Liberty, NY – Complaints of nuisance bears have increased by 100 this year in the Catskills, where the black bear population is on the rise.
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According to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, there have been more close encounters with black bears than normal. The DEC’s regional office in the Catskills region has logged 370 nuisance complaints, up by 100 complaints compared to last year.
Most of the complaints have come from areas on the edges of bear habitats, such as Monticello, Liberty and Fallsburg in Sullivan County.
There were no bears in PT this summer.
That is because the people from Pine Tree kept on calling every single day . Now that they and Gigo is gone they havent recieved any complaints since they left- The bears have moved to Lazy G a.k.a. Brazel and are eagerly awaiting the chevra from Pine Tree