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Black bears have been protected in the state of Nevada since 1929. Now, for the first time in Nevada history, the Nevada Wildlife Commission has adopted a regulation to establish a bear hunt in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The bear hunt is scheduled to begin on August 20, 2011 and continue through December 31, 2011.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has not proven there are sufficient numbers of bears to support a hunt. Their own management plan states the bear population has been stable at around 200-300 bears since 1900. The population is not growing, but bear habitat is being continually degraded by residential development, drought and fire. This proposed hunt threatens the bear population.
Please contact the NWC immediately. We have provided a sample letter below, which you can copy-and-paste into an e-mail as is, or re-write to better reflect your thoughts.
Please send your email to: Suzanne Scourby, Wildlife Commission Executive Assistant, sscourby@ndow.org.
Please Help! Their population is in danger!
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