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Black BearCurrent Black Bear Distribution


Graphic of Black Bear Distribution of Black Bears

Current sustaining populations exist in the Mountains and Northern Lower Coastal Plain Regions

Bear Population Estimates

State Mountains Coast
South Carolina
900
225
North Carolina
4000
7000
Georgia
1200
800*
Tennessee
1250

* Includes Middle Georgia


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