-David Crowder, WRGA News-
WZQZ Radio in Summerville reports that in recent weeks, residents in Chattooga County and neighboring Cherokee and DeKalb Counties in Alabama have experienced an increased number of black bear sightings.
According to Adam Hammond with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, bear sightings increase this time of year as young males emerge from their mothers’ dens.
“They are born in the den in winter, and then during that second den season, they are with their mother,” he said. “Then, when they emerge from the den that spring, she won’t protect them for much longer. So, they are going to go their separate ways, and she’s going to stop protecting them, and kind of force them out a little bit on their own. When that happens, they just move and they keep wandering, finding themselves in kind of some odd places.”…