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Black Bear Scent Line Survey 1993-2007

Fringe Area


  1993 Hits Stations 1994 Hits Stations 1995 Hits Stations 1996 Hits Stations 1997 Hits Stations 1998 Hits Stations 1999 Hits Stations
Caesars Head
0
10
0
10
0
10
1
10
    
1
10
2
10
Tater Hill
0
10
0
10
1
10
1
11
0
10
1
11
3
10
Hogback
0
10
0
7
0
10
0
10
0
10
        
Oil Camp
1
8
0
11
1
22
2
14
10
13
3
13
1
13
Persimmon Mtn
0
9
0
10
0
11
3
10
2
10
    
2
8
Nine Times    
1
10
2
10
5
10
3
10
6
10
2
7
Ellicott Rock
1
11
0
10
2
10
2
12
4
12
    
6
12
Black Mountain            
1
10
3
10
3
10
2
10
Long Creek            
0
10
2
10
    
2
10
Tugaloo Lake/ Boatright                    
4
10
4
10
Spyrock                    
2
9
    
Crooked Creek/Cedar Creek                
0
10
1
10
    
Fall Creek                        
0
9
TurkeyRidge Road                            
TOTAL
2
58
1
68
6
83
15
97
24
85
21
83
24
99
3% 1.50% 7.20% 15.50% 25% 25% 24%

 

  2000 Stations 2001 Stations 2002 Stations 2003 Stations 2004 Stations 2005 Stations 2007 Stations
Caesars Head                            
Tater Hill
1
12
3
9
6
10
10
3
9
3
10
6
11
2
Hogback                            
Oil Camp
5
13
7
12
7
14
    
13
7
12
7
13
7
Persimmon Mtn    
3
9
5
9
8
3
9
5
9
8
9
4
Nine Times
5
10
8
10
6
10
10
4
20
5
10
8
    
Ellicott Rock    
7
11
4
11
11
6
12
5
11
6
11
5
Black Mountain
5
10
7
10
2
10
    
10
5
10
7
10
3
Long Creek                            
Tugaloo Lake/ Boatright
3
16
1
7
3
9
10
2
10
3
10
5
10
3
Spyrock    
8
10
3
10
    
7
2
10
5
    
Crooked Creek/Cedar Creek    
6
10
        
10
0
10
3
10
7
Fall Creek
0
10
            
9
0
10
2
8
3
TurkeyRidge Road
1
7
3
7
0
3
8
0
8
0
8
2
8
1
TOTAL
20
78
53
95
36
86
57
18
117
35
110
59
100
35
  26%   56%   42%     32%   30%   54%   35%
N. Spartanburg   0 11              
20
3
    

When these surveys started in 1993, we separated the area into a core and fringe area. The core section consisted of sections thought at that time to have been traditional bear areas. This was based on harvest and nuisance bear information. The core section consisted of the properties in the Jocassee Gorge (eastern Oconee and northern Pickens Counties) which are now owned or leased by the state and the northernmost area of Greenville County around Camp Greenville. The fringe area consisted of bear inhabited areas west of Lake Jocassee in Oconee County and the remaining bear inhabited areas of Pickens and Greenville.

Black Bear Scent Line Survey 1993-2007

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