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    Tag:  Asheville bears

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    Letter: Better solutions needed for living with bears

    Posted on July 1, 2023June 25, 2023 by Letters

    “Instead of decreasing the population of bears by killing them, why don’t we try limiting our production of food waste?”

    2.4 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: City should get serious about bearproof bins

    Posted on June 24, 2023June 23, 2023 by Letters

    “I think one way to increase the number of folks who have bearproof garbage bins is for the city of Asheville to put this high on the priority list and fund it with tourist tax dollars.”

    2.7 K views3LettersOpinion
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    Asheville considers $4M for I-26 Connector aesthetics

    Posted on February 11, 2023February 10, 2023 by Daniel Walton

    This new funding, to be voted on by City Council during the regular meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 14, would come on top of more than $1.4 million the city has already budgeted for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure along the I-26 corridor.

    5.3 K views5Community NewsLocal GovernmentNews

    Fewer trees can create a better canopy (with fewer bears)

    Posted on December 22, 2019December 20, 2019 by Nan Chase

    “By letting the urban forest become too dense over the last several generations, and by failing to clear away the underbrush bears love, we have invited them back in from the wilderness.”

    5.9 K views8CommentaryOpinion

    Time for a ‘bear summit’?

    Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Xpress Contributor

    “At the very least, City Council or the Wildlife Commission could stage a ‘bear summit’ to document the number and character of close calls.”

    6.4 K views10CommentaryOpinion

    Making peace with bears

    Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Xpress Contributor

    “Bears are not the enemy! We’re the ones who have to decide if we’re going to be the enemy. Coexistence is possible: We can do it, but it’s a practice.”

    2.9 K views1CommentaryOpinion

    Letter: Too many bears for human safety

    Posted on September 3, 2018September 1, 2018 by Letters

    “They need to be thinned out by removal, sterilization, extended hunting season or whatever is appropriate in order for the bear population to remain healthy and the human population to remain safe.”

    5.3 K views13LettersOpinion

    Letter: More urban bears means tragedy is a given

    Posted on September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 by Letters

    “The problem isn’t that we are taking over their habitat. Asheville is surrounded by thousands of acres of protected land; it’s just the food thing is easier in ours.”

    2.7 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Yes, we have wildlife in Asheville

    Posted on August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 by Letters

    “Bears are here. Act accordingly.”

    3.0 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: The problem with bears is too many people

    Posted on August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 by Letters

    “Yes, they are a nuisance when they get into our garbage, but they are just trying to survive in man’s world.”

    2.8 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Sounding the alarm about town bears

    Posted on August 6, 2018August 5, 2018 by Letters

    “Someone needs to inform all these unsuspecting transplants who are moving here in droves and are paying outrageous prices for housing without being told that hanging out in their backyards at night might be an invitation for disaster.”

    5.6 K views18LettersOpinion

    Wildlife officials and advocates talk trash — and bears

    Posted on October 14, 2017October 10, 2017 by Max Hunt

    Municipal officials, wildlife experts and WNC residents talk bear-resistant trash cans, bird feeders and educational initiatives designed to protect citizens and wildlife living in close proximity to each other.

    9.8 K views2AnimalsCommunity NewsEducationEnvironmentLocal GovernmentNewsNonprofitsOutdoorsSustainabilityWellness

    Letter writer: Nightmare on Bear Street

    Posted on September 7, 2016September 7, 2016 by Letters

    “As a result of the insane amount of overbuilding in our city, the ridiculous effort to bring people here to boost the economy, there is an animal-versus-human problem on the rise.”

    6.0 K views29LettersOpinion
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