State wildlife officials say a steadily recovering bear population is pushing further south into the Twin Cities metro.
In recent weeks, Twin Cities metro area bear sightings have come from Burnsville, Elk River, Shoreview, Burnsville, and even Edina, a first-ring suburb.
The Minnesota DNR’s Franklin Whittaker says that 90% of these suburban sightings are driven almost entirely by the search for easy backyard meals in trash cans and bird feeders…