How weather can impact bear sightings

How weather can impact bear sightings

You may have seen videos going around on social media of a black bear passing through portions of mid Missouri in Centralia. It's not often that we see black bears across this area, but this site might increase in future years as populations increase. Nate Bowersock is a furbearer biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation,"So right now you know we're estimating there to be a little over 1000 bears in the state and with a 9% growth ra…