The unprecedented surge in deadly vehicle strikes is likely the result of bears fleeing massive wildfires in the Sierra Nevada, as well as the effects of drought, according to biologists.
Whether emblazoned on California’s flag or described in myth, the bear stands as a potent symbol of courage and strength — a ferocious embodiment of the North American wilderness.Nearly a century after the California grizzly was hunted to extinction, its less aggressive cousin, the black bear, is being killed in record numbers on California highways, experts say.
“Since record-keeping of bear collisions began in 2002, we have not had a significant peak of collisions as we did in 2021,” said Katie Rodriguez, a Caltrans senior biologist based in Bishop in Inyo County. State biologists said six of the 10 bears struck in September and October were female, two were male and two were of unknown gender. Two of the females, both of which had cubs, were killed on consecutive days in Walker River Canyon, north of the town of Bridgeport.
However, a cub found close to its dead mother the next day, just a few miles down the road, “dispersed and was never seen again,” said Michael Brown, an environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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