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Date Posted: 06:23:02 11/22/04 Mon
Author: Marie Gervasio
Subject: Re: NJ BEARS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! Stop the Killing.
In reply to: Firewife 's message, "NJ BEARS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! Stop the Killing." on 00:20:11 07/22/02 Mon

>Subject: The bears need you on July 24th
>
>THE BEARS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!
>
>A critical meeting has been set up by the DEP and your
>attendance on behalf
>of the bears is VITAL!
>
>The new DEP commissioner has not expressed any
>pro-bear sentiment and it
>looks like 2003 will be the year F&W again tries to
>institute a bear hunt.
>
>The DEP is gathering public opinion about NJ black
>bears and we need to show
>them that support for the bears is as strong as it was
>in 2000 and the
>majority of NJ residents DO NOT WANT A BEAR HUNT!
>
>1) TO SAVE BEARS, YOUR ATTENDANCE IS REQUESTED:
>Public Forum
>Sponsored by the DEP and the New Jersey Division of
>Fish & Wildlife
>Wednesday, July 24, 2002
>Vernon High School
>Route 565, Vernon, NJ
>7PM - 9PM
>
>2) In advance of this meeting, PLEASE CALL, FAX and
>WRITE Bradley Campbell's
>office to show your support for the bears:
>
>Bradley M. Campbell
>DEP, Commissioner
>401 E. State Street
>7th Floor, East Wing
>PO Box 402
>Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
>Phone: 609-292-2885
>Fax: 609-292-7695
>
>FACTS:
>*Bears have never killed anyone in the recorded
>history of NJ.
>*Garbage may attract certain bears, but it does not
>kill bears, F&W is
>killing bears. Most people will not change their
>behavior. F&W knows this and
>they are capitalizing on it. If bears are coming
>closer to homes, we can
>teach people how to co-exist with them peacefully.
>*The BEAR Group's Black Bear Hotline is ringing off
>the hook from people
>wanting information on how to live with bears and who
>are concerned if they
>call F&W, the bears will be killed.
>*Based upon scientific data, the bears are still
>recovering from extirpation
>by hunting before 1970. Due to their slow reproductive
>rates, it has taken
>over 30 years for the species to rebound. Now, the
>hunting industry wants to
>decimate the population again.
>*We need to remind our state government that support
>for black bears is still
>as strong as it was in 2000! The DEP has indicated
>that we would have to
>organize overwhelmingly public support (yes, again) to
>stop a bear hunt.
>*If you are thinking about NOT going to this meeting
>please reconsider. The
>NRA, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and every state
>hunting group has put out
>alerts to their members to attend this meeting. See
>alerts below.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>OPPOSITION ALERTS
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Sportsmen Alert!
>
>Increasing Bear Population Spurs Meeting about Safety
>and the Future of Black
>Bears in New Jersey
>
>The dramatically increasing black bear population in
>New Jersey has created
>an environment in which the safety of the citizens
>could become an issue.
>These circumstances have made the Department of
>Environmental Protection
>(DEP) consider its options for dealing with black
>bears, especially since its
>budget has been cut due to falling tax revenues.
>
>The DEP and the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife
>have scheduled a
>public forum in Vernon on Wednesday, July 24th. It
>will be held at the Vernon
>High School off of Route 565 from 7 PM to 9 PM. The
>DEP Commissioner Bradley
>M. Campbell will be in attendance. He will be
>available to answer questions
>and speak to the public about the increasing bear
>population in New Jersey.
>The Division will begin the meeting with a
>presentation of the history and
>future of the black bear in the state.
>
>Sportsmen should attend the meeting. It is a great
>opportunity to demonstrate
>the support and value of a bear hunt as a wildlife
>management tool. Don’t let
>the anti’s drown out effective wildlife management
>and conservation with
>their emotional rhetoric.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>This was sent out by the NRA (National Rifle
>Association)...
>
>On Wednesday, July 24, New Jersey citizens have an
>extremely important
>opportunity to make their voices heard on the New
>Jersey bear hunt issue. The
>New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife and Department
>of Environmental
>Protection are hosting a joint public forum on the
>bear management issue at
>7:00 p.m. in the Vernon High School auditorium in
>Vernon. For many years, the
>hunting of black bear in New Jersey has been
>prohibited, in large part due to
>the efforts of a small but vocal minority of animal
>activists.
>
>A rapidly shrinking habitat, recent mild winters, and
>the lack of natural
>predators have combined to foster an exploding bear
>population throughout the
>state and, not coincidentally, a disturbing increase
>in the number of black
>bear attacks on humans. Those opposing the possibility
>of bear hunting in New
>Jersey are expected to be in full force at this forum,
>so it is important
>that sportsmen and concerned citizens make a strong
>and vocal showing!

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