Texas Fauna Project

American Black Bear

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Diana Doan-Crider, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the Animo Partnership in Natural Resources, an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University, and a bear biologist. Here she explains the challenges for black bears to return to the Texas Hill Country. Despite its fine habitat, there is severe potential for conflicts with people there as ranches are subdivided and land is developed.