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Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com A crowd of about 50 people attended a public meeting in Peachtree on April 5, to learn more about a proposal to allow permitted bear hunting in three western North Carolina bear sanctuaries. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com -
This map shows the expansion of black bears across North Carolina between 1971 and 2010.
Peachtree – Bear hunters, environmentalists and private property owners – traditional adversaries in western North Carolina – found common ground over a proposal to issue a limited number of hunting…