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DNR News
SC Dept. of Natural Resources
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Columbia, SC 29202

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DNR: put away garbage to deter visits by bears

A homeowner’s guide to living with bears was recently published by DNR, offering handy tips for homeowners to bearproofing their property. Authored by Deanna Ruth, a DNR wildlife biologist based at Samworth Wildlife Center in Georgetown County, "A Homeowner’s Guide: Living with Bears" offers common-sense rules to homeowners that will help them avoid unpleasant encounters with Ursus americanus, the black bear. The bear brochure also details some interesting natural history information on this often-feared and frequently misunderstood wildlife species.

• Hunters should not be concerned with eating venison
  
• DNR honors 2007 Law Enforcement Officers of the Year
  
• Special Sumter County youth deer hunt will be held Nov. 3
• Wildlife Control Operators sought for statewide list
  
• DNR: put away garbage to deter visits by bears
  
• Preserve fall and winter habitat for quail, rabbits
• Property owners issued permits for nuisance alligator control
  
• State DNR directory lists Wildlife Control Operators
  
• Public event series offers conservation programs during September, October
  
• Economic analysis confirms benefits of wildlife buffers
  
• Proper disposal of deer remains is a rule of good hunter ethics
  
• Youth deer hunting opportunities available on MeadWestvaco land
  
• Get your story published in S.C. Wildlife Magazine
  
• DNR makes red drum case in Charleston County
  
• Freshwater Fishing Trends
  
• Saltwater Fishing Trends
  
• S.C. Weekly Tidetable