*DON’T FEED THE BEARS* Timing is everything. On the way to photoshoot for Pine Hill Arms article and this big mama was sitting on the road. She did a nonchalant saunter into the woods, gathered up her cubs and came back into view at a driveway. As sweet and exiting is this was, I was very dismayed to learn the heavy bear presence in Pine Hill is due to a resident feeding the bears. This is illegal. It puts you and the bears in danger. It teaches the bear to look to humans, and their trash, as food sources. This learned behavior gets passed to the next generation. Think of what you put in your trash. Do you want a bear to gnaw on a razor? Chew on a piece of broken glass? Drink shampoo? Do you want cubs to learn their food comes from humans and not the woods? #dontfeedthebears #catskillmountains #ulstercounty #blackbearsighting
