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People are learning to coexist with black bears as their population grows and habitat shrinks

More people are having encounters with black bears as their habitat shrinks and they have more offspring. Now people are adjusting to coexistence with bears.

Caroline Eggers from WPLN and the Appalachian Midsouth Newsroom reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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