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Its' a Bear!
March 29, 2002 The Town Talk
Quitlers Put Their Best Paws Forward to Help Bears
January 29, 2002 The Clarion-Ledger 
Mississippi Black Bear Restoration Task Force
January 15, 2002
A Federal Refuge For Louisiana Black Bear
November 20, 2001 The Advocate Online
Black Bears Wanted Back in State
June 21, 2001
The Clarion-Ledger
Agencies Seek Help with Louisiana Black Bear Sightings
May 20, 2001 The Advocate Online
Hunter Admits He Killed Bear
February 16, 2001 Times Picayune
Pearl River Man Gets Fine, Probation for Killing Bear
February 16, 2001 River Parishes Bureau
Bears No Threat And Deserve Our Protection
December 10, 2000 The Advocate Online
Man Admits Shooting Black Bear
December 6, 2000 The Advocate Online
Learn About Black Bears
November 26, 2000 Times Picayune
Bears Spread into Delta
October 29, 2000 The Clarion Ledger
Bears begin to show up in Bolivar County
October 3, 2000  The Bolivar Commercial
Black Bear, Cubs Spotted in Mississippi Delta
October 6, 2000 Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Roaming Bear Caught, Relocated
September 15, 2000 Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Bear’s Sweet Tooth Causes Great Concern
September 13, 2000 Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Black Bear Just Looking For Love?
September 7, 2000 Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Hungry Black Bear Ransacking Camps
June 16, 2000 The Associated Press
Officials Plan Re-introduction of Black Bears in 2 Parishes
June 9, 2000 Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Bear Sightings Extended to Glenmora
May 12, 2000
Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Residents on Guard After Bear Sightings
May 11, 2000
Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Group is Working to Save Black Bears
April 24, 2000
Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Visit Vickburg, Where the Teddy Bear Got its Name
December 12, 1999
The Advocate
Biologist Uses Crime-Scene Techniques To Track Bears
October 14, 1999 The Associated Press
Black Bears Return Big Bend National Park Welcomes Return 
October 11, 1999
The Associated Press
Dead Black Bear Found, Reward Offered 
September 25, 1999 The Advocate
Dead Black Bear Found In Intercoastal Canal 
September, 1999 Banner Tribune, Franklin, LA
A Record 5300 Acres Reforested In Mississippi Delta Near Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
July 16, 1999 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Third Black Bear Refuge To Open
June 19, 1999, Franklin, LA (AP)
Caught in a Trap
June 7, 1999 The Advocate
Expansion Proposed For Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
May 20, 1999 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
St. Mary Parish Council Votes 10-1 in Support of Proposed Black Bear Habitat
April 15, 1999
The Daily Iberian
Expansion Proposed For Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge
January 5, 1999 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Trapped Bears Capture Neighborhood’s Fancy 
January 3, 1999 The Advocate Online
Refuge Planned to Protect Louisiana Black Bear 
January 3, 1999 The Advocate Online
Officials Don't Want to Take Sugar Cane Land for Habitat
November 3, 1998
The Daily Iberian
Iberia Parish to Vote on Black Bear Habit in St. Mary Parish 
October 28, 1998
The Daily Iberian
Landowners Scheduled to Receive $ 1 Million Dollars 
October 23, 1998
The Daily Iberian
Council Members are Opposing Bear Habit 
September 24, 1998
The Daily Iberian
Black Bear Habitat in St. Mary Parish   
September 23, 1998
The Daily Iberian
Habitat Protection Project Proposed for Threatened Louisiana Black Bears
August 10, 1998 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Parish Council is Against Plans to Establish Bear Habitat 
October 22, 1998 The Daily Iberian
Swayze Lake National Wildlife Refuge: New Refuge Proposed in South-Central Louisiana
July 15, 1998 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Bear With A Taste For Garlic Bread Is Free No More
July 9, 1997CNN Lafayette, LA 

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