After decades of overhunting and habitat loss, black bears are slowly recolonizing the lower Mississippi River basin
Black bears are typically associated with forest and mountainous habitats, but they were once abundant throughout the Southeast, including in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and the Atchafalaya Basin. (Courtesy Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency)
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“It will be a slow process, but bears are going to recolonize Middle and West Tennessee,” said the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s black bear coordinator. “You can’t stop it.”
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