Resources

Links:
The following web-sites have additional information on black bears and were utilized for material that was used in the formation of this site:

Bear Biology and Ecology:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/wildlife/nuisance/nuis.htm
http://www.bearstudy.org/
http://www.bearsmart.com/

Bear Resistant Recycling Bins and Garbage Cans:
http://www.unbearablebins.com/
http://www.crittercan.org

Literature:
Many books and papers on black bears are available and provide in-depth information on this animal. The technical report that Dr. Lynn L. Rogers (a prominent black bear research scientist) produced as a requirement for his doctorate in 1987 gives detailed information on black bear behavior and movements in a northeastern Minnesota forest (Effects of Food Supply and Kinship on Social Behavior, Movements, and Population of Black Bears in Northeastern Minnesota). This report is available at the website (www.bearstudy.org). The Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources pamphlet, When Black Bears Become a Nuisance provided valuable material on how to handle bear problems around human habitation. Many books provided excellent reference material on black bears and were not only interesting, but factual. Some of these books can be obtained from local libraries or bought at local bookstores. Other books are out of print, but still available for sale on the internet at larger bookstores. The books are as follows (listed in alphabetical order by author):

Becklund, Jack (1999) Summers with the Bears: Six Seasons in the North Woods
DeBruyn, Terry D., Ph.D. (1999) Walking with Bears: One Man’s Relationship with Three Generations of Wild Bears
Herrero, Stephen (new revised edition 2003) Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance
Kilham, Benjamin and Ed Gray (2002) Among the Bears: Raising Orphan Cubs in the Wild
Leslie, Robert Franklin (1975) The Bears and I: Raising Three Cubs in the North Woods
Stringham, Stephen, Ph.D. (2002) Beauty Within the Beast: Kinship with Bears in the Alaska Wilderness

Papers (need Adobe Reader to view):

Costelo, J.E., Black Bears in Nova Scotia: Denizen of the Forest or Recycling Box Junkie.

Costelo, J.E., The Nova Scotia Black Bear: Born to be Wild.

Galvez, I., Black Bear - Menace or Not.