New Jersey Outdoor Alliance Supports Proposed NJ Black Bear Amendments

TRENTON, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- NJOA has worked with stakeholders to advance science-based management of black bear in New Jersey.

The new NJ DEP proposal comprises amendments that address black bear management, including hunting, and the addition of additional hunting days.

According to NJ DEP, “… in October; the criterion for automatic closure of the black bear hunting season; the inclusion of archery hunting for black bear; the change of the bag limit from one to two bears; boundary changes for some Bear Management Zones (BMZ); the addition of four days after the December hunt segment if the anticipated harvest has not been met; the elimination of a lottery for black bear hunting permits; and the inclusion of the display of hunter orange if utilizing a ground blind for bear hunting concurrent with a firearm deer season.”

NJOA recommends that conservationists support the proposed amendments by attending the public hearing on the proposed Game Code:

Tuesday,
June 2, 2015
6:30 p.m.
NJ State Museum Auditorium,
205 West State Street,
Trenton, NJ 08625

and/or

Written comments may be submitted electronically by July 17, 2015 at www.nj.gov/dep/rules/comments or

In hard copy to:
Gary Brower
ATTN: DEP Docket No._04-15-04
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Legal Affairs
Mail Code 401-04L; PO Box 402
401 East State Street, 7th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402

Read more… https://www.nj.gov/dep/rules/notices/20150518a.html

JOIN NJOA: https://www.njoutdooralliance.org/support/njoa.html

About:
NJOA – The mission of New Jersey Outdoor Alliance is to serve as a grassroots coalition of outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen dedicated to environmental stewardship. We will champion the intrinsic value of natural resource conservation – including fishing, hunting and trapping, among opinion leaders and policy makers. We will support legislation, and those sponsoring legislation, that provides lasting ecological and social enrichment through sustainable use of the earths resources. Visit: www.njoutdooralliance.org