Residents who don’t lease containers with these haulers should call whichever garbage service they use to either lease a container or see which bear-resistant container they should buy that is ...

Kohl also recommends getting bear resistant trash cans or Free Bear Straps for regular trash cans that help keep most wildlife out. “There’s no such thing as bear-proof, only bear resistant,” she said ...

ASHEVILLE - With the arrival of spring comes the awakening of the city's bears, many of which have spent the winter denning, in some cases under houses and porches around Asheville. It also means ...

There are some new steps being taken in several New Jersey towns to prevent bear encounters as black bears are emerging this time of year. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ...

Nearly 3,000 bear-resistant residential trash receptacles will be distributed in six municipalities in the coming weeks free of charge, courtesy of the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Police in one New Jersey town are warning residents after a black bear was spotted roaming around. On Tuesday, the Ewing Police Department posted on Facebook that the animal had been sighted near ...

Spring is here, which means a potential rise in black bear sightings in New Jersey. Black bears are the largest land mammal in the state, and, according to New Jersey's Department of Environmental ...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says it has secured a contract with a company that will provide nearly 3,000 certified bear-resistant residential trash cans for distribution ...