According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, about 13,000 bears live in Michigan, all of them American black ...

With the bear population continuing to expand their range in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula ... According to BearWise, black bears prefer to avoid people whenever possible, but they ...

Black bear numbers are thriving ... According to the World Population Review, there are currently around 12,000 black bears in Michigan, and between 300,000 and 600,000 in the United States ...

As bears continue expanding their ranges in Michigan ... its only bear species, the American black bear. The DNR regulates bear hunting season in the fall to help keep the bear population ...