Preliminary management implications for black bear, Ursus amen'canus, in the. Catskill region of New York State as the result of an ecological study

New York State has three distinct black bear ranges (Fig. 1). The Adirondack range in northern New York is the largest containing 24, 043 square kilo-meters (9, 283 square miles) and an estimated population of 3, 500 bears. The smallest is the Allegany range containing 1,168 square kilometers (451 squar