Positive Move for Bears

Bear Conservation

Recent studies are showing that the population of black bears in Florida is on the increase and getting back to stable numbers due to management plans enforced by The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This group has put their policy on bears in place with the help of the locals and in my opinion can attribute a lot of the success of the program to the help of the locals. The bear population has increased in from just about 300 bears total to now around 3,000 bears. I think this shows the importance or rather the impact local peoples make on the formation and the success on policies. Without the support of the people the bear population may be completely wiped out in Florida by now considering the total population in Florida has increased from 750,000 people in 1914 and is now roughly 17 million and the bear population is the same estimate of 3,000 bears due to the management and protection policies established for the bears. The commissioner of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission stated that the focus on management of species along with the massive increase of human population. So as the human population increases the risk to the wildlife in the area also increases but it is our responsibility to take this into account and make sure we do not push our wildlife into extinction and the human population pushes to develop and industrialize the animal habitat.