAROLINA’S CITIZENS ABOUT BLACK BEAR ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT (abstract) Mark D. Jones ………………………………………………………………………………..……... 89 EFFECT OF LENGTHENING BLACK BEAR HUNTING SEASONS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ON HARVEST RATES OF NUISANCE BEARS AND POPULATION SIZE Mark A. Ternent ………………………………………………………………………..…………… 90 A FAST AND RELIABLE HARD MAST INDEX FROM ACORN PRESENCE-ABSENCE TALLIES (abstract) Cathryn H. Greenberg and Gordon S. Warburton …...……………………………………………… 98 ABSTRACTS FROM POSTER PRESENTATIONS SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BLACK BEARS AND BEAR HUNTERS IN GARRETT COUNTY, MARYLAND Edward Arrow, John Edwards, and Harry Spiker ………………………………………………..…. 100 A COMPARISON OF OCCUPANCY MODEL AND MARK-RECAPTURE ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES OF BLACK BEARS ON FORT DRUM MILITARY INSTALLATION, NY Michael Wegan, Paul D. Curtis, Milo E. Richmond, Raymon Rainbolt, and Chris Bodony………… 100 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USING THE MODIFIED M-15 PIPE SNARE Colin P. Carpenter, Phillip A. Worley, Mark E. Richardson, Craig A. Lawson, and Larry A. Berry.. 101 PREVALENCE OF BABESIA MICROTI IN NEW JERSEY BLACK BEARS Shamus P. Keeler, Kelcey I. Burguess, and Jane E. Huffman …………………………………….... 101 BLACK BEAR-HUMAN CONFLICT PROTOCOLS: A SURVEY OF WILDLIFE AGENCIES IN NORTH AMERICA Rocky D. Spencer, Richard A. Beausoleil, and Donald A. Martorello ……………………………… 102 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF BLACK BEARS IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA USING HAIR-SNARE SAMPLES Angela G. Brown, Lynne C. Gardner-Santana, Eric C. Hellgren, Ronald A. Van den Bussche, and David M. Leslie, Jr. …………………………………………………………………………..…. 102 ABUNDANCE AND LANDSCAPE GENETICS OF ONTARIO BLACK BEARS Martyn E. Obbard, C.J. Kyle, E.J. Howe, K. Wozney, and B.N. White …………………………….. 103 ONTARIO’S BEAR WISE PROGRAM: A STRATEGY FOR REDUCING HUMAN-BEAR CONFLICTS Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources ……………………………………..………………………. 103 LIVING WITH BLACK BEARS EDUCATIONAL DVD Dan Bertalan……………………………………………………………………………………………. 104 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 2007 BLACK BEAR RESEARCH SUMMARY David S. Maehr, David E. Unger, Hannah B. Harris, Wade A. Ulrey, Rebekah Jensen, Joseph M. Guthrie, Vince Frary, Jeffery L. Larkin, Andrea N. Schuhmann, Lauren M. Dahl, John J. Cox, and John H. Harrelson …………………………………………………………………………….… 105 AVERSIVE CONDITIONING SURVEY SUMMARY OF PRE-WORKSHOP SURVEY ON AVERSIVE CONDITIONING AND HUMAN-BEAR CONFLICT OUTREACH EDUCATION Steve L. McMullin and James A. Parkhurst …..……………………………………………………. 106 GROUP SESSIONS SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP BREAKOUT SESSION DISCUSSIONS AND RESULTS Steve L. McMullin and James A. Parkhurst ……………………………..…………………………. 111 AVERSIVE CONDITIONING ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AVERSIVE CONDITIONING WITH A FOCUS ON BLACK BEAR Jordan D. Green, Steve L. McMullin, and James A. Parkhurst ……………………………………….. 115 CLOSING COMMENTS Invited speaker Mike Pelton ………………..……………………..…………………………………. 125 EXIT SURVEY RESULTS OF EXIT SURVEY DISTRIBUTED TO WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS Georgia Guyton and Harry Spiker ………………………………………………………………….. 128 HISTORY OF THE EASTERN BLACK BEAR WORKSHOP …………………………..………… 132 WORKSHOP REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT…………………………….……...…… 133 LIST OF ATTENDEES…………………………………………………………………………………. 134 MEETING AGENDA April 9, 2007 noon – 5:00 Arrival and registration 5:30 – 7:30 Dinner 7:30 – 9:00 Evening social April 10, 2007 7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast 8:00 – 12:00 Technical committee meetings: Northeast Black Bear Technical Committee and Southeast Assoc. Fish & Wild. Agencies Black Bear Technical Committee 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 1:15 Welcome & Introduction 1:15 – 2:45 State and Province Status Reports 2:45 – 3:00 Break 3:00 – 5:00 Selected oral presentations 5:30 – 7:00 Dinner 7:00 – 9:00 Poster session & evening social April 11, 2007 7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast 8:30 – 9:00 Summary of pre-workshop survey on Aversive Conditioning and refining the definition of aversive conditioning 9:00 – 10:00 Breakout session: Situational analysis of bear conflicts and examination of appropriate response (including aversive techniques). 10:00 – 10:15 Break 10:15 – 11:15 Breakout session, continued 11:15 – 12:00 Assimilation of breakout session results 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 1:30 Wrap-up of Aversive Conditioning session 1:30 – 2:00 Summary of pre-workshop survey on Information Outreach 2:00 – 2:45 Breakout session: Identification of audiences and messages important to human-bear conflict outreach programs 2:45 – 3:00 Break 3:00 – 4:00 Breakout session, continued 4:00 – 5:00 Assimilation of breakout session results and wrap-up of Information Outreach session 5:30 – 7:30 Social and dinner 7:30 – 9:00 Guest speaker: John Hechtel, Alaska Fish & Game Dept. April 12, 2007 7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast 8:00 – 9:45 Summary of workshop and breakout sessions 9:45 – 10:00 Break 10:00 – 10:30 Discussion on workshop guidelines proposed by Eastern Black Bear Workshop steering committee 1030 – 12:00 Business meeting and adjournment 1 Status Report Summary Table ARKANSAS CONNECTICUT FLORIDA Contact Rick Eastridge Paul Rego Stephanie Simek 2 Natural Resources Dr. P.O. Box 1550 620 South Meridian Street Address Little Rock, AR 72205 Bulrington, CT 06013 Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone (501) 223-6359 (860) 675-8130 (850) 410-0656 ext 17327 Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bear Pop. Estimate Approx. 3,500 300 2,000-3,000 Population Trend Up Stable to increasing in most areas Stabilize or Increase depending Stabilize or increase dependent Management Goal To be determined on area upon area Monitoring by: Yes No No Bait Station Mark-Recapture Yes No Project dependent Density Extrapolation No No Project dependent Age Reconstruction No No Yes Modeling Yes No Developing projects Other Den work/reproduction No monitor roadkill mortality Recent Harvest 300 - 340 No hunting season No hunting season Harvest Trend Stable Harvest Rate Unknown % Harvest Over Bait 35% % Harvest w/ Hounds NA 10/1 - 11/30/06 and 12/2 - 2006 Season Dates 12/17/06 or until quota reached No dogs. Bait can be placed 30 days prior and must be removed Hunting Restrictions No legal harvest since 1994. at end of season. Bear hunting allowed only in select zones. No. of Bear Hunters Unknown Trend in Hunter #s Unknown No bear license, but resident Bear License Required sportsman's license or nonres. all-game license required Resident $25.00, Nonresident License Cost $100-300 depending on type Success Rate Unknown Yrly # Bear Conflicts 200 2,150 calls related to bears Conflict Trend Up Up Conflict Mgmt: No No No Damage Payments Relocations Yes No Yes Education Yes Yes Yes Euthanasia Occasionally Rarely Occasionally Elec. Fencing Yes No Yes Avers. Conditioning Yes Yes Beginning Dog Chasing No No No Bear resistant containers, Other scheduling sanitation services, etc. Web address for Mgmt. Plan http://www.agfc.com http://myfwc.com/bear/ 2 GEORGIA
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