> ALBERTA BEARSMART, Canada - www.albertabearsmart.ca and http://www.albertabearsmart.ca/resources/books.html 

> ABOUT US: SMOKIES - http://www.aboutus.org/Category:Smoky_Mountains

> APPALACHIAN BEAR RESCUE (bear rehab and release) - www.appalachianbearrescue.org

 

> APPALACHIAN BLACK BEARS, FIELD TRIP EARTH -  http://www.fieldtripearth.org/div_index.xml?id=4

> B.E.A.R. (Bear Education And Resource) GROUP - www.savenjbears.co

> B.E.A.R. (Bear - Education - Aversion - Response) LEAGUE - http://www.savebears.org/

> BEARKEEPERS - www.bearkeepers.net

> BEARS RESOURCE AND INFORMATION - http://www.bearsresource.info/black-bears/

> BEAR'S ZONE INFORMATION - www.bears-zone.info.wild-bears

> BLACK BEAR CONSERVATION COMMITTEE - www.bbcc.org

> EVERYTHING BEAR - http://www.everythingbear.info/black-bears/

> GET BEAR SMART SOCIETY, British Columbia - www.bearsmart.org

> GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK - http://www.nps.gov/grsm/naturescience/animals.htm

 

> GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK / ASSOCIATION - http://www.smokiesinformation.org/blog/ 

> INTERNATIONAL BEAR ASSOCIATION -  www.bearbiology.com

> NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - www.nps.gov

> ROD'S GUIDE TO THE SMOKIES -  www.rodsguide.com: see special features, site map, black bears info

> SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE, INC. (bear rehab and release) - www.beartodream.org 

 

> U.S.D.A. FOREST SERVICE - www.fs.fed.us

 

> U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE - www.fws.gov

 

> WILDLIFE IN CADES COVE - www.cadescove.net

 

 

STATE AGENCIES

THAT PROVIDE BLACK BEAR PAGES ON THEIR WEBSITES:

 

> ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES - http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/Mammals/Carnivores/bb.cfm

 

> ARKANSAS GAME & FISH COMMISSION - http://www.agfc.com/wildlife-conservation/mammals/bear-mammals.aspx

 

> CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - http://www.ct.gov/dep/search/search.asp?qu=bear

 

> GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=90

 

> FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE COMMISSION -  www.floridaconservation.org also see their "Bearish Links"

 

> KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE RESOURCES - http://fw.ky.gov/Navigation.asp?cid=117

 

> LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE & FISHERIES - http://www.wlf.state.la.us/sitesearch/?stxt=bear

 

> MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE - http://www.maine.gov/ifw/wildlife/species/bear/

 

> MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME - http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/wildlife/facts/mammals/bear/black_bear_home.htm

 

> MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES -  http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/bears/index.html

 

> MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS - http://mdwfp.com/Level2/Wildlife/Game/bear/default.asp

 

> NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH & GAME DEPARTMENT - http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife/Wildlife_profiles/profile_black_bear.htm

 

> NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bearinfo.htm

 

> NEW YORK CONSERVATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION - http://www.nycoa.org/nycoabearpage.htm

 

> NEW YORK DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION - http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7232.html

 

> NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION -

http://www.ncwildlife.org/fs_index_07_conservation.htm

 

> PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION - http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=150412

 

> SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/bear/index.html

 

> TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY - http://www.state.tn.us/twra/bearmain.html

 

> VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES - http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/library/factsheets/Hunting_and_trapping/Big_Game/

 

> VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES - http://www.dgif.state.va.us/hunting/va_game_wildlife/living_in_bear_country.html

 

> WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - http://www.wvdnr.gov/Hunting/BBear.shtm

 

more to come . . .