A public hearing is planned for November to allow Hoosiers the opportunity to speak out about proposed changes to the newly signed, and controversial, bobcat hunting law in Indiana. In the meantime, public comment can be left online.
Black bears are not supposed to be common sights around here. Yet, here lately, a week doesn't go by that don't hear a story about someone spotting one.
It's about this time of year I start seeing all the pictures and videos of bear sightings and sometimes personal encounters with bears in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. What's fascinates me is the more I read about bears crossing the border into mostly southeastern Kentucky, the more they creep closer to these parts in the Tri-State.
Black bears are becoming more numerous in parts of Kentucky and Tennessee in the past couple of years. There happens to be one in our backyard at the moment.