Goings-on with black bears in the Tahoe Basin and beyond CDFW Tracking Rehabbed Bears with GPS September 21, 2023 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has increased its use of GPS technology to better understand the outcomes of black bears released from wildlife rehabilitation facilities. This year marks the first time that CDFW is tracking with GPS collars all bears released back into the wild after care from the four wildlife rehabilitation centers permitted to care for black bears in California. It’s a way to track the bears’ behavior and movements and see how they are faring in the wild. CDFW human-wildlife conflict specialists might also use the GPS information to intercept a bear approaching a neighborhood or community and redirect it back to wild habitat. Among the GPS-tracked, rehabbed bears released in 2023 were two orphaned cubs from Tulare County. CDFW cameras were on scene to capture the final moments of their care at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Campus and the return of one of the bears to its home in the woods of Tulare County. Learn more at the video featured below. Categories: Human Wildlife Conflict, Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Rehabilitation, Research Tagged: Black BearsGPS CollarsWildlife Research Related Articles More Bears Turning Up with Neurological Disorders, Confounding Vets, Biologists More black bears in the Tahoe Basin and around California are turning up with neurological abnormalities, confounding vets and biologists. Biologists Tracking Release of 'South Shore Four' Biologists are closely tracking the April 2021 release of four bears rehabilitated at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. Three of the four have been outfitted with GPS tracking collars to monitor their whereabouts. Science-Based Messaging Behind BearWise In January, CDFW and the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) jointly announced their formal partnership with the national nonprofit BearWise, which was developed by leading black bear biologists to provide resources, information and consistent, science-based messaging on how to minimize black bear conflicts. Formerly ‘Hairless Bear’ Finds Permanent Home at Folsom Zoo It was something of a soft launch in the spring of 2021 when CDFW placed a young, orphaned, female black bear with a skin condition with the Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary in Sacramento County. CDFW, State Parks Team Up on Tahoe Bear Research Effort CDFW and California State Parks are teaming up for a black bear research project in the Lake Tahoe Basin starting this Fall. Short, Difficult Life Ends for One of ‘South Shore Four’ Bears While they can thrill tourists and residents alike with their mere presence, antics and brazen behavior, life is no vacation for the Tahoe Basin’s black bears. They often face many more serious threats to their survival and well-being – traffic, disease, a garbage-filled diet, human conflicts and now wildfire – than many of their wildland counterparts. Comments are closed.
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