Everyone who lives in Minnesota has likely heard many warnings regarding things that need to be done to avoid conflicts with black bears.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has an entire page dedicated to ‘Living With Bears’, noting that conflicts between people and bears have increased as more people build homes and cabins and recreate in northern and central Minnesota.
Potential conflicts can happen when bears interact with pets, tip over garbage cans, or damage bird feeders, personal property, beehives, livestock, and crops…