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Black BearCurrent Black Bear Distribution


Graphic of Black Bear Distribution of Black Bears

Current sustaining populations exist in the Mountains/ Uppler Piedmont and Northern Coastal Counties.

Bear Population Estimates

State Mountains Coast
South Carolina
900
225
North Carolina
4000
7000
Georgia
1200
800*
Tennessee
1250

* Includes Middle Georgia


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