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6c2977b3-a060-4b88-9842-4d80df3786f9 < Back Slide 16 of 83 < > That is, only 60 to 120 years into their 400-year life cycle. They're teenagers in human years. They're only about a quarter grown, and they're being cut. But this graph shows something even more ominous than the fact there aren't many older white pines left, it shows there aren't enough younger white pines to replace the teenagers. So if we cut very many of the teenagers, white pines will continue to decline in Minnesota unless we get a lot better at helping them reproduce.

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ff22066b-7549-46ca-b72f-e036f3dfb2bc < Back Slide 4 of 83 < > For thousands of years, Minnesota's white pine forest was home to caribou , . . .

a8f01482-843b-4ac4-bf6b-5207006f1c0e < Back Slide 19 of 83 < > The forest might have grown back anyway from little white pine seedlings that had a good start on the forest floor. No one realized their harvest methods would kill those seedlings.

f28028d4-4752-4383-b9c5-95c72364a4a3 Summers with the Bears: Six Seasons in the North Woods In the animal-loving tradition of James Herriot, this delightful story, now in paperback, explores the relationship between man and one of natures smartest, most interesting, and sensitive creaturesthe black bearand how this experience enriched two peoples lives. Poignant and entertaining, and enhanced by photos that reveal a unique and amazing friendship, Summers with the Bears is a fascinating chronicle of what happens when humans and wild animals cross the boundaries into each others world. Jack Becklund March 3, 1999 192 Pages:

377b5a96-130c-4b8d-a280-c3ff5f3f88db Bears: Monarchs of the Northern Wilderness Describes the daily life of the polar bear, brown bear, Asiatic black bear, and American black bear through all four season, clears up misconceptions about bears, and discusses hibernation and the raising of bear cubs Wayne Lynch September 1, 1993 242 Pages:

1bb70738-3b4e-4e52-b212-a46e38340794 < Back Slide 83 of 83 < > For more information on tending more mature white pines see https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/treecare/whitepine/tending.html

216d19c1-ec5e-4d0a-96f5-8b068ea48f7c BLACK BEAR DIET Cattail Typha sp. May, June, July, August Spring, Summer Cattail is a common native plant that bears can rely on for food if preferred species aren’t producing. At different times from spring to fall bears will eat the entire plant. Black bears eat cattail leaf tips and roots in May and fleshy leaf bases in July and August(they bite the stalk off at the base, strip the tough outer parts away, and eat the soft starchy core).

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RESEARCH PAPERS Comparison of behaviors of black bears with and without habituation to humans and supplemental research feeding by Roger A. Powell, Susan A. Mansfield and Lynn L Rogers October 5, 2022 Comparison of behaviors of black bears with and without habituation to humans and supplemental research feeding Effects of Food Supply and Kinship on Social Behavior, Movements, and Population Growth of Black Bears in Northeastern Minnesota by Lynn L. Rogers April 1987 Effects of Food Supply and Kinship on Social Behavior, Movements, and Population Growth of Black Bears in Northeastern Minnesota Do Bears That Lose Their Fear of People Become More Likely to Attack? Becklund, J.; DeBruyn, T.; Herrero, S., T. Smith, T. D. DeBruyn, K. Gunther, and C. A. Matt.; Rogers, L. L., and G. W. Wilker; Stringham, S. F; Tate, J. Do Bears That Lose Their Fear of People Become More Likely to Attack? To Feed or Not to Feed Wildlife Research Institute Lynn L. Rogers October 1, 2021 To Feed or Not to Feed Are Brown Bears Less Aggressive in Europe Than in North America? Stephen F. Stringham and Lynn L. Rogers Are Brown Bears Less Aggressive in Europe Than in North America? Behavior in Free-Living American Black Bear Dens: Parturition, Maternal Care, and Cub Behavior Lynn L. Rogers 1, Linda McColley 1, Janet Dalton 1, Jim Stroner 1, Douglas Hajicek 2, AdamPartin 3 and Gordon M.Burghardt 3,4,* Behavior in Free-Living American Black Bear Dens: Parturition, Maternal Care, and Cub Behavior Bed site selection by female North American black bears by Susan A. Mansfield, Lynn L Rogers, Sean Robison, and Roger A. Powell December 15, 2021 Bed site selection by female North American black bears Does diversionary feeding create nuisance bears and jeopardize public safety? Lynn L. Rogers Does diversionary feeding create nuisance bears and jeopardize public safety? Behavior of supplementally-fed black bears in Eagles Nest Township, Minnesota Lynn L. Rogers and Susan A. Mansfield Behavior of supplementally-fed black bears in Eagles Nest Township, Minnesota Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2021 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates December 30, 2021 Final Report to Bear Committee Andrew N. Tri Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2021 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2022 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates February 9, 2023 Final Report to Bear Committee Andrew N. Tri Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2022 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2023 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates February 8, 2024 Final Report to Bear Committee Andrew N. Tri Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2023 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2024 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates February 25, 2025 Final Report to Bear Committee Andrew N. Tri Status of Minnesota Black Bears 2024 Harvests, Complaints, Foods, and Population Trend Estimates Reactions of Free-Ranging Black Bears to Capsaicin Spray Repellent Lynn L. Rogers Reactions of Free-Ranging Black Bears to Capsaicin Spray Repellent Effects of Mast and Berry Crop Failures on Survival, Growth, and Reproductive Success of Black Bears Lynn L. Rogers Effects of Mast and Berry Crop Failures on Survival, Growth, and Reproductive Success of Black Bears Have Black and Grizzly Bears Become More Dangerous? Insights From Human-Bear Fatality Trends Stephen F. Stringham, Lynn L. Rogers, and Ann Bryant (2019) Have Black and Grizzly Bears Become More Dangerous? Insights From Human-Bear Fatality Trends Fear of Humans by Bears and Other Animals (Anthropophobia): How Much is Natural? Stringham, Stephen F. and Lynn L. Rogers. (2017) Fear of Humans by Bears and Other Animals (Anthropophobia): How Much is Natural? Does diversionary feeding create nuisance bears and jeopardize public safety? Rogers, L. L. 2010 Does diversionary feeding create nuisance bears and jeopardize public safety? Black bears and the oak resource in northeastern Minnesota. Rogers, L. L., and E. L. Lindquist. 1991 Black bears and the oak resource in northeastern Minnesota. Grizzly bear and American black bear interactions with people in Yellowstone National Park Gunther, Kerry A., Atkins, Kelly M., Wyman, Travis C., and Reinertson, Eric G. Grizzly bear and American black bear interactions with people in Yellowstone National Park Beyond the Numbers: The Hidden Fragility of Animal Societies by Gosia Bryja Jul 9, 2025 Beyond the Numbers: The Hidden Fragility of Animal Societies The Quiet Undoing of Distance: A Story of Transformation and Coexistence A review of Trina Moyles’s Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival The Quiet Undoing of Distance: A Story of Transformation and Coexistence A Bear is not just a Bear: Recognizing the Individual in Wildlife Conservation Gosia Bryja, PhD Dec 20, 2023 A Bear is not just a Bear: Recognizing the Individual in Wildlife Conservation

0bff8397-8b0f-4e9e-8944-85e83847b41c < Back Fecal Plug As one of these yearlings makes the suckling sound, the mother is eating a yearling’s fecal plug that rolled back into the den after the yearling backed to the entrance to defecate. Fecal plugs are mainly cells that slough off the digestive tract during hibernation and build up in the colon. Previous Next