Executive Director John Kaplanis says by bringing back the spring hunt, it would help the bears develop a greater fear of humans and not consider us as food. Kaplanis says since the spring hunt was scrapped, the region has seen a huge economic loss and cases of nuisance bear-related activity are on the rise.
NOSA believes the Ministry of Natural Resources and local politicans need to revisit the issue and look at having a black bear management season in the early months of spring.
