Black Bears

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Join Forrest as he speaks about the history and behavior of bears in Vermont and the challenges of living with Vermont’s largest predator.Forrest M. Hammond is currently a wildlife biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and works out of the Springfield state office. He received both a B.S. in Zoology and an M.S. in Wildlife Management from the University of Wyoming where for his master’s thesis he studied the food habits and habitat use of black bears in the Salt River Range of NW Wyoming. He currently serves on the Department’s Big Game Team and is instrumental in setting seasons and bag limits for deer and moose and is responsible for doing environmental reviews of residential and commercial development projects in southern Vermont. He is also the leader of the Department’s black bear program. Forrest lives with his wife Colleen and bird dog Thorne in Hartland.This program is sponsored by Springfield Town Library and Vermont Fish &amp; Wildlife Department.

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