| Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Program, Zoe Smith, will give a presentation with DEC Wildlife Biologist Steve Heerkens regarding bears in the Adirondacks on Tuesday, July 10th. |
Their presentation is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. during the monthly meeting of the Town of Webb Board and will be the first item on the agenda.
According to Councilwoman Kate Russell, Smith and Heerkens spoke to the Town Board once before, in 2010, and the result of their presentation was the printing of public service bear posters that can be found around town.
In light of the recent bear problem in town, they have been invited back.
“We had a not so bad year last year with the bears, and this year we are having a not so good year,” Russell said, “It’s a new Board and a new year, so we suggested they come back to speak.”
Some of the topics that will be covered at Tuesday’s meeting will be the history of bears in the Town of Webb, the impact that this problem has on both bears and people, examples of educational products to use, resources regarding how to bear proof the community, long term planning for people and wild life, and techniques for bear proofing as individual community members.
