In fall 2025, DEC will send a commemorative 2024 Black Bear Management Coordinator Patch and a letter confirming each bear’s age to all hunters who reported their bear harvest and submitted a ...

On a summer day on Birch Hill in Burnham, Jesse Cunningham roams the terrain behind the metal dumpsters used by the Birch Hill Event Center, pointing out a patch of wineberries growing on the hillside ...