Fantastic.
I didn't have any NBEs this year(near bear experiences, i.e. less than 10 feet), but I did have bears in my yard at least half a dozen times and on my back deck once. That's higher than my average.
It's sorta scary when I walk out to my car at 5:50AM and I creep up to the corner of the house so I don't suprise a bear that's just hanging out. Hasn't caused an NBE, but I've had them 50 feet away which is enough to make me cautious.
I don't want them all gone, I just want them thinned out.
Wildlife MISmanagement has resulted in bears being spotted this year in every county of New Jersey.
Bears walking through the backstretch of Monmouth Park and then jumping in the Atlantic Ocean was one egregious example.
Relocating them to areas where public officials said there were never bears before was another.
Telling local officials to distribute bearproof trash containers to residents when the officials and residents wanted the bears off the suburban streets was another.
Campbell has been a disaster and his policies have affected residents of Pennsylvania and New York.
This would have been a good campaign issue for Forrester. EPA mismanagement. Campbell went to court to wrest authority for bear hunts away from fish and game officials.
Forrester should have campaigned on "listen to the experts."