More on da bears
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Bruce Springsteen never sang about them, but it seems many of the black bears found in Rockland and Orange counties are Jersey bears, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Wendy Rosenbach, a DEC spokeswoman, told me that yesterday, when we were talking about the bear in Somers. The DEC knows this because the bears are sporting tags placed on them by NJ wildlife authorities. 
Here’s yesterday’s bear post. You can follow that to DEC’s bear information page, which includes tips on living with bears.
And, here’s another story of a bear encounter. It was sent in by a Kent resident who lives on Bowen Road:
This past April, on a Saturday night, we had a visit from a very large, very beautiful Black Bear. It was 9:45 PM. My friend Marty had just left for home. I was sitting at the computer and my wife was watching TV. My house is basically a ranch style, set sideways with two huge sliding glass doors looking out on a wrap around deck which faces the street. All of a sudden my dogs started going crazy, my wife yelled ‘Johnny!’ and got up and headed towards the sliders. I looked out, and here was this very large bear walking towards the door. I must first tell you that the previous Thursday, my bird feeders were taken down from the deck by what I assume was the same bear. Anyway, this bear ambled right up to the glass, and suddenly we were eye to eye. He was very dark brown, or black except for a golden colored muzzle and two gold rings around his eyes. My dogs, who are very little, wanted at him. My wife calmly walked around me and locked the slider. At this, the bear stared for a moment, very non-threatening, turned and ambled off the deck and into the night.
Photo is courtesy of Una Sterman of Somers, who briefly hosted the bear in her yard Tuesday afternoon.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
