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Brian Underwood - SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry

WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Published August 9, 2012 at 9:15 AM EDT

We expect to see bears in the woods, but now the bears are showing up in the suburbs and the cities. for more on why the number of encounters with bears is up, WAMC’s Brian Shields spoke with research biologist Brian Underwood,  an adjunct professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and  Forestry in Syracuse, who also does work for the U.S. Geological Survey.
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