The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection will be holding four community listening sessions on bear management, including one in West Hartford.

By Ronni Newton

Connecticut’s Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) Wildlife Division has announced that four community listening sessions on bear management will be held throughout the state, including a session scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 16 in West Hartford.

According to DEEP, the facilitated discussion will focus on bear activity, public safety concerns, and strategies for living safely with bears. Input from residents and local leaders will be encouraged, and according to a news release from DEEP, “feedback from these sessions will inform the next phase of DEEP’s bear management planning, which includes the creati

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