Thanks to returning forests and habitat protection, the bear population in Vermont is growing 3 to 5% each year.

Download the teaching materials created by Robin Gannon (and students), E. Montpelier Elementary School, E. Montpelier, VT.

• Scott Darling, Wildlife Biologist
  Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife
  802-483-2172
• Among the Bears by
  Benjamin Kilham & Ed Gray

• "Development and Black Bears" by
  Forrest Hammond (VT Agency of
  Natural Resources article on the Stratton
  Black Bear Study)
• "Habitat and Home Range of the Black Bear"
  (American Bear Association article)

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