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 What Others Are Saying About the BBCC


What are others saying about the Black Bear Conservation Committee?
The Black Bear Conservation Committee (BBCC) serves as a prime example of how a community-based coalition can accomplish their goals. Take a look at what others are saying about the BBCC:

How to wrestle a bear – and win: The story of the Black Bear Conservation Committee
by Brent Haglund and Thomas Still
From: Beyond Command and Control: Focusing on the Next Generation of Environmental Activism Sand County Foundation, Writer’s Workshop, May 2003
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…”What emerged was the Black Bear Conservation Committee. It was an eclectic and even somewhat unlikely collection of citizens, but they embraced a cooperative management approach that turned the typical “lose-lose” story of and Endangered Species Act designation into a “win-win” story for landowners and, most important, the bear”…

Recovery Plan – Louisiana Black Bear
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1995
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…“Various Louisiana black bear recovery actions have been taken, are underway, and are being planned that would not be possible to achieve without the cooperation, support, and involvement of the BBCC”…
 
 

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